Marine loading system with automatic movement control, and associated method

A marine loading system including an articulated fluid transfer arm having a fluid transfer line provided at one of its ends corresponding to a free end, with a coupling system suitable for being connected to a target manifold for fluid transfer, the target manifold and a target located adjacent to the target manifold each having tracking means designed to enable a relative position to be determined;

• actuators for controlling the movement of the arm in space;
• optical means supported by the coupling system and suitable for transmitting images of the tracking means;
• means for controlling the actuators provided on the arm;
• and computing means suitable for calculating a movement trajectory of the arm towards the target manifold on the basis of the images of the tracking means of the target and of the target manifold transmitted by the optical means, and for generating control instructions determined on the basis of the calculated trajectory and transmitting said instructions to the control means.