Device and method for interconnecting a tanker and a floating terminal
AssigneeSevan Marine Asa
InventorFredrik MAJOR
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Abstract
A device for connecting a floating vessel such as a tanker (3) and a floating, fixedly orientated, terminal (1), where a floating coupling unit (2) which is provided with a contact portion (211) arranged to be able to bear against a portion of the tanker (3), is shiftably allocated said terminal (1), in that at least two mooring means (24) extend from said terminal (1) via respective shifting devices (23) arranged on the coupling unit (2), and to respective anchors (25) arranged at a distance from said terminal (1) is described. A method for connecting a floating vessel (3) and a terminal (1) for fluids by means of a floating coupling unit (2) is also described.
Claims11
A device for interconnecting a tanker and a floating terminal, where said terminal is fixedly orientated, the device comprising:
- a floating coupling unit provided with at least one contact portion configured for bearing against at least a portion of the tanker;
- at least two mooring members configured for extending between the terminal,
- via respective shifting devices arranged on the coupling unit , and respective anchors arranged at a distance from said terminal;
- wherein the coupling unit is shiftably arranged with respect to the terminal.
A method of interconnecting a tanker and a fixedly orientated terminal , comprising the steps of:
- mooring the tanker with at least two ship moorings to the terminal and with at least two ship to respective anchors ,
- shifting the tanker by tightening, possibly slacken, the respective ship moorings (34, 34′) until the tanker has arrived at a desired position relative to the terminal,
- shifting a floating coupling unit by means of shifting devices in engagement with at least two mooring members extending from the terminal via respective shifting devices arranged on the coupling unit , and to respective anchors arranged at a distance from the terminal , to supporting contact against a portion of the tanker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.