Patent ID: 6027287
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: B63B,E02B

Abstract:
Apparatus to transfer, at sea, a load onto fixed legs of a substructure emerging from water, said load being specially fabricated in a construction yard and transported to the substructure by a cargo barge, said load and substructure having a corresponding number of legs, said apparatus comprising:(a) a prelaid mooring arrangement laid out in front of the substructure emerging from water and having a horizontal sheave that is opened to shift a mooring wire from one position to another;(b) a device aligned to mate the load to the substructure, said device including:(b') a main transfer connector, called ALS, installed on the legs of the load; and(b"") a secondary transfer connector or cargo barge release, called BRS, installed on the cargo barge;(c) protective fenders secured to sides of the cargo barge and to the fixed legs of the substructure; and(d) a cargo barge arrest assembly arranged on the fixed legs of the substructure and the cargo barge.