Mooring system
AssigneeFobox AS
InventorsHans Øigarden, Karl Christian Strømsem, Fred Olsen
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Abstract
Mooring system arranged in a body of water for the mooring of multiple surface or semi-submersible vessels or platforms with a artificial seafloor grid designed as a mesh-like structure arranged in a substantially horizontal plane in the body of water. The artificial seafloor grid including means for attachment to said vessel or platform, and is mechanically coupled to the bottom of the sea using anchoring elements.
Claims9
A mooring system arranged in a body of water for the mooring of multiple surface or semi-submersible vessels or platforms at sea, comprising:
- an artificial seafloor grid designed as a mesh structure arranged in a substantially horizontal plane in the body of water, said artificial seafloor grid including an attachment member to attach to said vessel or platform, said artificial seafloor grid being mechanically coupled to the bottom of the sea using anchoring elements, and said artificial seafloor grid including a plurality of adjacent grid members in at least two directions such that the grid members cross each other to form an intersection, said two directions including at least two grid members;
- at least one mooring line attached at a first end to said vessel or platform and at a second end to the artificial seafloor grid;
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- a plurality of seabed anchoring lines, wherein at least one anchoring line is attached at a first end to at least one intersection between the grid members and at a second end to at least one seabed anchor.
A method for mooring a surface or semi-submersible vessel or platform at sea, comprising the steps of:
- anchoring an artificial seafloor grid designed as a mesh structure arranged in a substantially horizontal plane in the body of water, said artificial seafloor grid including an attachment member to attach to said vessel or platform, said artificial seafloor grid being mechanically coupled to the bottom of the sea by anchoring elements, said artificial seafloor grid including a plurality of adjacent grid members arranged in at least two directions such that the grid members cross each other to form an intersection, said two directions including at least two grid members, the artificial seafloor grid establishing a number of docking positions for said vessel or platform;
- mechanically coupling the artificial seafloor grid to the bottom of the sea using anchoring lines, wherein at least one anchoring line is attached at a first end to at least one intersection between the grid members and at a second end to at least one anchoring element;
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- mechanically coupling at least one vessel or platform to at least one of said docking positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.