Pipe 















Buoyant 

 Assist 



Cable 





Platform 



































No 

 Assist 







Conventional 

 Surface 

 Craft 















Pipe 

























Buoyant 

 Assist 



Cable 





Ship 

































No 

 Assist 















Hydrodynamic 

 Winch 



























Unconventional 

 Surface 

 Craft 







Weight Handling 

 in the 

 Ocean 

















"Flip" 

 Vessel 



































Hydrocfiute 























Free 

 Ascent/ Descent 





















Buoyed 

 Load 













Surface 

 Independent 





















Winch Down 















Figure 1. Candidate load handling systems. 



