10 Important Safety Tips For Mooring Operations
Aug 14, 2021
1. Do not allow any additional flight attendants on the deck: In addition to the personnel involved in the operation, ensure that there are no additional personnel at the mooring station. Anyone who does not assist in mooring operations must be required to leave the mooring station to protect the safety of others.
2. Consider weather conditions: Before planning parking operations, consider wind, wind and other factors to consider weather conditions. Before starting mooring operations, the captain and responsible personnel must have the details of current and future weather data.
3. Understand the rebound area and rope curve: all personnel involved in mooring operations should understand the rebound area and rope curve. Click here to learn more about this.
4. Check all mooring equipment: check whether there are any problems with all the equipment involved in the mooring operation (mooring winches, drums, landing gear, etc.). Correct daily maintenance is the key to ensuring the smooth operation of mooring equipment and systems. Don't forget to check the load sensor of the mooring winch.
5. Check the tail of the mooring line: If the mooring line is equipped with a tail (short length of synthetic fiber rope, it is placed in series with the line installed on the vessel’s winch to reduce the stiffness of the mooring line, thereby reducing the peak line load due to vascular movement Fatigue caused) Ensure that the same size and tail material is used for all wires in the same service (breast, spring and head wire). Different tail sizes and materials will cause uneven loading of the mooring system.
6. Tilt one line at a time: during mooring operations, only one line at a time. If this is not done, it may increase the load on other lines. If two wires are connected together, it may cause overload and breakage. Follow the orders of the captain or the captain in charge to avoid any kind of accident.
7. Check the load of the mooring line: make sure that the allowable breaking load in any mooring line does not increase its maximum breaking load (MBL) by 55%. This is to prevent disconnection of the line.
8. Avoid mixed mooring: mixed mooring is very dangerous. Generally speaking, all wires should use mooring wires of the same size and material. If it is impossible to use mooring wires of the same size and material due to available equipment, all wires in the same service, namely breast wire, spring wire, The head line and the stern line should be the same size and material. The use of hybrid moorings including full-length synthetic ropes used with electrical wires should be avoided. If the synthetic rope and the wire are used for the same service, the wire will carry almost the entire load, while the synthetic rope hardly carries.
9. Continuous inspection: After the mooring operation is completed, the load of the mooring system must be continuously inspected. If the ship’s ballast condition changes, the line must be slackened or tightened accordingly. The condition of the rope material should also be checked to foresee unfortunate accidents.
10. Arrange the mooring symmetrically: all mooring lines must be aligned with the breast line as much as possible. The breast line should be perpendicular to the longitudinal centerline of the ship, and the spring line should be parallel to the longitudinal centerline.
