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US 9,340,264 B2Granted
Marine docking stations
AssigneeSevan Marine Asa
InventorsKåre Syvertsen, Dave Tallonen, Jan Vidar Aarsnes
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Abstract
A floating installation for temporarily accommodating objects that are being transported from a first position to a second position located on a marine installation, characterized by the floating installation including at least one marine docking station adapted for the call of a seagoing transport vessel, the at least one docking station being integrated in the installation, at least one helipad and living quarters, and a method of transporting personnel and equipment.
Claims12
A floating installation comprising:
- a circular or near-circular main hull;
- a plurality of marine docking stations, each adapted for receiving a seagoing transport vessel and being integrated in the installation;
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- a boarding platform to facilitate movement from the vessel to the installation, wherein
- the docking stations are spaced apart symmetrically or near-symmetrically around the center axis of the installation;
- the boarding platform is located at the center axis of the installation so as to connect with all the docking stations,
- each of the docking stations is formed as a channel having sidewalls, and a sidewall of a first docking station is substantially connected, at a periphery of the boarding platform, to a sidewall of a second docking station adjacent the first docking station.
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