A SINGLE POINT MOORING TOWER FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING SHIPS

A single point mooring tower for loading and unloading ships through a submarine line has a number of elongated variable buoyancy compartments depending from a surface floatation compartment. The tower is anchored at its lower end to provide a highly stable platform at its upper end.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • U.S. Patent Classification No. C1.9/8
• Corporate Authors:

  United States Patent Office

  2021 Jefferson Davis Highway
  Arlington, VA  United States  22202
• Authors:
  • Brickhouse, A A
• Publication Date: 1968-10-29

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056634
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM