Single Point Mooring (SPM) Buoy
SPM buoy tied up at Pier 14, Honolulu Harbor. 14 May 2022.
The Single Point Mooring (SPM) buoy is part of an offshore terminal system located off Barbers Point (O‘ahu). Liquid petroleum products are transferred between (to or from) tankers and the onshore refinery facility via undersea pipelines connected to the SPM.
When a tanker is moored at the SPM terminal, hoses from the buoy are connected to the cargo pumping system on the ship. Once this is done, the transfer of the cargo can begin.
SPM buoy hauled out on Pacific Shipyards International’s dry dock Ho‘ōla I Nā Moku at Pier 24, Honolulu Harbor. 28 February 2026.
Screenshot from MarineTraffic that shows the tanker Florida at the SPM terminal south of Barbers Point on 10 May 2026.
Put many ships on the spm over the years with the old smith maritime TUG NAMAHOE
I miss seeing NAMAHOE. Looks like she’s now named ALICIA F. McALLISTER.
Yes , now in norfolk va left hawaii in 2021
I’m guessing they have two of those buoys and trade them out when they need servicing. The big vessels are glamorous, but this little stuff is where the individual can really record history not recorded anywhere else. Thank you.