A pleasure craft is provided in which one or more decks of the craft have a deck construction in which a base body is provided, and in which a first part of supporting and stiffening members is arranged on an upper face of the base body, and a second part of the supporting and stiffening members is arranged on a lower face of the base body. This construction optimizes and rationalizes the arrangement of components of the installations of the craft in terms of size, weight and the required amount of space, as well as in terms of required power, this resulting in a reduction of time and cost for mounting the installations of the craft.

A pleasure craft is provided in which one or more decks of the craft have a deck construction in which a base body is provided, and in which a first part of supporting and stiffening members is arranged on an upper face of the base body, and a second part of the supporting and stiffening members is arranged on a lower face of the base body. This construction optimizes and rationalizes the arrangement of components of the installations of the craft in terms of size, weight and the required amount of space, as well as in terms of required power, this resulting in a reduction of time and cost for mounting the installations of the craft.

An apparatus, vessel and method for forming a tween deck within the cargo hold of the vessel. The apparatus comprises at least one fixed tween deck permanently secured to an interior of 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.

A pleasure craft is provided such as a luxury pleasure craft. The craft eliminates the need for transverse bulkheads in one or more decks inside the hull of the craft, thus improving the aesthetics and usability thereof. The hull of the pleasure craft defines an imaginary or virtual freeboard deck located below the main deck of the craft. A cavity is arranged on one or more decks on both sides of the hull separate from the remaining space of the corresponding deck and delimited on its outer side by the corresponding side wall. The imaginary or virtual freeboard deck is therefore at a height equal to the extension in the vertical direction of the cavities from the floor of the corresponding deck.

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.

A hopper barge is disclosed. The hopper barge comprises a hopper compartment for carrying a plurality of containers, the hopper compartment comprising a hopper compartment deck. The hopper barge comprises an inner-bottom portion defined in part by the hopper compartment deck and a bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of longitudinal bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of transverse bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge, the plurality of transverse bulkheads running perpendicular to the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads. A plurality of pedestal supports are affixed to the hopper compartment deck, wherein at least one of the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads intersects at least one of the plurality of transverse bulkheads at a position beneath at least one of the plurality of pedestal supports.

A curtain airbag device mounting structure includes: a first pillar forming a part of a front pillar and extends substantially along a vehicle height direction; a second pillar forming another part of the front pillar, the second pillar being disposed on a rear side of a vehicle relative to the first pillar at a predetermined distance from the first pillar and extending substantially along the vehicle height direction; a transparent member bridged between the first pillar and the second pillar; and a curtain airbag device including a curtain airbag stored along a roof side rail and the second pillar, the curtain airbag being configured to inflate and deploy in a curtain-like fashion over a side portion of a cabin of the vehicle in case of a collision of the vehicle.

A curtain airbag device mounting structure includes: a first pillar forming a part of a front pillar and extends substantially along a vehicle height direction; a second pillar forming another part of the front pillar, the second pillar being disposed on a rear side of a vehicle relative to the first pillar at a predetermined distance from the first pillar and extending substantially along the vehicle height direction; a transparent member bridged between the first pillar and the second pillar; and a curtain airbag device including a curtain airbag stored along a roof side rail and the second pillar, the curtain airbag being configured to inflate and deploy in a curtain-like fashion over a side portion of a cabin of the vehicle in case of a collision of the vehicle.

A natural gas liquefaction vessel including an increased deadweight tonnage, as compared to a liquefied natural gas carrier (LNGC) of a comparably-sized ship, is achieved by reducing the LNGC's cargo capacity. This difference creates room on the port and starboard sides of cargo tanks to increase the size of the adjacent wing tanks. The increased size of the wing tanks occupy the space created by the reduced cargo tank size of the vessel and may support a larger upper trunk deck. The ballast wing tanks and smaller cargo tanks increase the deadweight available. With this approach, the larger upper trunk deck of the vessel is able to support an efficient floating liquefaction plant that improves the LNG value chain because it is capable of producing 2.0-3.0 MTPA in the footprint of a standard vessel hull, such as for example a Q-Max hull.

A hopper barge is disclosed. The hopper barge comprises a hopper compartment for carrying a plurality of containers, the hopper compartment comprising a hopper compartment deck. The hopper barge comprises an inner-bottom portion defined in part by the hopper compartment deck and a bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of longitudinal bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge. A plurality of transverse bulkheads are arranged in parallel within the inner-bottom portion of the hopper barge, the plurality of transverse bulkheads running perpendicular to the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads. A plurality of pedestal supports are affixed to the hopper compartment deck, wherein at least one of the plurality of longitudinal bulkheads intersects at least one of the plurality of transverse bulkheads at a position beneath at least one of the plurality of pedestal supports.