Patent ID: 7147021

Claim:
A system for transfer of a fluid product, the system comprising: a ship having a length and for transporting the fluid product, the ship including a manifold for transfer of the fluid product to and from the ship; and an installation for receiving and supplying the fluid product, the installation comprising: a mooring post for the ship, the mooring post including a structure having a lower part linked to the earth at the bottom of a body of water navigated by the ship and an upper part, extending above the body of water, and including a column, a boom mounted on the upper part of the structure, having a free end, and rotating about a first vertical axis so that at least part of the boom may be located directly above the ship when moored to the mooring post, a transfer pipe carried by the boom, a deformable transfer device having a first end carried by the boom and connected to the transfer pipe and a second end comprising connection means for connection to the manifold, and means for mooring the ship to the mooring post, wherein the deformable transfer device is movable between a storage position in a storage state and a transfer position in a transfer state, connected to the manifold, with the free end of the boom near the manifold, the means for mooring the ship extends between an end of the ship and the upper part of the structure and rotates freely about the first vertical axis of the structure so that the ship can move freely about the mooring post for alignment with swells and currents of the body of water and with wind, with the end of the ship facing the mooring post, the manifold is located centrally along the length of the ship, and the deformable transfer device turns about a second vertical axis, where the deformable transfer device is attached to the boom, for rotation and movement of the deformable transfer device between the storage position and the transfer position, whereby torsional stress on the boom when the deformable transfer device is in the transfer position is relieved by rotation of the boom about the first vertical axis and rotation of the deformable transfer device about the second vertical axis.