RELEASABLE GANGWAY SUPPORT

摘要

Method and device to physically prevent damage occurring to a ship, ferry or its land gear when in port, when a gangway via one or more clamping hooks (2) is connected to its hull and the ship inadvertently is put into motion beyond movement limitations set to define that the ship is moored and in port. The at least one clamping hook (2) is provided with an overload protection device that automatically release itself upon overloading and thereafter resets itself by being pre-stressed by biasing means keeping the gangway in a connection/hooking position at all times when the ship is in port, unless a release load exceeding a prefixed load level is reached, in which case the gangway is released from its connection to the hull.