The objective of a good shipboard mooring arrangement is to provide and arrange equipment to accomplish the following:
Provide for and efficient mooring pattern at conventional pier and sea islands
Facilitate safe and quick mooring, unmooring and line-tending operation with minimum demand on man power.
Enable safe and efficient mooring at anticipated non-conventional terminals such as SPM [...]
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No Comments »If the vessel runs aground the following steps should be taken immediately:
Sound the emergency alarm and initiate emergency response procedures
Eliminate all avoidable sources of ignition and ban all smoking on board
Consider whether to stop air intake to accommodation and non-essential air intake to the engine-room
In the case of a noxious liquid substance, consider what protection [...]
Posted in Ships Safety Procedure Tags: air intake, ballast, barges, buoyancy, crew members, emergency alarm, emergency response procedures, essential air, forecast weather conditions, gradient, hull stress, hydrostatic pressure, inert gas, liquid substance, peril at sea, response team, soundings, tidal changes, tidal ranges, two tanks No Comments »Bight- A loop form by doubling back a rope upon itself.
Bitts – Vertical post or bollards mounted in pairs around which a line can be secured.
Bollard- A vertical post to which the eye of a mooring line can be attached.
Breast lines- Mooring lines leading ashore as nearly perpendicular as possible in a ships fore and [...]
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