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4.1 Mooring

4.1.1 Mooring - general guidelines

The ship should be moored at all times in a safe way in accordance with vessel's
mooring arrangement plan, industry guideline procedures and terminal
requirements.
In general following guidelines to be taken into consideration:

• Mooring lines should be arranged as symmetrically as possible about the

midship point of the ship. (A symmetrical arrangement is more likely to ensure
a good load distribution than an asymmetrical arrangement).

• Breast lines should be oriented as perpendicular as possible to the longitudinal

centre line of the ship and as far aft and forward as possible.

• Spring lines should be oriented as parallel as possible to the longitudinal

centre line of the ship.

• The vertical angle of the mooring lines should be kept to a minimum.

• Generally, mooring lines of the same size and type (material) should be used
for all leads. If this is not possible due to the available equipment, all lines in
the same service, i.e. breast lines, spring lines, head lines, etc. should be the
same size and type. For example, all spring lines could be wire and all breast
lines synthetic.

• If tails are used on the wires, the same size and type of tail should be used on
all lines run out in the same service.

• Mooring lines should be arranged so that all lines in the same service are
about the same length between the ships winch and the shore bollard. Line
elasticity varies directly with line length and shorter lines will assume more
load.

• All mooring operations equipment and lines inspections and maintenance

criteria should be managed in line with latest OCIMF Mooring Equipment
Guidelines (MEG 4) which is regarded as a good guide for best known mooring
technology and practice.

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4.1.2 Company mooring policy

• As a best practice for effective management of equipment and lines from

design to retirement following tools should be used:

• Line Management Plan (LMP)

• Mooring System Management Plan (MSMP)

Master should prepare the vessel Mooring System Management Plan and
Mooring Lines Management Plan, following guidelines from Mooring Equipment
Guidelines (MEG4) and Naftomar Policy.

The objective for the Mooring System Management Plan is to ensure that all
assessed risk are effectively managed through the design and operation of the
mooring system for efficient and safe mooring procedures.

The MSMP information should be outlined in individual parts that each cover
a key component of the ship's mooring system.

Each part should establish:

The overall goal for that section.

Functional requirements to achieve the goal
Where detailed information may found to provide additional guidance
or clarify to assist in achieving the goal.

Collectively the parts should achieve the objective of the MSMP through
establishing:

• Records of mooring equipment's, including all permanent and loose items

and its "as built" design basis, to be retained by the ship throughout its
lifecycle (the Mooring System Management Plan Register

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• Information required to be maintained as an up-to-date record of the ship's

mooring equipment technical status.

• Operating procedures and risk assessments that ensure the safety and
occupational health and wellbeing of the ship's staff when using mooring
equipment or operating in the mooring workplace.

• Mooring System Management Plan (MSMP)

The MSMP should consist of the following:

Part A ----General ship particulars

Part B ----Mooring equipment design philosophy
Part C ----Detailed list of mooring equipment
Part D ----Inspection, maintenance and retirement strategies / principles
Part E ----Risk & change management, safety of personnel and human factors
Part F----Records and documentation
Part G ----Mooring System Management Plan Register

• Mooring Line Management Plan

The LMP is used to manage the operation and retirement of mooring lines and
tails. The LMP also documents the requirements, assumption and evaluation
methods used in determining the line retirement criteria.

Typical components include:

• Records of mooring hours

• Line inspection records and plans
• Manufacturer and operator retirement criteria
• Test / inspections reports
• Manufacturer’s recommendations following tests or inspections

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In order to effectively manage data / documentation required as per MSMP / LMP,

we would suggest following to be compiled for easy access inter alia:

• A file containing all certificates for all ropes, wires on board .

• A detailed list of ropes, wires with position and condition of wear. Condition of
wear to be reported to this office (wear to be stated in percentage e.g. 10%).
All ropes, wires which are not in proper condition to be renewed. This office to
be advised promptly to arrange supply in time.

• Maintenance data / records for mooring equipment/ winches/ windlass

• Brake test certificate to be available. (Preferably test kit to be available on

board)

• A mooring arrangement plan

• Manufacturer guidelines and information for mooring equipment/systems (sent

by CD to all vessels)

• Mooring Equipment Guidelines (MEG4) – OCIMF publication – 4th edition 2018

• Data as per all SMS docs 05

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4.1.3 Safe Mooring procedures

To achieve safe mooring of vessel Master must ensure following are complied with
at all times always taking into consideration and complying with company LMP and
MSMP:

• Vessel’s LMP and MSMP are updated and records kept reflecting continuous
satisfactory implementation of safe mooring procedures

• Personnel are conversant with industry mooring procedures

• Ship's staff maintain a regular inspection of the moorings while in port

• There are sufficient men availalble to moor the ship

• Deck machinery is immediately ready for use

• The vessel uses the end for end plan

• Shipboard personnel are aware of loss in winch brake holding capacity of

mooring lines rove backwards

• Detailed procedures / records and risk assessment continuously implemented

to ensure the safety and occupational health and wellbeing of the ship’s staff
when using mooring equipment or operating in the mooring workplace

• The windlass is in good working condition, bearings greased etc

• The anchors are in good condition

• The anchor cables port and stbd side are in good condition and properly
marked

• The cable compressors are in good condition

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• Anchors are cleared for use when entering port

• Moorings are properly tended

• Moorings are compatible

• Emergency towing wires are in good condition, and

• They are properly rigged

• Fairleads and rollers are free

• The ship is provided with permanent fittings for deep sea towage

• Decks in mooring area are painted with non-slip paint

• It must be made sure that sufficient crew are onboard to handle ship safely and
that relevant procedures are always placed nearby the area where works are
carried out.

• | Take into consideration that the use of polypropylene mooring ropes is not
recommended.
| Proper synthetic ropes should be preferably used.

• Mooring Winch drums may be split or undivided. The split drum is operated
with only one Layer of mooring line on the tension section, the minimum
number of turns need on the Tension section of the drum should be eight, for
synthetic lines, due drum space, can be five to six turns.

• Snap-back zones

A snap-back zone is an area within, which it is unsafe for persons to be positioned

when ropes/mooring ropes are likely to come under tension.

The majority of serious incidents in mooring areas involve parting lines!

Painting of these zones was previously recommended.

However, new industry recommendations have been published recently,

discouraging permanent marking.

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The reason behind this is that it may lead to false sense of security, as the
snap-back zones differ with the different mooring configurations.

In order to handle effectively associated risks it is recommended to:

• carry out pre-mooring toolbox talk to identify the snap-back zones for the
proposed mooring configuration and to ensure that all crew members are
aware of the danger.

• to perform a Risk Assessment identifying the snap-back zones for the

proposed mooring configuration

• to paint a ‘’Danger - snap-back hazardous zone’’ warning notice/signage

clearly visible at the entrance of the identified area

Further details and instructions can be found in Circular Letter IV-03/16.

Finally we recommend the OCIMF publications "MOORING EQUIPMENT

GUIDELINES" and ‘’THE HAZARDS OF SNAPBACK’’ to be used as reference for
further details.

Reference:
- Mooring equipment guidelines (MEG 4) – OCIMF
- Manufacturer Guidelines and information for mooring equipment / systems
(sent by CD to all fleet vessels)
- The hazards of snap-back – OCIMF

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