Recommendations for Equipment employed in the bow mooring of conventional tankers at single point moorings

Recommendations for Equipment employed in the bow mooring of conventional tankers at single point moorings.

Incompatibility between terminal mooring equipment and shipboard fittings can prejudice both the security of the mooring system and the safety of personnel. It can prolong the time taken for mooring operations. These difficulties are overcome by ensuring that the equipment and fittings provide for correct matching between the shore and the ship.

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND BREVIATIONS

1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE

2 SUMMARY
2.1 Recommendations for Terminal Operators 2.2 Recommendations for Shipowners

3 SAFETY

4 RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1 Terminal Operator
4.2 Shipowner

5 EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE TERMINAL OPERATOR
5.1 Mooring Hawsers
5.2 Chafe Chains
5.3 Weak Links
5.4 Support Buoys and Connections for Chafe Chains
5.5 Pick-up Rope
5.6 Load Monitoring

6. EQUIPMENT PROVIDED BY THE SHIPOWNER
6.1 Bow Chain Stoppers
6.2 Bow Fairleads
6.3 Position of Pedestal Rollers and Winch Storage Drums

FIGURES 1-5