Ordinarily, ships are secured to piers via thick ropes known as mooring lines or hawsers. One end of each line is tied to a fitting on the deck of the vessel, while the other end is tied to a ...
The decommissioned luxury liner SS United States won't be towed to a location off the coast of Okaloosa County, Fla., until further notice due to Coast Guard concerns regarding its seaworthiness.
It is a technology that enables the safe mooring of vessels through the integrated control of a vacuum suction pad and a 4-degree-of-freedom hydraulic mechanism. Previously, workers secured ...
The Navy, through the Mexican Navy and the First Naval Region, confirmed the damage to five vessels after being hit by a merchant ship flying the Antigua and Barbuda flag, whose mooring ropes broke as ...