Tag: mooring

HMM Co., South Korea’s container shipper has signed an agreement with marine waste management company Foresys to establish a circular environment system using discarded mooring ropes. HMM generates about 20 tons of waste from worn-out mooring lines every year, which have been sent to landfills or incinerated as waste.

UK MAIB's latest Safety Digest informs of an incident regarding a tanker, which made contact with an adjacent berthed workboat and ground, after breaking from its mooring lines.

The Marine Safety Investigation Unit of Transport Malta informed of a serious injury which occurred during the mooring of a chemical tanker, and provides lessons learned. 

OCIMF published an information paper to support operators in making their own assessments to determine suitable weather criteria and ascertain an appropriate weather window for STS operations.

DNV issued regulatory update to remind that SOLAS II-I Reg. 3-8 “Towing and mooring equipment” as amended by  MSC.102, enters into force on 1 January 2024. Thus, ship managers and operators should consider early compliance with the new safe mooring requirements, especially for vessels which are scheduled to dry dock before 2024.

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator published its investigation report into the mooring failure of Valaris DS-4 at Hunterston Jetty on the Clyde Estuary, Scotland during storm force winds on 2 February 2021.

Over the years, MAIB has seen many incidents where seafarers have been struck by mooring lines, unfortunately in some cases resulting in serious injury or death.

The fatal incident on the MV Teal Bay has highlighted some age-old issues with regard to mooring safety, argues John Southam in SeaSense column, our special column in association with the North P&I Club.

UK MAIB published an investigation report on a fatality onboard the cargo vessel Teal Bay, at Kavkaz South anchorage, Russia, on 30 August 2021. The vessel's chief officer was injured after being struck by a mooring line that sprang free from an open roller fairlead.

New Zealand's Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC), published its report on a serious injury to crew member that took place during unmooring operations on the containership Rio De La Plata.