The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published its investigation report into the mooring deck accident on the bulk ...
Although autonomous, uncrewed ships are now being trialled, those vessels still need human workers to moor them when they ...
The mooring line can be made up of synthetic fiber rope, wire and chain or a combination of the three. Environmental factors - wind, waves and currents - determine which materials make up the ...
A crew member was killed by a recoiling mooring line during a bulker berthing move that contravened port procedures, UK ...
A 26ft (7.9m) sailing yacht which broke its mooring while using a marina in Guernsey has been rescued by marina staff.
The manual mooring process demanded substantial manpower and time, while the KIMM automated method removes these barriers.
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) has successfully developed an advanced automated mooring system aimed at ...
Mooring lines are then used to keep the semisub in place, and these anchors are the only connection the rig has with the sea floor. Eventually, these bottle-type rigs were designed to only serve ...