SYSTEM FOR COMPLIANT MOORING AT BERTH Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC E02B3/26 B63B21/00 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: system contains equipment for hydrocarbons storing and/or processing. This equipment is attached to sea bed or rests on it in some place in open sea and vessel being moored along equipment for storing and/or processing. In the front part and the rear part of the said equipment there are: at least one carrying structure along equipment side which structure projects outwards from body, suspending element one end of which is attached to carrying structure and the other end - to mooring element dangling from suspending element. Mooring element contains shock-absorber contacting with vessel. Mooring element contains fast anchorage point, rope passing from mooring point in the front part of vessel and in the rear part of vessel respectively to corresponding fast anchorage point on mooring element. Mooring points on vessel and corresponding fast anchorage points are spaced from each other in direction of vessel length for distance (L1, L2) of at least 5 m, and preferably at least 10 m.

EFFECT: accurate adjustment of mooring system tolerance to environmental conditions impact, simplification of it operation and maintenance.

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