ANCHOR LINE TENSIONING METHOD

Method for mooring an offshore structure includes: providing a mooring line having one end connected to the sea bed and a connector at a free end; lifting the free end onto a deck of an anchor line handling vessel; connecting on the anchor line handling vessel a chain tensioner with a connection sid...

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1. Verfasser:	MACRAE MICHAEL
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS PERFORMING OPERATIONS RELATED EQUIPMENT SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	Method for mooring an offshore structure includes: providing a mooring line having one end connected to the sea bed and a connector at a free end; lifting the free end onto a deck of an anchor line handling vessel; connecting on the anchor line handling vessel a chain tensioner with a connection side to the connector; providing a working chain having a short tensioning part and a long installation part into the entry side of the chain tensioner; holding a free end of the installation part while lowering the chain tensioner below water level; picking up a free end of a pendant attached to the offshore structure, and attaching it to the free end of the installation part in an interconnect position on the anchor line handling vessel; placing the interconnect position overboard; connecting a lifting cable on the anchor line handling vessel to the tensioning part below water level; and exerting an upward tensioning force on the tensioning chain part.