Marking of mooring fittings is required to provide ships operators with information on the strength of fittings.
It is recommended that all chain stoppers or Smit brackets used for emergency towing be marked with their safe working load with the characters atleast 5cm high formed by weld metal deposit on the deck plate beside the [...]
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No Comments »Mooring equipment documentation:
Are certificates available for all mooring ropes and wires?
Do all mooring ropes and where fitted, mooring wire tails, meet OCIMF standard?
If one or more bow stoppers are fitted, is there a certificate attesting to safe working load?
Are there records of the inspection and maintenance of mooring ropes, wires and equipment?
Is there [...]
Posted in Pre-vetting/vetting information Tags: anchors, bitter end, bitts, brackets, brake linings, brakes, certificates, chests, chocks, connecting links, drums, equipment documentation, foundations, hazardous area, insulation, locker doors, mooring areas, mooring equipment, mooring lines, mooring ropes, mooring winch, pedestal, pins, roller fairleads, rollers, ropes, safe working load, satisfactory condition, single point mooring, spm, steam, swl, tension, wastage, winches Comments OffBight- 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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