B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
137/71
B63B 27/24 (2006.01) B63B 22/02 (2006.01) B63B 35/44 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2026450
A b s t r a c t Offshore loading system comprising a dynamically positioned vessel and at least two flexible elements, such as hoses extending in opposite directions from two spaced apart locations according to a preferably double catenary configuration towards a disconnectable coupling provided at an outboard extending arm of the vessel, the arm being swingable inboard and outboard respectively whilst in the disconnected mode of the coupling, the central position of the coupling is obtained by the catenary configuration of the flexible elements, preferably by giving said elements the form of a double catenary line, obtained by means of a buoyancy device attached to each element and anchored to the sea bottom by means of a cable or the like.
Poldervaart Leendert
Taylor-Jones David John
Ridout & Maybee Llp
Single Buoy Moorings Inc.
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