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Container transportation system and method

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  • US 7,341,422 B1
  • Filed: 04/08/1998
  • Issued: 03/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of loading containers comprising the steps of:

  • selecting a plurality of containers adapted to contain and protect freight in a marine environment, each container having a set of outer walls defining an inner volume;

    loading freight into said inner volume;

    providing a reach stacker including a body portion and a gripping portion including a spreader attachment, said gripping portion being capable of being raised and lowered, rotated, and inclined relative to said body portion;

    accessing a marine vessel, wherein said marine vessel has a beam at least about ¼

    of its length to provide a relatively stable marine vessel;

    individually lifting and transporting each container along or adjacent to an upper edge thereof by means of said reach stacker over a ramp to a storage deck of said marine vessel, said ramp and storage deck having sufficient strength to support said reach stacker when said reach stacker is transporting a fully loaded one of said containers;

    positioning each container at desired locations on said deck by means of said reach stacker for transportation by said marine vessel; and

    securing each container to said deck at said locations.

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