AN OFFSHORE LOADING AND UNLOADING FACILITY FOR TANKERS

An offshore loading and unloading facility for tankers includes a tower anchored on the sea bottom, a generally rectangular floating bridge pivotable about the tower through an angle of 360 deg for mooring the tanker along at least one of its sides, and a transfer line extending from the tower to the mooring side, the pivot point being at a corner which is opposite to the mooring side.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Netherlands Patent Appl. 69,16576.
• Corporate Authors:

  Mannesmann AG

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• Publication Date: 1970-5-14

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: 00056644
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM