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7516713 Hurricane anchor system  
An anchor system 12 is shown and described. The anchor system 12 consists of a boat plate 18 to which are rotatably attached a plurality of boat shackles 24 . The boat shackles 24 are...
7421967 Mooring apparatus and method  
A mooring system for securing a floating vessel to the sea floor comprises a plurality of mooring legs, at least one of which includes separate first and second mooring lines. The first mooring...
7395771 Anchoring system for installing in a surface moved according to high-frequency movements  
A transferring sea buoy is moored to the sea floor via an anchoring line. The anchoring line comprises a chain and an anchoring device for fastening the chain and the buoy. The anchoring device...
7383785 Mooring system for watercraft  
A mooring system comprising a dock attachment line, a submerging member, a submerged sea anchoring line, a second submerging member and a plurality of craft attachment assemblies. The dock...
7371136 Wave power  
A wave-powered water vehicle includes a surface float, a submerged swimmer, and a tether which connects the float and the swimmer, so that the swimmer moves up and down as a result of wave motion....
7325508 Dual-axis chain support assembly  
A support assembly for a mooring line of a floating vessel comprises a trunnion block which is pivotally supported on the vessel and a stopper block to which the mooring line is releasably secured....
7316196 Method and apparatus for handling mooring lines  
Apparatus and methods of monitoring mooring lines of an offshore drilling rig, with the apparatus including a communication system in communication with a global positioning system, providing...
7299760 Floating LNG import terminal and method for docking  
A floating terminal for offloading an LNG carrier vessel in the sea. The floating terminal of open frame construction is moored toward its front end with a rotatable mooring arrangement so that the...
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...
7284496 Fail-safe remotely controlled chain stopper with position indicator  
A device for mechanically securing an anchor chain on a watercraft under control from one or more remote locations, additionally providing remote indication of whether the chain is secured and...
7270066 Ice breaker (variants), method and system for single-support mooring and servicing ships  
To ensure the possibility of offshore shipping of a liquid medium, primarily oil, from an onshore tank farm into sea-going tankers in the winter time in the ice conditions by ensuring both mooring...
7263946 System for measuring chain or rope deployment  
A system for deploying a cable, such as a ship's anchor chain, wherein the chain is measured as it is deployed and the deployed length displayed on a visual display. The chain consists of links of...
7219615 Extended semi-submersible vessel (ESEMI)  
A semi-submersible vessel has a pair of vertically spaced pontoons with varied buoyancy. The lower pontoon is retained in a close vertical proximity to the upper pontoon when the vessel is in...
7156039 Keel guide system  
A technique for guiding a riser in an offshore environment. The technique utilizes a keel guide that permits the passage of connectors or other components therethrough. A bushing is mounted within...
7121222 Anchor assembly and method  
An anchor assembly and method includes a boat that has a length less than 15 feet. A catch is attached to the boat. A housing has a first side wall, a second side wall and a peripheral wall...
7117811 Anchor line pretensioning method  
An anchor line pretensioning method of an anchor line configuration that includes anchor lines ( 2, 3, 4 ) which are not diametrically opposed with respect to the structure that is moored to the...
7104214 Fairlead with integrated chain stopper  
The present invention is a fairlead for guiding and securing an anchor chain between an offshore structure and an anchor. The fairlead comprises a fairlead frame, a pivoting latch, and an actuator....
7059262 Method of and apparatus for offshore mooring  
In a method of and apparatus for offshore mooring, a clamping apparatus includes a clamping mechanism and a pulley. A mooring line connected to an anchor or a pendant line connected to a vessel to...
6983712 Offloading arrangements and method for spread moored FPSOs  
A mooring arrangement between a floating storage body spread moored in deep water and a shuttle tanker, the arrangement including a single point buoyant member that is adapted for mooring a shuttle...
6932542 Tension leg platform having a lateral mooring system and methods for using and installing same  
A lateral mooring system for tendon-based platforms is disclosed, which provides reduced installation and/or operational cost associated with the installation and operation of an extended-base...
6915754 Apparatus and method of operation for quick anchoring equipment  
The invention is comprised of a Quick Anchoring Equipment system ( 30 ) which permits underwater connection and disconnection of anchoring lines ( 2 ) to anchoring devices that are already fixedly...
6910438 Oscillation suppression and control system for a floating platform  
In accordance with the present invention, an oscillation suppression system is provided to inhibit vertical and rotational resonance of a floating platform. The oscillation suppression system...
6899050 Flexible anchoring rope  
The present invention discloses a flexible anchoring rope for fixing a floating platform in the water, and such anchoring rope is made of a substance consisting of a mixture of rubber and carbon...
