Mooring buoy
AssigneeStillstrom A/S
InventorPhilip Peberdy
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Abstract
A mooring buoy for a vessel comprises a floating body arranged to project out of the water. At least one buoy anchoring line is connected between the floating body and sea floor. At least one vessel mooring line is connectable between the mooring buoy and the vessel. At least one moveable electric cable is connected to a power supply and the moveable electric cable has a free end connectable to a switchboard of the vessel when the vessel is tethered to the at least one vessel mooring line. The free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is moveable between a retracted position and a connected position and the tension of the at least one vessel mooring line is greater than the tension in the at least one moveable electric cable when the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is in the connected position.
Claims22
A mooring buoy for a vessel, the mooring buoy comprising:
- a floating body arranged to project out of a surface of water;
- at least one buoy anchoring line connected between the floating body and a sea floor;
- at least one vessel mooring line connectable between the mooring buoy and the vessel;
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- at least one moveable electric cable connected to a power supply, the at least one moveable electric cable having a free end connectable to a switchboard of the vessel when the vessel is tethered to the at least one vessel mooring line;
- wherein the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is moveable between a retracted position and a connected position and a tension of the at least one vessel mooring line is greater than the tension in the at least one moveable electric cable when the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is in the connected position;
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- wherein the mooring buoy includes a rotatable electrical connection coupled between the at least one moveable electric cable and an input subsea cable.
A method of mooring a vessel with a mooring buoy having a floating body arranged to project out of a surface of water and at least one buoy anchoring line connected between the floating body and a sea floor, wherein the method comprises:
- connecting at least one vessel mooring line between the mooring buoy and the vessel;
- moving a free end of at least one moveable electric cable connected to a power supply between a retracted position and a connected position;
- connecting the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable to a switchboard of the vessel when the vessel is tethered to the at least one vessel mooring line, wherein the mooring buoy includes a rotatable electrical connection coupled between the at least one moveable electric cable and an input subsea cable;
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- tensioning the at least one vessel mooring line such that a tension in the at least one vessel mooring line is greater than the tension in the at least one moveable electric cable when the free end of the at least one moveable electric cable is in the connected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.