DISCONNECTABLE MOORING SYSTEM AND LNG TRANSFER SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A disconnectable mooring system, as shown in Figure 3, for connecting an LNG carrier (2) vessel to a permanently moored LNG liquefaction process vessel (1) in combination with an LNG offloading system. One end of a mooring yoke (3) is suspended from a frame at the stern of the LNG process vessel. A male coupler (25) is mounted to an opposite end of the mooring yoke via a universal joint (8, 9, 10). A female coupler (11) is mounted on the LNG carrier vessel, with pull-in arrangements for pulling the LNG carrier vessel into position and the male coupler into selective coupling with the female coupler.