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Method and system for continuously determining vessel draft and amount of cargo in a vessel undergoing loading

  • US 20090112510A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Published: 04/30/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for continuously determining the draft of a waterborne floating vessel as the vessel is being loaded comprising:

  • a. a plurality of fixed base devices stationed off the vessel at a fixed known location, the fixed base devices configured to produce electronic signals containing positional elevation data;

    b. a plurality of markers attached to the vessel, the markers configured to produce electronic signals containing positional elevation data;

    c. a plurality of water freeboard level monitors in known proximity to the fixed base devices, the monitors configured to produce electronic signals relating to the measured distance of the fixed base devices from the water level;

    d. a computing system configured to receive the electronic signals from the fixed base devices, the markers, and the water freeboard level monitors, to compute the draft of the vessel therefrom.

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