Patent ID: 8176938

Claim:
A hydrocarbon transfer system, comprising: a first structure having a length direction, a width direction and a deck level; a support structure extending upwardly from the deck level of the first structure and supporting a track extending a transverse direction; a movable frame part connected to the track; and a substantially transverse member and a vertical member attached to the movable frame part, the vertical member extending downwardly from a movable joint at a first end of the transverse member so that the vertical member is pivotable about a first axis extending in the length direction and a second axis extending in the transverse direction, wherein, the deck level is situated above a water level, the transverse member comprises a rigid fluid transfer duct, the vertical member comprises a secondary fluid transfer duct, and an end of the transfer duct of the transverse member at a second end of the transverse member is attached to an inboard fluid transfer duct on the first structure situated closer to the deck level than the transfer duct, via a length-adjustment fluid transfer member which is horizontally displaceable with a movement of the second end of the transverse member relative to the inboard fluid transfer duct.