A SINGLE POINT MOORING BUOY AND LOADING DEVICE FOR TANKERS

Single point mooring buoy and loading device for tankers consists of a foundation fastened to the sea bottom, a buoy near the surface, an anchor leg which joins the foundation and the buoy, absorbs the sea loads, and consists of a nonrotating rigid liquid conduit flexibility joined to the buoy and to the foundation. A loading or unloading conduit is joined to the rigid conduit.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Netherlands Patent Appl. 70,13320, dated March 11, 1971.
• Corporate Authors:

  Esso Research and Engineering Company

  Florham Park, NJ  United States  07932
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Old TRIS Terms: Spm conventional
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056577
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM