BIG BUOY

Two buoys have been constructed by the Oil Equipment Div of IHC Holland for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BP for handling 240,000 tons dwt tankers. On top of the buoy a turntable is mounted, to which on one side the heavy mooring hawser is fixed and on the other side the floating hoses are connected through which the oil flows from the tanker to the buoy, thence via the pipes in the buoy body and finally via submarine pipe line to the shore installation, and in reverse direction for loading of the tanker.

• Corporate Authors:

  Terminus Publications Limited

  Speedway House, Quarry Hill Parade
  Tonbridge, Kent,   England 
• Publication Date: 1969-2

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.
• Serial:
  • Tanker and Bulk Carrier
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Terminus Publications Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Dynamic loads; Mooring; Mooring buoys; Offshore terminals; Offshore transfer; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings; Underwater pipelines
• Old TRIS Terms: Offshore loading; Spm description and plans
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00005942
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 25 1974 12:00AM