Patent ID: 9346520
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A system for offshore mooring and loading of mother ships by use of a trans-shipper positioned adjacent the mother ship, comprising: a. an onshore cargo loading facility; b. a mooring field defined in an area offshore said onshore cargo loading facility; c. a plurality of mooring stations positioned within said mooring field, said mooring stations providing mooring points to connect mooring lines to a vessel; d. a mother ship positioned within said mooring field and moored to two or more mooring stations via mooring lines from the bow and stern of said mother ship to two different mooring stations; e. a trans-shipper positioned proximal said mother ship, wherein the mooring stations to which said mooring lines connect, and the lengths and tensions of said mooring lines, minimize movement of said mother ship and create a desired lee area adjacent said mother ship, in which said trans-shipper is positioned.