B - Operations – Transporting – 63 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
63
B
114/59.8
B63B 22/02 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1243554
ABSTRACT OFFSHORE MOORING/LOADING SYSTEM A mooring system for connecting a vessel having an opening in its bow, to a fixed non-compliant offshore structure allows the moored vessel to weathervane 360 degrees around the structure while it is being loaded or while it tranfers fluids back to the production structure. The mooring system includes an outer boom pivotally mounted to the structure and an inner boom slidably mounted to the outer boom. The inner boom has an inboard end slidably mounted within the outer boom and a curved outboard end extending beyond the inner boom and defining an opening. The assembly of the inner and outer boom is articulated so that it may be placed in contact with a mooring receptacle of the vessel so that the opening in the inner boom is adjacent to mooring receptacle of the vessel. An elongated mating link is retained by the inner boom and extends through the aligned openings in the inner and in the bow of the vessel. Upon extension, the elongated mating link is rotatably mounted with respect to the longitudinal axis of the inner boom. Upon all vessel movements, the inner boom remains in contact with the mooring receptacle of the vessel due to the rotatable connection between the elongated mating link and the inner boom. A shock absorption system mounted with the inner and outer boom resists tensile and compressive forces in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the inner boom exerted by the vessel on the inner boom.
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Manoudakis Costas P.
White Geoff C.
Riches Mckenzie & Herbert Llp
Watt (brian) Associates Inc.
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