Patent ID: 7886679
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A system for mooring a vessel at an offshore site, comprising two or more spaced apart floating mooring elements wherein each mooring element comprises two opposite mooring bodies attached to and spaced apart by a frame member, the mooring bodies being positionable to frictionally engage opposite sides of a hull of a vessel, wherein each mooring element is movable between an upper position for engaging the opposite sides of the hull of the vessel and a lower position in which at least one of its mooring bodies is lowered below the upper position for disengaging from the hull of the vessel and wherein the at least two mooring elements are interconnected by connecting lines, such as anchor lines, wherein the connecting lines extend freely movable through channels provided in the mooring elements, and an assembly for maintaining a substantially stationary position of each of the mooring elements relative to the seabed.