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Patent
CA 2354729
An apparatus is disclosed for stabilizing a damaged ferry, the ferry having a bow incorporating a loading door for loading and unloading vehicles and the bow or loading door or any other part of the hull above the lower vehicle deck being damaged and allowing external water introduction, the apparatus comprising means for directing intake water from outside the ferry and the external water into lower stern ballast tanks, whereby the damaged bow or loading door is raised above the water line by lowering the stern of the ferry and the ferry is maintained at an even keel. The ferry can also sustain hull damage below the lower vehicle deck and remain operational by restricting incoming water introduction to a limited number of lower compartments.
Pinsent Harold
Shapiro Cohen
LandOfFree
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