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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1977
Hiroyuki Shimada, Nagasaki, JP;
Shozo Toyoda, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A marine oil storage installation includes at least one floating type oil storage tank having a double bottom and double walls and is provided with shore connection means. Protector means composed of at least one line of floating members surrounds each oil storage tank for protecting each oil storage tank from damage as the result of waves and contacting moving objects and for preventing oil from flowing out. Mooring means for drawing each oil storage tank and, loading arm means carried on the mooring means adapted for connection and disconnection with the shore connection means on each tank are also provided. A shore based facility is installed on the shore or on an artificial land and communicates with the loading arm means, and a platform is installed in the sea for moorage of tankers and is provided with means communicating with the shore based facility for feeding oil between the tankers and the shore based facility.