US 12,280,858 B2
Floating dockable liquefied natural gas supply station
Lixin Xu, Nantong (CN); Yuan Yuan, Nantong (CN); Hejing Liu, Nantong (CN); Hui Cao, Nantong (CN); and Jiancheng Liu, Nantong (CN)
Assigned to China Merchants Marine Offshore Research Inst. Co., Shenzhen (CN); China Merchants Deepsea Research Inst. (Sanya) Co., Hainan (CN); China Merchants Heavy Industry (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Jiangsu (CN); and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/597,993
Filed by CHINA MERCHANTS HEAVY INDUSTRY (JIANGSU) CO., LTD., Jiangsu (CN); and CHINA MERCHANTS HEAVY INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Apr. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/CN2019/084283
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/172985, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910144019.6 (CN), filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289343 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B63B 35/44 (2006.01); B63B 21/50 (2006.01); B63B 27/34 (2006.01)
CPC B63B 35/44 (2013.01) [B63B 21/507 (2013.01); B63B 27/34 (2013.01); B63B 2035/448 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A floating dockable liquefied natural gas supply station, wherein the supply station comprises:
a main hull, comprising: an LNG storage tank, a natural gas treatment module and a ballast tank; the LNG storage tank being arranged inside the main hull, the natural gas treatment module being connected to the LNG storage tank, and the ballast tank being arranged in a lower part of the main hull;
a bottom base, comprising at least one base plate;
a splicing securing system, comprising a first splicer and a second splicer cooperating with each other, at least one of the first splicer and the second splicer being arranged on a lower lateral side of the main hull, an other of the first splicer and the second splicer being correspondingly arranged on at least one lateral side of the base plate, and the main hull being securely connected to the bottom base by means of the splicing securing system; and
a positioning system, arranged in the lower part of the main hull or the bottom base to secure the floating dockable liquefied natural gas supply station.