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Title:
停泊システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2009520630
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A system for mooring a vessel at an offshore site comprises at least one floating mooring element with two opposite mooring bodies for receiving therebetween and engaging the hull of the vessel. Each mooring element is movable between an upper position for engaging the hull of the vessel and a lower position in which at least one of its mooring bodies is lowered below the upper position for disengaging the hull of the vessel. Further means are provided for maintaining a substantially stationary position of the mooring element relative to the seabed. Preferably the system comprises at least two mooring elements spaced in the longitudinal direction of the vessel.

Inventors:
Jacob de Baan
Application Number:
JP2008546413A
Publication Date:
May 28, 2009
Filing Date:
December 18, 2006
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Bluewater Energy Services Bf
International Classes:
B63B21/00; B63B21/26; B63B22/20; E02B3/20
Domestic Patent References:
JPS5932579A1984-02-22
JPS4740786A
JPS60255595A1985-12-17
JPH06219372A1994-08-09
JPH0257496A1990-02-27
JPS52112995A1977-09-21
JPS51120595A1976-10-21
JPS4846093A1973-06-30
JPS5311494A1978-02-01
Foreign References:
EP1400442A12004-03-24
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Masatake Shiga
Takashi Watanabe
Yasuhiko Murayama
Shinya Mitsuhiro