Environmental factors - wind, waves and currents - determine which materials make up the mooring system. Chain is the most common choice for permanent moorings in shallow water up o 100 m ...

A rope’s integrity can be the difference between safe mooring and a catastrophic parting. Treating abrasion as a safety risk ...

An international research group has designed a new mooring system for offshore, coastal floating solar arrays that is claimed to reduce costs of such projects. Compared to the prevalent method of ...

DESCRIPTION: The Large Capacity Mooring Spooler (LCMS) is a mobile, self-contained winch system that can be installed on ships of opportunity. The system is designed to deploy, tow, and recover ...

The system uses splitters to link one mooring tether to multiple floating modules. This reportedly ensures sufficient structural capacity, while avoiding the need for too many mooring lines.