An overview of mooring systems: from small boats to offshore oil platforms

Abstract

Anchoring perennially or intermittently is a need of all marine vessels, by reasons that range from maintenance stops to operational activities such as loading/offloading. Although an unexceptional procedure, designing a mooring system suitable to each application embraces many variables such as the vessel characteristics, the seabed mineral composition and whether the mechanical efforts on the anchor are predominantly horizontal, vertical or both