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Spread Mooring Systems |
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Spread moored systems are mooring systems that allow tankers to moor at a fixed location at a fixed heading and allows tankers to (off)load their products. |
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| Conventional Buoy Mooring Arrangement (CBM) for temporary mooring of tankers |
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The main difference between this system and buoy moorings, turret moorings and tower moorings, is that the mooring and product transfer functions of the Spread Moored system are not integrated. They are completely separated.
Several types of spread moored systems can be distinguished, but the two most common types are:
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| Spread Mooring arrangement for permanent tanker mooring |
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