A loading/unloading buoy

Details A loading/unloading buoy A loading/unloading buoy

B - Operations, Transporting

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B63B 27/24 (2006.01) B63B 22/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2134642

A buoy for use in loading or unloading of a flowable medi- um, especially oil, comprising an outer buoyancy member (2) ar- ranged to be introduced and secured in a submerged downwardly open receiving space in a floating vessel, and a central member (3) which is rotatably mounted in the outer member and is in- tended for anchoring to the sea bed and arranged for passage of medium between a transfer line (57) which, in operation, is cou- pled to the lower end of the central member (3) and a tube system on the vessel. The central member (3) is provided with a lower ex- tension body (8) having an outer peripheral portion (9) abutting on and essentially corresponding to the outer periphery of the ad- jacent end (10) of the outer buoyancy member (2), and having a lower portion (11) which is downwardly tapering from the outer peripheral portion (9). A number of fastening means (12) for fas- tening of the upper ends of anchoring lines (13) for anchoring of the buoy (1) are fastened at intervals along the periphery of the outer peripheral portion (9) of the extension body (8), and the ex- tension body (8) comprises at least one buoyancy chamber (56) for buoyancy or ballast material.

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