Mooring Accessories

Mooring Accessories

• A Beacon is a light or visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide at sea or on an airfield.
• A Bitt is a pair of posts on a ship's deck for fastening mooring lines or cables.
• A Bollard is a short, thick post on a ship's deck or on a wharf, used to secure a ship's rope.
• A Buoy is an anchored float serving as a navigation mark to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring.
• A Chock is a guide for a mooring line or steel towing wire that enables the line to pass through a ship's bulwark or other barrier.
• A Cleat is a device used to secure a rope.
• A Dolphin is a man-made marine structure that extends above the water level, used to protect structures from ship impact and also serve as a mooring point.
• A Lighthouse is a tower or building designed to emit light to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
• Rubber fenders are used as "bumpers" to absorb collision energy during contact between a vessel and docks (or other vessels) in the maritime industry.