QUICK RELEASE FASTENING CLAMP FOR SECURING A COMPONENT TO A VESSEL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH FASTENING CLAMP WHEN UNLOADING A COMPONENT FROM A VESSEL

There is described a fastening clamp for securing a component to a vessel. The clamp comprises a clamp lever arranged rotatable on a pivot pin between a locked and a free position. The clamp lever comprises an operation portion at one side of the pivot pin for operating the fastening clamp and a hook portion on the other side of the pin for engagement with the component to be secured. The hook portion is arranged with an angle in relation to the clamp lever which angle is between 5° and 85°, in order to cooperate with a correspondingly angled surface associated with the component. The operation portion is connected with a first actuator, which is arranged for effecting a pivoting of the clamp lever between the closed position and the open position. The clamp lever comprises an opening for cooperating with a fastening pin arranged on a second actuator which is arranged for effecting a movement of the fastening pin between an engagement position in engagement with the opening in the clamp lever, thereby locking the clamp lever against pivoting and a free position where the clamp lever is free to pivot. The first and second actuator are connected with a drive unit comprising a controller for effecting the desired movements of the actuators. One objective is to achieve a quick release seafastening clamp.