AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM FOR MOORING A SHIP TO BE LOADED OR UNLOADED

An independent system for mooring a ship to be loaded or unloaded includes a single-point marine buoy with a propelling device for maintaining a marine cable and a floating hose permanently in stretched position. The propelling device may be a cylindrical float fitted with a propeller driven by a motor.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Netherlands Patent Appl. No. 68,06466.
• Corporate Authors:

  Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij NV

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• Publication Date: 1969-11-11

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056643
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: Patent
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM