Worn-out mooring lines that were not replaced on time are being called the reason a US-flagged cargo RoRo broke free from its dock and out-of-control hit a pier and dry dock at the Port of Bremerhaven ...

Safe and reliable mooring needs ropes to perform, often in adverse weather and changing port conditions. There are four silent saboteurs that degrade performance and safety margins: Fatigue, Abrasion, ...

The physical condition of a vessel’s fairleads, and the harbor facilities, are the greatest cause of abrasion on mooring ropes. Both the mooring operation and the ship resting at a berth brings the ...