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7389736 |
Mooring system
An offset anchoring system for anchoring objects to a floor of a body of water includes T-shaped anchor members arranged in a cluster. Each anchor member having an elongate first and second beams....
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7389735 |
Docking supporting apparatus, and marine vessel including the apparatus
An apparatus for supporting docking of a marine vessel includes a distance measuring unit which measures a distance between the marine vessel and a candidate docking site, a distance measurement...
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7325509 |
Retractable mooring line device
A retractable mooring line device comprising a reel for storing and paying off a mooring line ( 2 ), having side walls ( 22, 24 ) each comprising a series of notches ( 60 ) for receiving a...
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7322308 |
Mooring apparatus with moveable ballast weight
A mooring apparatus for mooring first and second vessels, ( 1, 7 ) together in a heavy seaway ofFshore is described. The apparatus is for tandem mooring using soft yoke technology. The apparatus...
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7302902 |
Inflatable mooring station
An inflatable mooring station is adapted for use with a fixed or floating platform extending over a body of water. The mooring station is attached to the platform, and designed for holding a water...
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7296527 |
Apparatus and method for securing a mooring line of a vessel
There is disclosed, apparatus for securing a mooring line ( 5 ) of a vessel, the mooring line having an eye ( 6 ), said apparatus comprising a hook ( 10 ) around which the eye ( 6 ) of the mooring...
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7293519 |
Mooring system with active control
A vessel mooring system which includes at least two mooring robots secured to a terminal, each robot includes an attractive force attachment element eg. a vacuum cup and a base structure fixed...
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7287484 |
Berthing method and system
A method and a system are provided for the safe berthing of marine vessels in the high seas and other unprotected open waters. The invention allows a large vessel to be berthed alongside in close...
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7182660 |
Offshore fluid transfer system
Apparatus for transferring fluid between first and second floating vessels is described, comprising a submerged rigid transfer arm defining a fluid conduit for receiving fluid from a first vessel,...
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7182032 |
Clamp tool device and method of using
A new and improved clamp tool device and method of using the device is disclosed for use in holding a boat in a relatively stationary position while the boat is floating in shallow water. The clamp...
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7117808 |
System for transferring liquid load, mainly oil to a tanker
The invention can be used for a off-shore discharge of a liquid load, mainly oil from a land storage plant to ocean-going tankers during winter time and initial ice formation when the thickness of...
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7066102 |
Moorage for affixing to a floating dock and allowing a user to single handedly soft land, dock and moor a boat thereto
A moorage for affixing to a floating dock and allowing a user to single handedly soft land, dock, and moor a boat thereto. Attaching apparatus attaches to the floating dock. Bow stop apparatus is...
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7055448 |
Method for accommodating large movements in a mooring system
A method of operating a mooring system exemplified by active mooring devices having attractive attachment elements fixable to a ship's hull. Each mooring device includes active means for moving the...
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7036780 |
Rock-climbing machinery
A rock-climbing device that safely aids climbers during a climb is described. The rock-climbing device has two carabiners attached to a band which runs through a hollow tube. The climber is able to...
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7028630 |
Boat docking stabilizer
An improved boat docking stabilizer device to an economic, compact and reliable boat mooring apparatus that stabilizes a moored boat for safe boarding and de-boarding of passengers while permitting...
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6997643 |
LNG tanker offloading in shallow water
A system for offloading LNG (liquified natural gas) from a tanker ( 26 ) in shallow waters, for regasing, or heating the offloaded LNG to produce gaseous hydrocarbons, or gas, for pressurizing the...
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6994047 |
Boat mooring system
A front post is located in proximity to a bow cleat and a rear post is located in proximity to a stern cleat. A securement assembly operatively couples each post with respect to a dock. A carriage...
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6991245 |
Boat-trailer launch and recovery device
The boat-trailer launch and recovery device has a right rail and a left rail, which rails are attached to a trailer post by holding plates. The right rail and the left rail each have a bend...
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6964241 |
Portable mooring device for small watercraft
A portable mooring device for a small watercraft includes frame means having a pair of opposing side members and a plurality of crossbar members that are assemblable and adjustable by releasably...
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6938570 |
Mooring robot
A mooring robot which can be dock-mounted, and can also include vacuum cups for engagement with the freeboard of a ship. The robot can position the vacuum cups within a three-dimensional operating...
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6935390 |
Method and apparatus for providing fluid transfer between a marine platform and a service vessel
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for fluid transfer between a fixed marine production platform and a work vessel (eg. jack up barge). The method includes positioning the work...
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6907837 |
Mooring assembly
A mooring assembly including two detachably coupled elements configured and dimensioned so that one of the elements passes through the other element as the boat is being piloted in a travel...
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6901818 |
Tension measuring device for mooring line
A device for measuring tension in a line for mooring a ship to a dock or an anchor. The device includes three pulleys secured to rigid frames or springs. Sensors are placed on rigid frames, springs...
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6893190 |
Method and structure for connecting a floating structure with rope anchor lines to the seabed
A method of connecting a first floating structure to the seabed, includes the steps of: providing a second floating structure, anchored to first and second anchoring points respectively on the sea...
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6886487 |
Thruster apparatus and method for reducing fluid-induced motions of and stresses within an offshore platform
Thrusters in communication with a feedback control system are provided on a cylindrical offshore marine member, such as a spar, for reducing and/or controlling vortex-induced-vibrations,...
