MOORING UPDATE 2022
MOORING UPDATE What is new in ship mooring system ? MEG 4 was published in 2018, and it contains a number of important requirements that most of us are still unaware of. Specifically, SDMBL, LDBF, TDBF, and WLL. Why each seafarer should aware of the mooring safety ? Please watch below 5 seconds video, same will insist the importance of the mooring safety. There are only 2 seafarer were there in aft mooring station, both of them engaged in heaving up the unmoored wire from jetty. Stbd winch rope entangling with pedestal roller fairlead, same was not notified by the operator, nor there is a officer for monitoring, Stbd winch operator blindly increasing the force in the winch, causes the result. Consequences are extremely high, so everyone should aware of the mooring safety. MEG 3 - MBL Changed as SDMBL in MEG 4 which related with LDBF/TDBF, WLL. Ship design MBL (SDMBL) The minimum breaking load of new, dry mooring lines for which a ship's mooring ...