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SINGLE BOUY MOORING / SINGLE POINT MOORING

single buoy mooring (SBM), also known as a single-point mooring (SPM), is a floating buoy that anchors offshore to allow tankers to load or unload liquid or gas products. SPM is mainly used in areas where a dedicated facility for loading or unloading liquid cargo is not available. Located at a distance of several kilometres from the shore facility and connected using sub-sea and sub-oil pipelines, these single-point mooring (SPM) facilities can even handle vessels of massive capacity such as VLCC. Single point mooring (SPM) serves as a link between the shore facilities and the tankers for loading or offloading liquid and gas cargo. Some of the major benefits of using SPM are:

• Ability to handle extra large vessels
• Doesn’t require ships to come to the port and thus saves fuel and time
• Ships with high drafts can be moored easily
• Large quality cargo can be easily handled

Source : https://www.marineinsight.com

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