single point mooring
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of single point mooring
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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The facility currently allows the pumping of some 30,000 barrels of crude into tankers per hour, via a floating anchored offshore jetty, or single point mooring.
From Seattle Times
A second Single Point Mooring floating platform was scheduled to further increase exports in April.
From Reuters
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