Steering Mechanism For Shallow Draft Container Carrier and Inland Waterway Container Transport Vessel

Abstract: a steering mechanism for a container carrier ship hull including a bow, a stern, and a container bay therebetween. the bow is provided with a set of depending lateral thruster pods, the set including a first pod disposed along a longitudinal centerline of the hull, a second pod disposed rearward of the first pod and outward from the centerline, and a third pod disposed rearward of the first pod and outward from the centerline opposite from the second pod. the first and second pods define a first longitudinal flow channel to one side of the centerline and the first and third thruster pods define a second longitudinal flow channel to the opposite side of the centerline. a fourth pod, which may omit thruster mechanisms, may be disposed along the centerline reward of the first, second, and third pods, to define with them first and second cross-centerline flow channels.

Inventor(s): Gregg George Creppel

CPC Classification: B63H25/42 (MARINE PROPULSION OR STEERING (propulsion of air-cushion vehicles ; specially adapted for submarines, other than nuclear propulsion, ; specially adapted for torpedoes ))

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