US 12,240,582 B2
Steering mechanism for shallow draft container carrier and inland waterway container transport vessel
Gregg George Creppel, New Orleans, LA (US)
Appl. No. 17/608,349
Filed by Gregg George Creppel, New Orleans, LA (US)
PCT Filed May 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/030919
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/227046, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/843,214, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0204150 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. B63H 25/42 (2006.01); B63H 5/16 (2006.01)
CPC B63H 25/42 (2013.01) [B63H 5/16 (2013.01); B63H 2025/425 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container carrier ship comprising an external hull including a bow, a stern, and a container bay having mutually opposing lateral sides extending between the bow and stern, the bow having a set of depending lateral thruster pods including:
a first pod disposed along a longitudinal centerline of the external hull;
a second pod disposed rearward of the first pod and outward from the longitudinal centerline of the external hull; and
a third pod disposed rearward of the first pod and outward from the longitudinal centerline of the external hull opposite from the second pod;
wherein the first and second pods define a first longitudinal flow channel to one side of the longitudinal centerline of the external hull and the first and third pods define a second longitudinal flow channel to an opposite side of the longitudinal centerline of the external hull.