The Imodco Terminal is a monomooring buoy, its name being derived from International Marine and Oil Development Corp.(Sweden), its original patentor of this invention.
In Japan owing to the necessity of reducing transportation cost of crude oil construction of large-sized tankers is being promoted.Oil men, taking into consideration the natural conditions of the harbour and its surroundings together with berth and dolphin facilities, are concentrating upon the selection of facilities which are most economical both in construction and in operation costs.
Kyushu Oil Company installed in the spring of 1963 the world's largest Imodco buoy in Beppu Bay, as it was concluded that such mooring facility had more advantages in that specific surroundings as compared with the conventional bouy.This terminal has snccessfully unloaded approximately 1, 500, 000k1 of crude oil by the end of that year.
This paper describes the structure and the function of the Imodco Terminal, and natural conditions of Beppu Bay.
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