Damon Hartley looks at how mooring line incidents occur and the methods to prevent them

The UK P&I Club recently held a webinar on the maintenance and proper use of mooring ropes; the webinar received an overwhelming response with attendees from more than 50 countries worldwide.

The UK P&I Club recently held a Webinar on the subject of Mooring operations and safety; the Webinar received overwhelming response with about 2350 registrations from 78 countries.

After the webinar on mooring a follow up bonus session was held with the industry to discuss the practical challenges and how these are overcome

In recent years it became common practice to mark snap-back zones on ships decks in the vicinity of mooring machinery, rollers and fairleads.