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A BUOY FOR MOORING VESSELS AND TRANSFERRING FLUID BETWEEN THE BUOY AND THE VESSEL COMPRISING: (A) A BASE STRUCTURE INCLUDING A LOWER PART SECUTED TO THE FLOOW OF A WATERWAY AND AN UPPER PART ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID LOWER PART TO PERMIT RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN SAID PARTS ABOUT A VERTICAL AXIS; (B) MEANS FOR SECURING AT LEAST ONE MOORING CABLE TO SAID BASE STRUCTURE; (C) AT LEAST ONE ELONGATED MOORING ARM WHICH IS SECURED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID UPPER PART SO THAT IT MAY ROTATE WITH SAID UPPER PART; (D) SAID ARM INCLUDING AT LEAST TO INTERCONNECTED, MUTUALLY ARTICULATED, TERMINALLY JUXTAPOSITIONED PARTS ADAPTED TO PERMIT A PART OF THE SIDE OF SAID VESSEL TO CONTACT A PART OF SAID ARM; (E) FLOAT MEANS SUPPORTINGLY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID ARM TO SUPPORT SAID ARM ON SAID WATERWAY; (F) CONNECTING MEANS ON SAID ARM FOR SECURING AT LEAST ONE MOORING CABLE FROM SAID VESSEL TO SAID ARM WHEN THE SIDE OF THE VESSEL CONTACTS SAID ARM; (G) AT LEAST ONE FLOWLINE CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID BUOY; AND, (H) COUPLING MEANS ON THE OTHER END OF SAID FLOWLINE FOR CONNECTING IT TO A VESSEL.