Key:seamark:buoy_installation:category
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| Categories of installation buoys |
| Group: marine |
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| Status: in use |
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Categories of installation buoys (CATINB)
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| seamark:buoy_installation:category | Definition | |
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| Catenary anchor leg mooring | calm | Incorporates a large buoy which remains on the surface at all times and is moored by 4 or more anchors. Mooring hawsers and cargo hoses lead from a turntable on top of the buoy, so that the buoy does not turn as the ship swings to wind and stream. |
| Single buoy mooring | sbm | A mooring structure used by tankers to load and unload in port approaches or in offshore oil and gas fields. |