Mooring Accessories PDF

Mooring Accessories 1. Beacon – a light or other visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide at sea, on an airfield, etc. 2. Bitt – a pair of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables. 3. Bollard – a short, thick pos...

Mooring Accessories 1. Beacon – a light or other visible object serving as a signal, warning, or guide at sea, on an airfield, etc. 2. Bitt – a pair of posts on the deck of a ship for fastening mooring lines or cables. 3. Bollard – a short, thick post on the deck of a ship or on a wharf, to which a ship's rope may be secured. 4. Buoy – an anchored float serving as a navigation mark, to show reefs or other hazards, or for mooring. 5. Chock – a guide for a mooring line, or steel towing wire which enables the line to pass through a ship bulwark or other barrier. 6. Cleat – a device for securing a rope. 7. Dolphin – a man-made marine structure that extends above the water level and is not connected to shore. It is also used to protect structures from possible impact by ships, in a similar fashion to boating fenders. 8. Lighthouse – a lighthouse is a tower, building, or another type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. 9. Rubber fenders - are primarily used as “bumpers” to absorb collision energy during contact between the vessel and docks (or even other vessels) in the maritime industry.  Beacon Bitts Bollard Cleat Chock Dolphin Buoys Lighthouse Rubber fenders Rubber fenders