Mooring assessment

Purpose: The purpose of this assessement is to undertake mooring reivews to identify hazards, including those associated with existing mooring arrangement (as designed) and present assessment of
the mooring areas and personnel involved in mooring activities, to ensure mooring operations are undertaken safely.

Frequency: To be conducted by the Master, within one month of his joining a vessel, supported by the Chief Officer and Chief Engineer, if necessary.

Instructions for use:

1. This section deals with static elements of mooring equiment.
2. After completion of mooring assessment, Masters are expected to raise non-conformity for items indicated in RED to ensure necessary follow-up to rectify the findings are
initiated and are adequately addressed. GREEN items require no changes, similarly, YELLOW items indicate discussion with relevant members of the mooring team after assessment
is complete.

Ship's name: MARI COUVA Deadweight: (T) 49765

Section 1 = Mooring equipment assessment

No. Assessment task Status Recommendation

A Mooring winches
Are the mooring ropes correctly reeled and direction arrows marked Band brakes are sensitive to the reeling direction and are designed to work effectively (i.e. to
A.1 Yes
? render) in only one direction.

Line passing to fairlead through combination of deck fittings will have a complex snap-back.
Are winches aligned vertically and horizontally with fairleads to have
A.2 No Use of pedestal rollers will reduce mooring efficiency.
a direct lead ?
Lines are subject to external abrasion, thus requiring close visual inspection.

Are any of the winches located on a frame or at height higher than

A.3 No -
set of bitts and fairleads ?

Are mooring winches provided with drive control, enabling automatic

A.4 No -
tensioning ?

A.5 Is the winch drive provided with variable speed lever ? Yes Winch operator must be made aware that high speed is not to be used for higher loads.

If located on either side and mooring ropes being led across the deck, the user must understand
A.6 Are the mooring winches located near the centreline ? No that mooring lines must be clear of external structures and possible reduction in mooring line
strength when passing through pedestal rollers will occur.

Do the mooring winches provide for a direct line of sight between

A.7 Yes -
the winch operator and fairlead ?

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 It It can be difficult to know when it is right time to transfer the mooring line from the storage
section to the tension section, particularly when long lengths of mooring line are used e.g. MBMs.
A.8 Are the mooring winches provided with split drums ? Yes Care must be taken to prevent the mooing line tensioning when it is being passed through the
slot.
This tension could damage the mooring line or injure personnel involved in the transfer.

B Mooring fittings (bitts, fairleads and bollards)

Ideally, number of fairleads on either sides should be equal. Side with more number of fairleads
B.1 Is the vessel provided with equal number of fairleads on either side ? Yes
should be preferred for STS operation.

B.2 Are bitts fitted with horizontal bars / horns ? No -

Are fairleads being provided with anti-chafing (stainless steel / If vessel is using mooring wires, then grooving of fairleads is a possibility, thus damaging the wire
B.3 No
polymer type) inserts ? being passed.

All mooring lines are susceptible to mechnical damage from exposure to contact surfaces,
B.4 Are fairleads clean, smooth and rust free ? Yes particularly while under tension. Thus it is important to ensure that fairlead surfaces are clean,
smooth and rust free.

B.5 Is the vessel provided with deck capstans to handle tug lines ? No -

B.6 For vessels above 60K DWT, has a set of closed fairleads and bitts N/A -

Are bow fairlead(s) being provided with upper and lower rounded
B.7 Yes Upper and lower rounded fairleads provide adequate damage protection to the line.
lips ?

Is the D/d ratio (diameter of the bend by mooring equipment divided

B.8 by the diameter of the mooring line) of the pedestal rollers atleast 15 Yes Vessel complies with MEG4 guidelines on D/d ratio.
?

For general mooring, does any of the lead requires use of one or Minimum use of pedestal fairleads ensures reduction in complex snap-back trajectories and lesser
B.9 No
more pedestal rollers ? loss of mooring strength.

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C Mooring Line (wire, rope, tails)
Lower stiffness than wire and HMSF.
Severe danger of snapback due to low stiffness.
Internal abrasion will increase if the line is exposed to contaminants such as grit or sand. Ropes
C.1 What type of ropes are being provided to the vessel ? Rope
are susceptible to UV degradation. Thus, lines should be cleaned after each operation and
protected by covers when stored.
Ropes are associated with condition based hazards.

Is the mooring rope LDBF value within 100~105% of the SD MBL This is ideal condition as per MEG4. Please ensure that mooring brakes are set to render at 60% of
C.2 Yes
value ? the SDMBL.

