Tension Buoy from Fred. Olsen 1848 is enabling floating solar arrays to ride water-level swings in reservoirs and dams ...

The mooring line can be made up of synthetic fiber rope, wire and chain or a combination of the three. Environmental factors - wind, waves and currents - determine which materials make up the mooring ...

Even modern ships depend on mooring ropes to stay alongside, but rising loads, snapback zones, and line failures make the deck one of the most dangerous places onboard. This breakdown explains how ...

Lankofirst fiber rope connector offshore trial Lankofirst fiber rope connector on mooring line winch Lankofirst said offshore trials of its synthetic fiber rope mooring connector have shown a ...

Lankhorst Ropes wins Seatralde 'Innovation in Ship Operations' award for its Tipto Winchline which reduces crew risk of being struck by a parted mooring rope. A snapped mooring rope is, thankfully, a ...

DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gazelle Wind Power (Gazelle), the developer of a breakthrough floating offshore wind platform, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Bridon-Bekaert ...

A Norwegian Cruise Line ship broke from its mooring ropes due to windy weather in Belgium on Saturday. The line’s Norwegian Prima vessel drifted from the pier in Zeebrugge on the country’s coast ...