IANA 00 0 0 US 2017007799281 cu») United States 2) Patent Application Publication co) Pub. No.: US 2017/0077992 Al Groenewold et al. 4s) Pub. Date: Mar. 16, 2017 (54) SAFETY LINK FOR SHIP TO SHORE Publication Clasiicaton SHORE. 10 SHIP- AND/OR SHIP 'TO anneal SHIP-COMMUNICATIONS ines 60 (200601) (71) Applicant European Intelligence BY, Dordecht 49) aw wb ‘048 3160 (2013.01); G8 19/00 (72) Inventors: Steven Anthonius Groenewold, Cap Papeadrecht (NL), Gerardus Antonius (57) ABSTRACT Soret Mampael, Donec (NL) onto! modules) and sfey links) for ship communica sions arranging for emergency shutdovsn ESD communica tion between an unloading stomge facility for hazardous (21) Appl. Now 187261,504 aoods on either ship oF shore and loading storage facility for hazardous goods on either ship or shore, witha least one ‘umbilical line, connectors for covpling the control module (22) Filed: Sep. 9, 2016 (6) with the lies, the lines using bidirectional communica- tion between a ship type control module and a shore type G0) Foreign Application Priority Data control module, anda tansfer switch to switch the commu- nication mode of the eonceming control module between Sep. 10, 2015 (NL) 2015422 ship type and shore type si oe ie Se eos vee a‘US 2017/0077992 AL Mar. 16, 2017 Sheet 1 of 6 Patent Application Publication TomsPatent Application Publication Mar. 16,2017 Sheet 2 of 6 US 2017/0077992 AL ve ink Qperational Ship to Shore Lit Figure 2 ‘Qperationsl Control Module Supporting the following Unk types