Safety Flash
Mooring near-miss: Lines break during un-docking operation
Mooring near-miss: Lines break during un-docking operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/16
- Inspection and MaintenanceMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Ageing, life extension and obsolescenceMechanical failure
- Mooring operationsTowing
- Mooring lines
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
This safety flash describes two synthetic mooring ropes parting while used as tug lines during undocking. No crew were standing at the connection area, and no injuries occurred. Investigation found no prior signs of rope damage; the ropes had been in service since the vessel’s delivery in 2005.
Classifications: Ageing, life extension and obsolescence.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Towing; towage.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
Two ageing mooring ropes parted while being used as tug lines during an undocking operation.
IMCA SF 10/16. Themes: inspection and maintenance, marine operations, vessel and mooring.