In the 70’s I did a couple of trips from Nigeria with a cargo of crude to the GOM off Sabine Pass but about 60 miles off . We offloaded to tankers of about 80,000 to 100,000 tonnes. The off take tankers had about three or four sets of davits either side for the Yokohama fenders and they came alongside while we made slight headway.
I’ve seen VLCC’s off LA so I think that they are still doing it there.
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