Exposure to UV needs to be avoided and use chafing guards to protect rope from external
C.3 Are the lines jacketed ? No
mechanical damage.

Are sufficient number of chafe guards (mooring socks) provided to Chafe guard position must be routinely checked and adjusted when tending mooring to ensure
C.4 Yes
the vessel and are in use ? that ropes have adequate protection against mechanical damage.

C.5 Mooring tails, if in use, what material ? N/A -

C.6 Mooring tails, if in use, what is the length ? N/A -

C.7 Mooring tails, if in use, how are they connected ? N/A -

Are the rotational characteristics (rotating or non-rotating, tail lay

C.8 N/A -
right or left, etc.) of mooring tails, if in use, same as the line ?

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 Confirm that the different material lines are not put in use for same
C.9 Yes -
lead (fore and aft) ?

D Mooring areas
Risks of slip/trip/fall is very high during mooring stations and availability of anti-skid paint should
Are mooring area decks painted with sufficient anti-skid paint and
D.1 Yes consider both dry and wet deck conditions. Additional coat of anti-skid paint may be necessary
entry/exit points marked with caution ?
near warping drum operation or around bitts for taking stopper, etc.

Confirm availability of the sufficient illumination around mooring

D.2 Yes -
areas ?

The winch operator's view from the local winch control platform to the ship's side or the signaller
D.3 Are mooring winches provided with remote operation facility ? No
may be limited. Ensure visual signals are correctly relayed to winchman during mooring stations.

Ensure that mooring areas are always maintained clear of obstruction and loose ropes are neatly
D.4 Are mooring areas maintained clear as possible ? Yes
coiled to avoid risk of injury,

Location of winch control to ensure the Officer in charge of mooring

D.5 Yes Mooring winch control position with a clear view of the operation minimizes the risk of injury.
has a clear view ?

Ensure snap-back zone markings are well clear of near-by chokes and present markings of snap-
Is the marking of snap-back zone carried out in accordance with SMS
D.6 Yes back zone is adequate and does not create a false sense of safety for personnel standing outside
requirements ?
of a marked danger zone.
E Human factors
Emphasize on messenger rope to be properly coiled on the deck so that it does not form part of
Deck crew is aware of correct procedure of handling tug's message
E.1 Yes trip hazard. and while letting go the tug, the messenger line must be heaved on a winch and not
ropes ?
directly lowered into water.

Are mooring ropes regularly tended and equal tension maintained Objective of good line tending is to ensure that all lines share the load to the maximum extend
E.2 Yes
and tidal variations are taken into consideration ? possible and ship's movement is limited in the berth.

Surge forces from pasing ships can impose significant loads. When moored at conventional berth
Regular off-shore watch is being maintained to early detect passing
E.3 Yes with ships passing in close vicinity, efficient watch on offshore side to early detect passing ships is
vessels ?
necessary.

E.4 Adequate man-power is available at mooring station ? Yes Always ensure adequate personnel are available for mooring.

Securing of mooring lines to double post mooring bitts (figure of Ensure correct procedure of securing 'figure of eight' is discussed during mooring tool-box
E.5 Yes
eight) is in accordance with MEG4 guidelines ? meeting.

F Towing (harbour towing and escort tug or pullback)

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 For VLCCs and above, minimum 5 push/pull locations on each side are necessary whereas smaller
Are tug push points correctly identified and stencilled in contrast ships usually have three push/pull locations on each side. Crew should be aware that when more
F.1 Yes
colour ? than one tug is being used on either side, fairlead selection should be such to allow adequate
seperation for tug space to manoeuver.

The forward and aft fairleads should be placed to provide maximum leverage for turning the ship,
Do the fairlead location ensures adequate seperation for tug space to
F.2 Yes but ot be so far forward or aft that there is a danger of the tug getting trapped under the flare of
maneouver ?
the hull.

For escort (or pullback) towing suitability, confirm availability of a

F.3 fairlead on the centreline of the ship with a direct lead to the strong Yes -
point ?

Confirm if the strong point and fairleads are seperated by atleast four
F.4 Yes Current arrangement is satisfactory.
meters ?

Are crew members aware of the procedure of safely letting go the When letting go, the towline should be slacked back to the fairlead in a controlled manner using a
F.5 Yes
tug ? messenger line, if necessary to avoid the line falling.

Name : CAPT SHADAB NAJMI

Rank : MASTER Date : 18.02.2024

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