Chapter 9. Mooring
Notes: The OCIMF publications ‘Effective Mooring’, ‘Mooring Equipment Guidelines’ and ‘Guidelines on the Use of High Modulus Synthetic Fibre Ropes as Mooring Lines on Large Tankers’ provide information on all aspects of mooring equipment and operations. Common causes of accidents are an inadequate understanding of good mooring practices, unattended mooring lines, a mixture of wire and non-wire moorings, unbalanced mooring arrangements, poor quality of mooring lines, poor maintenance of mooring equipment, insufficient knowledge of local conditions, inattention to weather and tidal conditions and passing traffic.
Mooring equipment documentation:
9.1 Are certificates available for all mooring ropes and wires?