Patent ID: 7299760

Claim:
A terminal for offloading product at sea comprising, an open frame floating structure having first and second ends and a mid-point positioned half way between said first and second ends, said floating structure further having a longitudinal center line between said first and second ends, a deck mounted on the open frame floating structure above sea surface, a mooring turret rotatably mounted with respect to said open frame floating structure said mooring turret being an internal turret positioned at a lateral side of said floating structure away from said center line, at a position in proximity to said first end of said floating structure, anchor legs connected between said mooring turret and a sea floor so that said floating structure can weathervane about said mooring turret in response to environmental forces of waves, wind and current, and thrusters mounted at said second end of said open frame floating structure, whereby said thrusters are designed and arranged to provide torque to said floating structure with respect to said mooring turret position for swinging said second end of said open frame floating structure in an arc away from or toward a line defined generally by the path of an approaching carrier vessel with said first end of said open frame floating structure.