Patent ID: 6851994

Claim:
A combined mooring and fluid transfer arrangement between an LNG process vessel ( 1 ) and an LNG carrier ( 2 ) wherein, said mooring arrangement includes, a yoke ( 3 ) selectively disconnectably coupled between said LNG process vessel ( 1 ) and said LNG carrier ( 2 ) and having first and second ends with a non-disconnectable coupling arrangement at said first end, and a disconnectable coupling arrangement at said second end, and said fluid transfer arrangement includes, a boom ( 4 ) rotatably mounted on said LNG process vessel ( 1 ), a pantograph pipe arrangement ( 6 ) including a coupling head ( 30 ) carried by said boom, a first fluid conduit ( 40 ) running from said LNG process vessel via said boom to said pantograph pipe arrangement to said coupling head, an LNG pipe disconnectable coupler ( 5 ) mounted on said LNG carrier ( 2 ) which is arranged and designed to be selectively connected or disconnected with said coupling head ( 30 ), and a second fluid conduit ( 16 ) running from said disconnectable coupler to a second fluid conduit on said LNG carrier.