Patent ID: 7673577

Claim:
Floating offshore structure ( 1 ) anchored to the sea bed ( 30 ), comprising a hull ( 2 ) having longitudinal sides ( 3 , 4 ) and transverse sides ( 5 , 6 ), bow and stern anchoring points ( 13 , 14 , 40 ) for mooring a tanker vessel ( 7 ) alongside the offshore structure, a deck ( 25 ) at a predetermined height (H 1 ) above sea level ( 27 ), hydrocarbon storage and/or processing devices ( 26 ) being placed on the deck ( 25 ), a spacer member ( 20 , 21 ) attached to the structure and projecting transversely from the sides for contacting a tanker vessel moored alongside the structure, characterised in that, the anchoring points ( 13 , 14 , 40 ) of the structure ( 1 ) comprise of quick release members ( 60 ), wherein the bow and/or stern anchoring points ( 13 , 14 , 40 ) of the structure ( 1 ) are situated on a deck ( 28 , 39 , 51 ) which projects transversely from the hull ( 2 ) of the structure ( 1 ) the height of the deck ( 28 , 39 , 51 ) being such that anchor lines extending from said anchoring points ( 13 , 14 , 40 ) to the tanker vessel are at an angle of not more than 30° with the horizontal.