Tag: mooring

The Swedish Port of Kapellskär now offers automooring using vacuum pads, as well as next generation onshore power connections. 

A recent Safety Flash by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) focuses on an incident in which, a mooring rope (weighing 2.9kg per metre) hit a crew person and caused a broken arm.

Port of Kapellskär has welcomed the new Finnlines vessel with brand new technology. The port now offers automooring using vacuum pads, as well as next generation onshore power connections. This makes mooring more efficient and improves the sustainability.

According to Gard, use of worn mooring lines, overtightening of the brakes, or sudden movements of the ship are some of the main reasons for ropes straining beyond their breaking limits and parting.

Britannia P&I Club presents a case study where a mooring incident led to fatality, with the aim of analysing it to draw lessons learned. 

Until the implementation of OCIMF's Mooring Equipment Guidance (MEG-4), the limits and forces required, mostly for mooring lines, were considered as a 'dark area'.

During December 2020, IMO issued the new revised guidelines for Guidelines on the design of mooring arrangements and the selection of appropriate mooring equipment and fittings for safe mooring, in the MSC.1/Circ.1619.

The fourth edition of OCIMF Mooring Equipment Guidelines (MEG4), issued in July 2018, has significantly changed the mentality of Managing Companies and seafarers’ approach on mooring issues.

Mooring and unmooring operations hide a number of risks for those who get involved, many times leading to a fatal accident or a collision

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