Mooring and Anchoring Vol 1

SeaReader eBook - Mooring and Anchoring Ships Vol 1 Principles and Practice. Responding to a rising trend in mooring accidents, the NI produced its two-volume work after extensive consultation with port authorities, equipment manufacturers, classification societies and shipping companies, and in co-operation with ICS, IFSMA, IMPA and BIMCO. This volume explains the principles underlying the use of the liens and anchors to hold ships in place. Aided by nearly 300 colour diagrams, the author explains how wind and water forces act on a ship at anchor, the strengths of different mooring systems, the properties of ropes and their elasticity, towing equipment, warping drums and mooring winches, anchoring equipment, singe-point moorings, access arrangements, shore-based mooring systems, examples of good and bad practice, snapback zones and emergency situations.