Patent ID: 8152580
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B63B,B67D,E21B

Abstract:
1. A loading system for transferring at least one medium between a first installation and a floating vessel, comprising an anchoring device which can be fixed relative to a seabed, at least one elongated first transfer element, normally vertically orientated in an installed state and connected to the anchoring device, comprising devices for connection to the first installation, a buoyancy system for ensuring that the first transfer element is under tension in an installed state, at least one flexible second transfer element arranged in the extension of the first transfer element, wherein a swivel arrangement is mounted between the first and second transfer element, which swivel arrangement comprises a first swivel unit with an axis of rotation substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the elongated first transfer element, and a second swivel unit with a second axis of rotation oriented substantially perpendicularly relative to the first axis of rotation, where a free end of the second transfer element comprises devices for connection to the floating vessel and in an installed state when the system is not being used are located freely suspended in the body of water and has an orientation substantially parallel to the first transfer element.