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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Applicant:
Bernard Dupont, Eaubonne, FR;
Inventor:
Bernard Dupont, Eaubonne, FR;
Assignee:
SOCIETE EUROPEENNE D'INGENIERIE MACANIQUE—EURODIM, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 27/24 (2006.01); B63B 27/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63B 27/24 (2013.01); B63B 27/34 (2013.01); Y10T 137/6906 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method for transferring fluids between a first ship, called a barge, and a second ship, called a shuttle, in which the shuttle is positioned at a pre-determined distance from the barge, and a flexible fluid transfer conduit is guided from the barge to the shuttle. The shuttle is placed in a position laterally offset from the barge and essentially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the barge, and a fluid transfer system enables the shuttle to move in the lateral and longitudinal directions in relation to the barge, during a transfer. The invention is useful for the transfer of liquefied natural gas.