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Side-by-side hydrocarbon transfer system

A hydrocarbon, mooring system technology, applied in the direction of cargo handling equipment, ship parts, ships, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-04-11
SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC
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[0003] Known mooring systems have the disadvantage that once the tank drifts lengthwise relative to the permanently moored vessel the position of the tank will change in the lateral direction

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[0034] Figure 1 shows a mooring system 1 comprising a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) 2 and an LNG carrier 3 moored side by side. The FSRU 2 is moored to the seafloor via an external turret 4 which is anchored to the seafloor via anchor lines 5 . The transverse mooring jib 7 is attached to the side of the FSRU. The mooring arm 7 can be rotated about a hinge point 8 into a parked position in which it is parallel to the length of the FSRU. In the operative position of the mooring arm 7 it is locked in place so that it cannot rotate about the hinge point 8 .

[0035] The carrier 3 is connected to the mooring arm 7 at the head 9 of the carrier at the level of the centerline 10 . The cable 11 is connected to a tension element 12 for exerting tension on the cable 11 . The tension element 12 may be a constant tension winch, a hydraulic cylinder, a counterweight or other force element adapted to exert a force on the cable 11 . For reasons of safety and redundancy, ...

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The invention relates to a mooring system comprising a first vessel (2) for containing hydrocarbons having at its bow and / or stem a transverse arm (7) and a fluid transfer means (18) comprising a duct connected to a tank (19) on the first vessel (2) and a coupling end for connecting to a second vessel (2), the second vessel being moored alongside the first vessel and being attached via at least one cable (11), extending from its bow in the length direction of the vessel, to a mooring end of the arm (7), which mooring end of the arm is substantially situated at or near a longitudinal centreline of the second vessel, wherein the arm, during use, is in a fixed position, a pulling force element being attached to the cable (11) for applying a pulling force on the cable (11) upon relative movement of the second vessel (3) with respect to the arm (7), the force element allowing a predetermined maximum displacement of the second vessel (3). The fluid transfer means comprises a frame (60) extending upwardly from a side of the first vessel, hingingly attached around a first hinge axis (61) that extends in the length direction of the vessel, a transverse arm (65) being hingingly connected to an upper end of the frame (60) around a second axis (66) that extends in the length direction of the vessel, a counterweight (67) being placed on one end of the transverse arm (65) and a vertical fluid duct (73) being supported from the transverse arm (65), the vertical duct having at its coupling end a connecting member for attaching to the second vessel (3), the vertical duct (73) being displaceable in the length direction of the vessels by a distance corresponding to the predetermined maximum displacement.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a mooring system comprising a first vessel for containing hydrocarbons, said first vessel having transverse arms at its head and / or stern and fluid transfer means comprising a connection A line to a tank on a first vessel and a coupling end for connection to a second vessel which is moored alongside the first vessel and which can be connected via a cable, from its head along the length of the vessel The direction extends to the mooring end of the arm, said mooring end of the arm being substantially on or near the longitudinal centerline of the second container. Background technique [0002] Such a mooring system is known from EP 1 413 511, which shows a side-by-side mooring arrangement of a permanently moored container and a tank container, the tank container being connected to the permanently moored container via a transverse arm, The transverse arm extends from the permanently moored vessel. The tank is moored to the arm vi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B63B27/24B63B21/04B63B21/50
CPCB63B21/50B63B21/04B63B27/24
Inventor 伦德特·波尔德瓦尔特杰克·波拉克海因·威尔海因·奥姆恩
Owner SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC