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Berthing method and system

A technology of bollards, spatial relations, applied in the field of mooring

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-05-31
大卫·查尔斯·兰德瑞 +1
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However, single point mooring buoys are only used at the bow, not alongside the string, and their use requires special fittings and manifolds to be installed on board to allow loading and unloading of the vessel

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[0026] refer to figure 1 , a vessel 101 is shown moored by means of a floating bollard 102 provided with a guard 104 . The relatively rigid mooring line 103 provides a secure attachment between the floating bollard 102 and the vessel 101, and complements the function of the guard 104, allowing the vessel and the bollard to move into contact with each other and drain away from the water surface 107. Dissipates much of the wave force of the first order. Floating bollards 102 are attached to the bottom 108 by means of relatively soft anchoring lines 105 and anchors or piles 106 .

[0027] figure 2 The mooring of a large vessel, such as a tanker used to transport LNG, CNG and similar cryogenic fluids, is shown by means of the method of the present invention. In this figure, a tanker 201 is shown moored side by side by means of two floating bollards 202 provided with guards 204 . The relatively rigid mooring line 203 provides a reliable method of attaching the floating bollard...

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A method and a system are provided for safely mooring seagoing vessels on the high seas and in other unprotected waters. The present invention allows a large vessel to berth close enough to a marine structure side-by-side that the vessel can be loaded and unloaded in most environmental conditions using conventional loading arm equipment. Vessels may be moored side by side to the marine structure using one or more floating bollards anchored to the sea floor and provided with guards. The preferred type of floating bollard is a triangular semi-submerged anchored buoy structure comprising three buoy sections or "caissons" arranged in a vertical fashion, three buoy shell sections or "pontoons" which support and separate the buoyancy The column member provides movement damping to the anchored buoy structure, and three horizontal support members hold the top of the buoyant column member in place.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims priority to the following patent applications: [0003] 1. U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 60 / 468,137, filed May 1, 2003; and [0004] 2. US Utility (Non-Provisional) Patent Application Serial No. (not yet known) entitled "Method and System for Mooring" filed April 29, 2004 by applicant / inventor David Charles Landry et al. technical field [0005] The present invention relates to the mooring of seagoing vessels in spatial relation to fixed structures in the high seas. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and systems for the berthing of vessels maintaining spatial relationship to deepwater terminals and similar offshore structures. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and systems for the berthing of large vessels in spatial relation to terminals and similar platforms and structures standing stationary in unprotected waters, such as the open sea in the Gulf of Mexi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): E02B3/26B63B1/10B63B21/50B63B22/02B63B59/02E02B3/06
CPCB63B22/02B63B1/107B63B21/50B63B22/021E02B3/064
Inventor 大卫·查尔斯·兰德瑞小威廉·托马斯·本内特
Owner 大卫·查尔斯·兰德瑞
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