(нефте)наливная эстакада или поплавок

English translation: loading buoy

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Russian term or phrase:поплавок (нефт.)
English translation:loading buoy
Entered by: Natalie

10:25 Nov 3, 2001
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
Russian term or phrase: (нефте)наливная эстакада или поплавок
Обустройство нефтеналивного терминала, no wider context, sorry
Natalie
Poland
Local time: 12:01
Most likely, loading buoy or = offshore terminal or = sea terminal
Explanation:
See the reference below for a graphic exlanation
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Jack slep
Local time: 06:01
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Summary of answers provided
4Насколько я сталкивался...
Oleg Rudavin
4oil jetty
Vladimir Dubisskiy
4an oil loading rack or float
Nikita Kobrin
4oil jetty, pl. jetties
Vladimir Dubisskiy
4Most likely, loading buoy or = offshore terminal or = sea terminal
Jack slep
4 -1loading rack и др. (см. ниже)
Ludwig Chekhovtsov
3oil-loading pier (or floating pier)
Jack Doughty


  

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loading rack и др. (см. ниже)


Explanation:
Мультитран:
(нефте)наливная эстакада - нефт. loading rack; loading dock; service rack; loading dock

Удачи !

Ludwig Chekhovtsov
Local time: 06:01
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PRO pts in pair: 217

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disagree  Vladimir Dubisskiy: not for a sea terminal
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Насколько я сталкивался...


Explanation:
...это все floating platforms. Подозреваю, что "поплавок" может быть чем-то иным, например, floating terminal.
Platform попадается на каждом шагу.
Gemini Magazine, December 1993
... gravel used in normal concrete. Using this new type of concrete, it is possible
to build a floating oil platform forty metres high. As the larger oil fields ...

О! Кажется, нашел -
Environment News: Dismantling of Brent Spar Oil Rig Begins
... of Mekjarvik, near the large oil terminal of Stavanger. The dismantling began Wednesday
and ... oil rig, but a large floating oil storage buoy that was used by ...
ens.lycos.com/ens/nov98/1998L-11-27-03.html
То бишь, floating oil buoy.
Приятного уикенда!
Олег
www.ntnu.no/gemini/1993-dec/18.html

Oleg Rudavin
Ukraine
Local time: 13:01
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oil jetty


Explanation:
not 100% sure though, but, please, follow my references and take a look. Second or third picture from the top, I believe.
Several other sites did provide a backup for the term...


    Reference: http://www.infosabah.com/my/spa/service.html
Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
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an oil loading rack or float


Explanation:
Lingvo 7.0

Nikita Kobrin
Lithuania
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oil jetty, pl. jetties


Explanation:
me again. For some reasons the link I provided did not work with me. I put it again in my References below. If not - please type 'oil jetty' in Google. It should be under 'Facilities and Services' there: "Sabah Ports Authority". Third picture from the top.


    Reference: http://www.infosabah.com.my/spa/service.html
Vladimir Dubisskiy
United States
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oil-loading pier (or floating pier)


Explanation:
From a 1982 dictionary, hoping it's not out-dated.


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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
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Most likely, loading buoy or = offshore terminal or = sea terminal


Explanation:
See the reference below for a graphic exlanation


    Reference: http://130.226.136.18/uk/oil_transport/boejelast.html
Jack slep
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