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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2009
Zong Yao, Singapore, SG;
Wen Sin Chong, Singapore, SG;
Hee Yan Yip, Singapore, SG;
Kok Seng Foo, Singapore, SG;
Zong Yao, Singapore, SG;
Wen Sin Chong, Singapore, SG;
Hee Yan Yip, Singapore, SG;
Kok Seng Foo, Singapore, SG;
Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Centre Pte Ltd, Singapore, SG;
Abstract
A mooring system may comprise a station keeping apparatus having a turntable rotatably mounted thereon. The station keeping apparatus is operable to movably couple to a first vessel and to a second vessel in a side-by-side configuration. The turntable is operable to freely rotate both the first and the second vessel about the station keeping apparatus. The station keeping apparatus is securable to the second vessel using a head mooring line having a length which is adjustable for aligning a heading of both the first and the second vessel with a prevailing weather direction. Further, the mooring system may comprise a rigid yoke or a soft yoke movably coupling the turntable to the first vessel for angular adjustment between the station keeping apparatus and a longitudinal center line of the first vessel.