自動車専用船における係留方法の改善について : Low Point Mooring System

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When a moored pure car carrier receives a strong land wind, it may cause an accident of a ship separation from a quay wall, because the ship has a large exposed area and the loading area is flat. As the countermeasures for the problem, a device like a ring is fixed at a low point of the bow and/or the stern, and then the mooring ropes are moored to the bitts on a pier through the ring. We call the system "Low Point Mooring". In this operation, ship's mooring points are lowered, so the mooring forces in the right and left direction are strengthened and the safety of the mooring ship is improved.