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6857382 |
Magnetic docking apparatus and method for using the same
A magnetic docking apparatus includes a support member having an electromagnet attached thereto. The support member includes a fastener for attaching the magnetic docking apparatus to a vessel. The...
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6836707 |
Methods and systems for determining heave and heave rate of vessels
A method for determining heave and heave rate for a vessel is described. The vessel includes an inertial navigation system (INS), and sensors for the INS being located at a point A of the vessel,...
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6827032 |
Landing stage
Offshore wind power installations usually require a landing stage or landing pier so that craft, in particular ships, can guarantee supply and transportation services. In the case of small offshore...
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6811355 |
Loading arrangement for floating production storage and offloading vessel
A loading arrangement includes a riser that extends from a subsea structure to a coupling element for coupling the riser to a vessel. The coupling element includes a buoy body which is connected to...
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6793189 |
Tie down device
A small, no-tools-required device, for example constructed of weather and UV resistant glass-filled nylon, that is inserted into the gaps between the deck boards of any conventionally constructed...
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6786168 |
Portable boat beaching device
A portable boat beaching device that works with a tire to dock or beach a boat at a water's edge, shore-line, or a river bank and the like. The beaching device comprises a flexible tire cover and...
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6736082 |
Method and system for connecting an underwater buoy to a vessel
Procedure for retrieving an insertion of an underwater buoy ( 12, 50 ) in a well ( 11 ) at the bottom of a dynamically positioned vessel ( 10 ), at which a pulling line ( 16, 34 ) for...
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6718899 |
Method for installing a number of risers or tendons and vessel for carrying out said method
A method of connecting two or more elongate connection members ( 105 ) between the seabed and a floating vessel ( 106 ) carrying a connector ( 102 ) which is suspended from the vessel by at least...
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6691635 |
Thrust measurement system for small planing watercrafts
A thrust measurement system includes a water pool for receiving therein a watercraft in a floating condition, a bow holding apparatus disposed on an edge portion of the water pool for holding a bow...
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6651580 |
Method and system for mooring
A mooring system that uses combination traction winch/windlass units is improved by adding an additional fairlead at each combination unit location and by increasing the strength of existing...
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6637479 |
System for offshore transfer of liquefield natural gas
A system for transfer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between two vessels ( 1, 2 ). The system comprises a coupling head ( 7 ) mounted at one end of a flexible pipe means ( 4 ) and arranged for...
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6595153 |
Apparatus for holding a floating vessel to a fixed location
A simple and compact Apparatus for holding a floating vessel to a fixed location without the use of ropes or flexable fastenings, connecting to existing hardware on vessel with a quick release...
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6588357 |
Flex coupling arrangement between upper and lower turret structures
A turret is supported on a vessel with bearing assemblies that permit the vessel to weathervane about the turret. The turret includes an upper turret structure, a lower turret structure, and a flex...
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6561112 |
System and method for a motion compensated moon pool submerged platform
A moon pool platform containment system is disclosed for a vessel comprising a first moon pool having a width, length, and depth, to aid in stabilizing moon pool platform motion to achieve a motion...
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6539887 |
Bus to boat passenger transfer facility
The invention is a integrated operation using buses to pick up passengers at outlying locations, transfer the passengers to a monorail system for ferrying the passengers to a floating dock...
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6494271 |
Offshore floating production method
A method of conducting operations to an offshore field from multiple separated drill centers using a floating vessel having a turret-mounted mooring element and a workstation separate from the...
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6484659 |
Chain table arrangement and method for installation
A chain table for connecting mooring legs to a turret. The chain table includes downwardly sloping connection flanges with bosses for forming holes for pivoting members of a coupler assembly. The...
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6484658 |
Loading arrangement for shuttle tankers
A bow loading arrangement for shuttle tankers where the mooring winch drum and hose handling winch drum are operated both together and independently of each other by the same drive unit. The winch...
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6481364 |
Anchoring device and methods of use
An anchoring device, adapted to be driven into the ground, is used to tether a floating vessel along a shore area, an animal or child, or an inanimate object. It includes an elongated hammer...
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6477974 |
Radial bearing arrangement and method for installation
A lower bearing arrangement between a turret of an FPU and a moonpool. The outer housing of the bearing is mounted about the turret instead of the FPU's hull structure. Bearing segments are...
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6475048 |
Inflatable raft tethering arrangement
An inflatable raft tethering arrangement includes an inflatable raft and a tether. The inflatable raft has an aperture and a rigid reinforcement. The rigid reinforcement is disposed about the...
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6463800 |
Energy conserving moored buoyant ocean profiler
An energy conserving moored buoyant ocean profiler wherein an instrument carrying vertically traversing buoyant member of low buoyancy is interconnected with a second buoyant member of high...
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6459853 |
Thermal control apparatus for high pressure product swivel
In a fluid swivel with at least an outer housing and an inner housing, the temperature of both inner and outer housings are measured. When the temperature of the inner housing is greater than the...
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6457908 |
Method and apparatus for suction anchor and mooring deployment and connection
A method and apparatus for deployment of mooring systems for buoyant marine structure such as mobile offshore drilling units (MODU's) and for connecting the same to the mooring lines thereof. An...
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6439149 |
Watercraft mooring system
A mooring system for watercraft for use with an anchor, the mooring system having an elongated anchor line which is attachable to an anchor; a connection member which is connected to the elongated...
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