BUOYANT MOORING TOWER

A single point mooring tower for loading and unloading ships, such as tankers, having a surface flotation compartment and a plurality of elongated variable buoyancy compartments depending therefrom and being anchored at its lower end with anchor lines under constant tension to provide a highly stable platform at its upper end for mooring and connection to a conduit leading downwardly through the tower.

• Corporate Authors:

  United States Patent Office

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  Arlington, VA  United States  22202
• Authors:
  • Brickhouse, A A
• Publication Date: 1968-10

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deepwater harbors; Intermodal transfer; Offshore moorings; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil transfer systems; Spm tower structures
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053893
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: United States Patent Office
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 3,407,416 Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 7 1974 12:00AM