The mooring line can be made up of synthetic fiber rope, wire and chain or a combination of the three. Environmental factors - wind, waves and currents - determine which materials make up the mooring ...

Mooring is both a noun and a verb. A mooring is a fixed structure that you can secure your vessel to, such as a buoy or a wharf. Jetties, quays, and piers are also included in this category. The ropes ...

Offshore moorings have a long tradition in the oil and gas industry. Even though most offshore mooring systems feature similar components, they differ a lot in design, depending on the bathymetries, ...

The use of High Modulus Synthetic Fiber (HMSF) mooring lines, including Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWP) lines continue to make one of the most dangerous evolutions aboard ships safer.

Hear the one about the container ship that hauled a small truck into the harbor? Sounds kind of funny at first, maybe like a scene from a movie. But it actually happened earlier this year in Baltimore ...

Houston-based turret mooring specialist Sofec is celebrating the successful commissioning of what it describes as the world’s first disconnectable tower yoke mooring system for a floating production, ...

Palm Beach has enacted stricter rules for vessels anchoring or mooring in the Lake Worth Lagoon, which is part of the Intracoastal Waterway. The new ordinance limits overnight anchoring to no more ...

THE government is reviewing mooring policies in The Bahamas as it prepares to modernise regulations and strengthen oversight of mooring fields across the country, days after a controversial Exuma-wide ...