Patent ID: 7793605
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. A mooring system comprising: a floating structure for containing hydrocarbons; and a fluid transfer means on a deck of the floating structure with a coupling end for connecting to a vessel having a length direction, the vessel moored alongside of the floating structure via a mooring device allowing relative movement of the vessel with respect to the floating structure in the length direction of the vessel, wherein the fluid transfer means comprise a frame extending upwardly from the deck at a side of the floating structure, at least two transverse arms being hingingly connected to an upper end of the frame around an axis that extends in the length direction of the vessel, a counterweight being placed on a first end of each of the at least two transverse arms and a respective vertical fluid duct being supported from a second end of each of the at least two transverse arms, the vertical ducts each having at an end a connecting member for attaching to the vessel, the vertical ducts being displaceable in the length direction of the vessel, and wherein the frame and the transverse arms are not rotatable around a vertical axis.