Load Handling System Workshop
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Load Handling System Workshop |
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July 2008 - Functional Requirements of Load Handling System Installed on R/V Hugh R. Sharp.
<LHSFunctionalRequirements-Jul08.pdf>
March 2007 - Final Report of Load Handling System Installed on R/V Hugh R. Sharp.
<LHSsymposium-FinalReport.pdf>
October 2006 - Report on Field Evaluations of Load Handling System
Installed on R/V Hugh R. Sharp.
- <LHS_Workshop_Report_Oct06.pdf>
Movies:
- <Seas.mov> (35 Mb)
- <Winches.mov> (202 Mb)
- <Docking.mov> (76
Mb)
Below is information which represents the preliminary findings from the Load Handling System Workshop conducted in 2004. Committee members engaged in this effort were:
| Matthew Hawkins, UD (Chair) Thomas Althouse, Scripps Andy Bowen, WHOI Marc Willis, OSU Jim Holik, Raytheon Polar Services |
The committee would appreciate comment regarding the proposed Load Handling System “Functional Requirements” and the conceptual designs shown below. These designs and documents are by no means finalized. They only represent the culmination of what the committee found during their survey, and one set of solutions for the future given current technologies and systems in use on other vessels today.
All comments, concerns, and suggestions are welcome and should be directed to myself (hawkins@udel.edu). Comments will be reviewed by the full committee and sponsors. They will be acted upon or incorporated as deemed appropriate.
In addition, these documents have recently been used to assemble a formal Request for Proposal for two actual systems; one to replace the CTD handling crane on the R/V KILO MOANA, and one for a new handling system on the CAPE HENLOPEN Replacement Vessel. Proposals from vendors are due in at the end of May, 2005. Detailed Vessel Requirements for each ship are included here to illustrate how these documents might be used in conjunction with other vessels – either new builds or retrofits.
Both vessel operators will review the proposals in order to make a joint decision for purchase. The decisions and recommendations made by the vessel operators will be provided to the committee in support of the broader community’s search for “next-generation” handling systems.
On behalf of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research who funded this effort, thank you in advance for your valuable input to this process.
Matt Hawkins
Chair, Load Handling System Workshop.