SHIP DESIGN IN PRACTICE

GUIDELINES
ON MOORING
OF SHIPS

JAN BABICZ

Photo C. Spigarski

BAOBAB NAVAL CONSULTANCY

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4 5

A bollard between mooring drum (4) and shipside fairlead (5) is not necessary.

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Lack of space for safe working

Free space around the bollard must enable safe working. 0.4m from the barrels of the bollard with a working area of 1.2m
x 1.2m.
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A container vessel Bmld = 25.00m, LBP = 150.10m The ship

has a forecastle and a poop.
Arrangement of chocks and bollards shall meet Panama requirements.

Two combined windless/mooring winches 125kN, each with one split mooring drum and a warping
head,
Two mooring winches aft, 125kN, each with one split mooring drum and a warping
head,
Four primary mooring lines, Four
secondary mooring lines.

8. EXAMPLE OF DESIGN PROCEDURE

Vessel:
Equipment:
SOLUTION
The ship has beam B over 22.86m. To meet the Panama Canal requirements we can use the basic ar-rangement BA4
according to item l.

Fore mooring layout

1. First we will try to arrange windlasses in such a way to have direct lead from the mooring drums to the shipside
fairleads.
2. At the second step we will check if fleet angles do not exceed 1.5.

3. At the third step we will add fittings necessary for transit through the Panama Canal: a double chock
right at stem accompanied by two heavy bollards,
a double chock accompanied by a heavy bollard as the Panama Set 1.

4. Checking working areas

5. At the next step we will arrange a single chock accompanied by a bollard on the Main Deck as the Panama Set 2.

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Panama Set 2 on the Main Deck (left) and the guide on the Forecastle Deck (right)
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FORECASTLE DECK

Sketch C. Habina
STEP 4

190 200

Panama

16 Set1 12

Free working areas

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