MOORING EQUIPMENT FOR LARGE SHIPS

A discussion includes conventional vs mechanized mooring methods; steel cables vs fiber ropes; single point mooring; increasing winch pulls as ships approach 500,000 dwt; implications of line overloading; a proposal for ISO (International Standardization Organization) standardization of mooring winches; automation; winch speed; remote control; mooring equipment installed in nine ships in the range 150,000-365,000 dwt; and the outlook for future developments.