| abstract |
The present invention relates to a sealed and thermally insulating storage tank (1) for a fluid fixed to the bearing structure (3) installed on the ship, the ship has a longitudinal direction (x), the tank (1) is a bearing structure (3) Has a loading/unloading tower 2 suspended from the ceiling wall 9 of, the loading/unloading tower 2 having first, second and third vertical pylons 11, 12, defining prisms of triangular cross-section. 13); The loading/unloading tower 2 has at least a first pump 18, 20; The tank 1 has a support foot 31 which is fixed to the bearing structure 3; The tank 1 has at least one first sump 30, and the first pumps 18, 20 are arranged outside the triangular prism and are a first transverse plane P1 perpendicular to the longitudinal direction x of the ship Is aligned with the support foot (31). |