A SINGLE-POINT MOORING BUOY FOR LOADING A GAS OR LIQUID INTO OR FROM A SHIP

A single-point mooring buoy for loading a gas or liquid into or from a ship includes a rotatable ring portion for mooring the ship by a rope or chain at a tangent to the ring. The ring rotates about a body portion fixed to the sea bottom and connected to an underwater pipeline by a flexible hose provided with floats of controllable buoyancy so that the hose has an S-shaped or double curvature in a substantially vertical plane below the water surface.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • German Patent Appl. No. 1,963,589 dated June 25, 1970. Netherlands Patent Appl. No. 68,18357 dated June 23, 1970.
  • Corporate Authors:

    Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij NV

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  • Authors:
    • Westra, S
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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00056630
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM