A personal watercraft with cargo-carrying surface and an anchor rail mounted on a surface of the personal watercraft. The anchor rail being adjacent to the cargo-carrying surface and exposed to an environment. The anchor rail can include an outwardly facing surface exposed to the environment, and the anchor rail is secured to the personal watercraft in such a manner that the outwardly facing surface is recessed relative to the cargo-carrying surface to form a recess or that the outwardly facing surface is flush with the cargo-carrying surface.

An apparatus, vessel and method for forming a tween deck within the cargo hold of the vessel that comprises at least one fixed tween deck permanently secured to the interior of the vessel, an opening extending through the at least one fixed tween deck and at least one portable tween deck sized to be received within the opening so as to form a completed tween deck with the at least one fixed tween deck.

An article of manufacture for providing a space-saving cooler mount for use on recreational vehicles is disclosed. The cooler mount includes a back support member, having a front side and a back side, coupled to a base support surface along a bottom edge of the back support member. A sliding attachment support is attached to the back of the back support member to retain a sliding support arm. A protruding member coupled to the sliding support arm that extends outward to couple to a second c-clamp used to secure the cooler mount to a vehicle or boat. An attachment tab is located on one side of a first c-clamp that engages the pair of extended members of the pivoting support arm. The first c-clamp also attaches to a vehicle and boat.

An article of manufacture for providing a space-saving cooler mount for use on recreational vehicles is disclosed. The cooler mount includes a back support member, having a front side and a back side, coupled to a base support surface along a bottom edge of the back support member. A sliding attachment support is attached to the back of the back support member to retain a sliding support arm. A protruding member coupled to the sliding support arm that extends outward to couple to a second c-clamp used to secure the cooler mount to a vehicle or boat. An attachment tab is located on one side of a first c-clamp that engages the pair of extended members of the pivoting support arm. The first c-clamp also attaches to a vehicle and boat.

The availability of a container crane or a dock is improved. A cargo handling method includes steps of: moving a lighter 601 to a different dock, the lighter 601 carrying a freight container wheeled platform 501 loaded on the lighter 601, the freight container wheeled platform 501 carrying a container 401 placed on the freight container wheeled platform 501 in a container yard; and unloading the freight container wheeled platform 501 from the lighter 601 to the different dock.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.

The offshore jack-up has a hull and a plurality of moveable legs engageable with the seafloor. The offshore jack-up is arranged to move the legs with respect to the hull to position the hull out of the water. The method comprises securing the vessel with respect to the hull of the offshore jack-up when the hull is positioned out of the water and the legs engage the seafloor. A lifting mechanism mounted on the offshore jack-up engages with a cargo carrying platform positioned on the vessel. The platform is lifted with the lifting mechanism between a first position on the vessel and a second position clear of the vessel.