6866449 Anchor block construction for an escape line  
An anchor block construction ( 10 ) for attachment to an escape line ( 100 ) extending from a drilling rig ( 101 ) wherein, the construction ( 10 ) includes a concrete block member ( 20 ) having a...
6817595 Swing arm chain support method  
A swing arm type chain support with a hook arrangement integral with a swing arm which allows a mooring chain to ratchet over the hook while tensioning, then automatically engage the hook when...
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...
6810826 Anchoring system for boat  
A device is disclosed for an anchoring system for a boat which permits the user to deploy the anchor from the side or rear of the boat, and for the anchoring point on which the anchor rope acts to...
6688250 Method and apparatus for reducing tension variations in mono-column TLP systems  
A floating platform for recovery of oil and gas from offshore oil and gas fields supports one or more decks above the water surface to accommodate equipment for drilling and processing oil, gas and...
6655312 Active semi-weathervaning anchoring system  
An anchoring system includes a vessel and one or more anchor lines extending from a first anchor to a pulling device on the vessel and from there on to a second anchor. The anchor line may extend...
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...
6651577 Portable marine outhaul  
A portable marine outhaul has a closed loop of line strung between pulleys attached to a pair of anchors, e.g. sea and land anchors, and used to keep a boat moored off a temporary shore. The...
6619223 Tender with hawser lines  
A hawser system for connecting a semisubmersible tender to a deep draft caisson vessel comprising: a first winch and a second winch disposed on the first end of the tender; a first hawser connected...
6606829 Land anchor  
The collapsible land anchor of this invention includes an anchor body, a drive anvil coupled to the top end portion of the anchor body, and a runner member that is slidable longitudinally through...
6575111 Method for tendering  
A method of using a semi-submersible tender with a deck, a shape that results in a combined environmental load less than 1000 kips in a 100-year extreme weather condition, a plurality of supports...
6564740 Chain tensioning arrangement for turret moored vessel  
A single hoisting mechanism is positioned on a turret of either an external or an internal turret mooring system for a FSO or FPSO vessel and is releasably securable to each of a plurality of...
6536364 Mooring apparatus  
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mooring that provides an alternative to the chain traditionally used in mooring installations. It provides a flexible tie member to couple vessels to...
6502526 Anchoring system  
A system for anchoring of a vessel in connection with the transfer of fluids, especially hydrocarbons, between the vessel ( 1 ) and a place at the seabed ( 4 ) wherein the system comprises a...
6490988 Anchor assembly for boats and watercrafts in general  
An anchor assembly for a watercraft comprises a spherical stainless steel-lead filled heavy body to be removably coupled to the hull of the watercraft by a stainless steel coupling cable, the heavy...
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...
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...
6467423 Semi-weathervaning anchoring system  
A vessel includes at least two anchor lines connected respectively at a substantially fixed position near the bow and near the stern of the vessel. At least one of the anchor lines includes at...
6463870 Mooring system for a tender for production platforms  
A mooring system for a semisubmersible tender which comprises a deck, a shape that results in a combined environmental load of less than 1000 kips in a 100-year extreme weather condition, a...
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...
6453838 Turret-less floating production ship  
The invention consists of a floating production vessel operating on the surface of the sea with two or more risers connected between equipment or wells on the sea floor and the vessel or its...
6435124 Mooring and flowline system  
A seabed flowline is connected to a substantially conventional tanker serving as a floating storage facility by a system comprising a three-leg mooring and a flexible riser. The mooring comprises...
6418871 Connector between anchor and chain of ships, especially sailing boats and yachts  
The invention relates to a connector ( 15 ) which consists of an anchor connection component ( 16 ) and a chain connection component ( 17 ). Said anchor connection component ( 16 ) is provided at...
6408781 Mooring system and method for deep and ultra deep water  
A mooring system and method for mooring in deep and ultra deep water which allows conventional shallow water floating platforms and vessels to be moored in deep and ultra deep water using a...
6390008 Tender for production platforms  
A mooring and tender system comprising: a deck; a shape that results in a combined environmental load of less than 1000 kips in a 100-year extreme weather condition; a plurality of supports...
6374765 Device for determining amount of deployment of an anchor from a rope compartment having an anchor line through hole  
A device for determining amount of deployment of an anchor that includes a sensor assembly, an anchor line, a detector/pulse module, and a digital counter/readout display. The sensor assembly...
6332423 Marine anchor  
A marine anchor having a shank connectible to an anchor rode at one end and having a double ploughshare fluke rigidly mounted at the other end thereof is described. The fluke consists of two...
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