The Mooring System Components

Key Components of the Mooring Assemblies1.Mooring Line/Chains2.Mooring Anchors3.Mooring Connectors

VLA – Vertical Load VLA – Vertical Load AnchorAnchor

1. Mooring Line/Chains

Advantages Polyester for Mooring Lines

2. Mooring Anchors

Anchor Types

1

Anchor

Types 2

AnchorsThere is high variability in seabed soils and in the mooring loads

As a result a number of different types of anchor are used:

• Gravity Anchors

AnchorsThere is high variability in seabed soils and in the mooring loads

As a result a number of different types of anchor are used:

• Gravity Anchors

• Drag Anchors

AnchorsThere is high variability in seabed soils and in the mooring loads

As a result a number of different types of anchor are used:

• Gravity Anchors

• Drag Anchors

• Driven Piles

AnchorsThere is high variability in seabed soils and in the mooring loads

As a result a number of different types of anchor are used:

• Gravity Anchors

• Drag Anchors

• Driven Piles

• Suction Piles

AnchorsThere is high variability in seabed soils and in the mooring loads

As a result a number of different types of anchor are used:

• Gravity Anchors

• Drag Anchors

• Driven Piles

• Suction Piles

• Torpedo Anchors

3. Mooring Connectors

Offshore Mooring Connectors 1

Offshore Mooring Connectors 2

Offshore Mooring Connectors 3

Offshore Mooring Connectors 4