A method and a system for providing fluid communication between a floating vessel and an installation, wherein the method connects a guiding line to a male stab arranged at an end portion of a fluid transfer hose. The guiding line is operatively connected to a pulling device, such as a winch, forming part of a fluid transfer unit having a female receptacle. The guiding line runs through the female receptacle, and a portion of the guiding line is pulled through the female receptacle until the male stab connects to the female receptacle.

A method of transshipping liquid cargo in a tanker, including loading and unloading. Before loading, inserts are arranged in cargo tanks, with inlet and outlet openings of the inserts attached at corresponding openings of hatches, after which the inserts are unfolded. A temporary cargo system is assembled, including a pipeline with adapters and portable hoses, which are lowered into the openings of the inserts. The cargo is loaded into the tanks at a port of origin through the hatches into the inserts. After loading, the cargo system is disassembled. For unloading, the cargo system is assembled, with submersible pumps attached to ends of the hoses, the hoses with the pumps are lowered into the inserts, and the cargo is unloaded from the tanks to reservoirs at a port of destination using the pumps. The cargo system is disassembled and the inserts are removed from the tanks and sent for disposal.

A method of transshipping liquid cargo in a tanker, including loading and unloading. Before loading, inserts are arranged in cargo tanks, with inlet and outlet openings of the inserts attached at corresponding openings of hatches, after which the inserts are unfolded. A temporary cargo system is assembled, including a pipeline with adapters and portable hoses, which are lowered into the openings of the inserts. The cargo is loaded into the tanks at a port of origin through the hatches into the inserts. After loading, the cargo system is disassembled. For unloading, the cargo system is assembled, with submersible pumps attached to ends of the hoses, the hoses with the pumps are lowered into the inserts, and the cargo is unloaded from the tanks to reservoirs at a port of destination using the pumps. The cargo system is disassembled and the inserts are removed from the tanks and sent for disposal.

An object is to provide an emergency detachment device of a fluid handling device, the emergency detachment device having exceptional heat insulation performance and making it possible to handle extremely-low-temperature fluids such as liquid hydrogen. A first coupler 2 and a second coupler 3 are provided with a vacuum section 10 between an inner pipe section 5 and an outer pipe section 6, and are provided with two valves 1 in series. A remaining-fluid-transferring mechanism is provided such that, after second valves 1B provided further inward enter a closed-valve state during emergency detachment, residual fluid that remains closer to the first valves 1A than the second valves 1B is transferred into the inner pipes sections 5 provided further inward of the second valves 1B. Once emergency detachment is in a completed state, heat insulation sections 9 are formed in the space between the first valve 1A and the second valve 1B in each of the first coupler 2 and the second coupler 3, and heat insulation performance is improved by the heat insulation sections 9 and the vacuum sections 10.

An object is to provide an emergency detachment device of a fluid handling device, the emergency detachment device having exceptional heat insulation performance and making it possible to handle extremely-low-temperature fluids such as liquid hydrogen. A first coupler 2 and a second coupler 3 are provided with a vacuum section 10 between an inner pipe section 5 and an outer pipe section 6, and are provided with two valves 1 in series. A remaining-fluid-transferring mechanism is provided such that, after second valves 1B provided further inward enter a closed-valve state during emergency detachment, residual fluid that remains closer to the first valves 1A than the second valves 1B is transferred into the inner pipes sections 5 provided further inward of the second valves 1B. Once emergency detachment is in a completed state, heat insulation sections 9 are formed in the space between the first valve 1A and the second valve 1B in each of the first coupler 2 and the second coupler 3, and heat insulation performance is improved by the heat insulation sections 9 and the vacuum sections 10.

The present invention provides an auto-balancing hose system and a method for fluid transfer between an onshore facility and a floating vessel. The system comprises a transfer pipeline extended from the onshore facility to a loading platform, an upward pipe branch fluidly connected to the transfer pipeline, a hose with a first end fluidly connected to the upward pipe branch and a second end fluidly connected with a ship manifold on the floating vessel, a hose saddle or sheave that elevates the hose near the upward pipe branch and divides the hose into a riser at the first end and a U-tube next to the second end. The method includes elevating the hose near the upward pipe branch with a hose saddle and dividing the hose into a riser at the first end and a suspended U-tube at the second end. The hose is kept in tension, and adapted to accommodate vessel motions as well as relative displacements between the transfer pipeline and loading platform.

The present invention provides an auto-balancing hose system and a method for fluid transfer between an onshore facility and a floating vessel. The system comprises a transfer pipeline extended from the onshore facility to a loading platform, an upward pipe branch fluidly connected to the transfer pipeline, a hose with a first end fluidly connected to the upward pipe branch and a second end fluidly connected with a ship manifold on the floating vessel, a hose saddle or sheave that elevates the hose near the upward pipe branch and divides the hose into a riser at the first end and a U-tube next to the second end. The method includes elevating the hose near the upward pipe branch with a hose saddle and dividing the hose into a riser at the first end and a suspended U-tube at the second end. The hose is kept in tension, and adapted to accommodate vessel motions as well as relative displacements between the transfer pipeline and loading platform.

Systems and processes for recovering a condensate from a conduit. The system can include a buoy that can include a fluid swivel assembly. The system can also include a floating conduit and first and second gas transfer conduits that can be in fluid communication with the fluid swivel assembly and configured to transfer a gas discharged from a vessel storage tank to a gas pipeline. The system can also include first and second liquid transfer conduits in fluid communication with the fluid swivel assembly and configured to transfer a liquid from a liquid pipeline to the vessel storage tank. The system can also include a condensation conduit configured to transfer at least a portion of any condensate that accumulates within an internal volume of the floating conduit into a fluid flow path defined by the fluid swivel assembly, the second liquid transfer conduit, or the first liquid transfer conduit.

Systems and processes for recovering a condensate from a conduit. The system can include a buoy that can include a fluid swivel assembly. The system can also include a floating conduit and first and second gas transfer conduits that can be in fluid communication with the fluid swivel assembly and configured to transfer a gas discharged from a vessel storage tank to a gas pipeline. The system can also include first and second liquid transfer conduits in fluid communication with the fluid swivel assembly and configured to transfer a liquid from a liquid pipeline to the vessel storage tank. The system can also include a condensation conduit configured to transfer at least a portion of any condensate that accumulates within an internal volume of the floating conduit into a fluid flow path defined by the fluid swivel assembly, the second liquid transfer conduit, or the first liquid transfer conduit.

Displacing module (1) for displacing from a first location to a second location a fluid transfer system (2) having one or several fluid loading arms. The displacing module comprises a carrying structure (11) to be fastened at the second location, on which is mounted the fluid transfer system (2), and which furthermore carries control means (16, 17, 19, 22) for moving the loading arms, and which are functionally linked thereto.