Tower mounted mooring apparatus

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1983-03-25

1985-05-14

Blix, Trygve M.

Buoys, rafts, and aquatic devices

Buoy

For mooring a vessel

B63B 2152

Patent

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045169420

ABSTRACT:
A single point mooring apparatus for tanker loading and discharging is disclosed having a fixed mooring tower and a yoke connected to the fixed tower by a triaxial articulation element for allowing the yoke to move while connected to a vessel in yaw, pitch and roll with respect to the mooring base. The yoke is shaped to straddle the bow of the moored vessel and is suspended above the water line with weighted pendants on port and starboard sides of the vessel, providing a resilient position restoring force to the vessel. Fluid transfer swivels and flexible hose connections in the cargo transfer conduits are all located above the water line.

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