EP 0046547 A3 19820519 - METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOORING A SHIP TO A STRUCTURE
Title (en)
METHOD AND MEANS FOR MOORING A SHIP TO A STRUCTURE
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 3031717 A 19800822
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4392447A] In an offshore mooring system for seagoing vessels, a mooring hawser formed into a loop is resiliently fastened with both its ends around a tower head of an offshore tower. The hawser is kept in readiness beneath a jib of the tower and is spread open by spreading lines running over spreader arms. Spreader blocks are provided for lowering and slackening the spreading-lines so that the hawser can be laid around a bitt on the vessel. The bitt is provided on the forecastle of the vessel on a cradle or platform for bringing the bitt to a position ahead of the bow of the vessel, so that the bitt is positioned substantially beneath the hawser which is spread open for mooring. Mooring operations are made possible by the invention obviating undesirable manual work, even in high seas and rough winds.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
B63B 21/00 (2006.01); B63B 22/02 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
B63B 21/00 (2013.01 - EP US); B63B 22/021 (2013.01 - EP US); B63B 2021/005 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- FR 1368399 A 19640731 - JENAER GLASWERK SCHOTT & GEN
- DE 2746486 A1 19780420 - EMH
- FR 2230543 A1 19741220 - ERAP ELF ENTR RECH ACTIV PETRO [FR]
- DE 2751891 A1 19780601 - EMH
- FR 1601016 A 19700803
Designated contracting state (EPC)
FR GB IT NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0046547 A2 19820303; EP 0046547 A3 19820519; EP 0046547 B1 19840613; DE 3031717 A1 19820304; DE 3031717 C2 19870611; US 4392447 A 19830712
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 81106328 A 19810814; DE 3031717 A 19800822; US 29433381 A 19810819