A dry dock vessel support structure 200 for supporting maritime vessels when in a dry dock. The dry dock vessel support structure includes a pair of support blocks 204 and 210 mounted one on top of the other with a reconfigurable intermediate operating layer 201 in between. The intermediate operating layer can be operable to adjust a separation between the support blocks, permit relative lateral movement between the support blocks and act as a load bearing structure. A compressible contact layer 214 is supported on an upper surface of one of the support blocks 210. Also disclosed is a method of introducing the support structure beneath a vessel and a method of removing the support structure from beneath a vessel by using the intermediate operating layer to alter the spacing between the support blocks.
Dry dock vessel supporting apparatus
2018-01-03
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63C LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS , Zuwasserlassen, Trockenstellen, Docken oder Bergen von Schiffen |