Mcg A.s.

Bjorn J Brenna

A loading arrangement for loading fluids onto a ship at sea comprises a coupling manifold on board the ship. A pulling line, which is connected with a winch on board the ship and comprises a loading fork with two diverging parts which at a respective end are connected to a coupling head, may be guided on board and towards the winch, via a guide pulley which is mounted on board the ship to be movable in a controlled manner in the direction of pulling line towards and away from the winch. The coupling manifold is mounted to be slewable about a horizontal axis, so that it may be slewed towards and away from the loading fork. The coupling manifold has a guiding member in the shape of a curved screen, which in a vertical plane has a trapezoid shape and passes through a triangular area of the loading fork between the two parts. When the loading fork is brought into a position outside the coupling manifold by the aid of the winch, the coupling manifold may be slewed in a direction towards the loading fork so that the guiding member, i.e. curved screen, contacts the loading fork and fixes the latter in the fork plane. Cooperation between the screen and the fork is facilitated by the fact that the guide pulley is, as mentioned, displaceable in the direction of the pulling line, towards and away from the winch.

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Kristiansand, Norway

Bjorn J Brenna