9 DNS Heaving Line, Stoppers

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Conduct practical exercises on throwing heaving lines, use of rope and chain stoppers, mooring shackle

and safe handling of mooring ropes. Use of slip-ropes. Use of fenders, messenger line.

Heaving line Activity – 9


EYE SPLICING

1) What is heaving line?


Heaving line is a length of rope at one end having monkey LENGTH : 30 METER
fist in another end having eye with splicing. It is use to pass the DIAMETER : 8MM TO 12MM
mooring ropes to jetty / tug boat / Another ship.

2) Why monkey fist is attached? NATURAL FIBER ROPE (OR)


Throw long distance against the wind. SYNTHETIC FIBER ROPE
MONKEY FIST
3) What is the angle required to throw the heaving line?
45⁰ Angle.

4) Why heaving line should be throw at 45⁰ angle?


To reach a long distance.

5) What is the Length & Diameter of heaving line?


Length approximately 30 meters. Diameter 8mm to 12mm.

Gantline

1) What is gantline?
Gantline is a length of a rope. Thicker than heaving line. It is use to pass heaver line (wire rope)
to jetty / tug boat / Another ship.

2) What is the length of a gantline?


Length approximately 30 meters.

3) What is the thickness of gantline?


Approximately 16mm to 25mm diameter.

4) What is messenger line?


Messenger line is a rope is use to heaving a mooring ropes. It can be heaving line or gantline.

Stoppers

 Stopper is used to transfer the mooring ropes or wires from warping drum to mooring bitts.
 On board two types of stoppers to be used.
 One is rope stopper, another one is chain stopper.
 In rope stopper two types of stopper are there.
1) Single rope stopper.
2) West country stopper.
 Rope stopper is used in mooring ropes.
 Chain stopper is used in wire ropes.

Mooring Shackles

 Mooring shackles are used to join the mooring wire and the fiber tail rope.
 On board two types of Mooring shackles are there.
1) Mandal shackle.
2) Tonsberg shackle.

Mandal shackle

SHEAVE CROWN
 The mandal shackle is used to connect the mooring wire and the fiber tail rope.
 It is made of stainless steel.
 This shape designed to pass through fair leads.
 Mooring wire rope connected in the sheave (pin).
 In mandal shackle the pin is covered with sheave (rotatable).
 Tail rope is connected to the crown.

Tonsberg shackle

PIN CROWN
 The tonsberg shackle is used to connect the mooring wire and the fiber tail rope.
 It is made up of galvanized steel.
 Tonsberg shackle having only pin no sheave.
 Tonsberg shackle weight is more than mandal shackle.
 Tail rope is connected in the pin.
 Mooring wire is connected in the crown.

Use of Slip-Ropes

 Slip rope is a mooring rope, when fastening the ship on buoys, both end of the mooring ropes
will remain in the ship.
 One end of the mooring rope eye pass through the ships fair lead and it will pass on the ring of
the buoys and it will come back to the ship through the fair lead.
 The mooring rope eye will put on the ships bit and other end of the mooring rope will make
tight using warping drum and then fasten the rope on the same bit.
 When casting off the ship, no person need to be present on the shore or buoy.
 Slack the mooring rope from ships bit, once fully slacked remove the mooring eye from the ships
bit and heave up the other end of the mooring line.
 The advantages of slip ropes may be released from the ship.

Use of Fenders

Different types of fenders

 Fenders are used to prevent the ship side from damaging.


 These are marine equipments specially designed for the purpose of safety.
 When doing bunkering with barge or ship to ship cargo operation fenders are kept on the hull of
the ship or the barges.
 Some of the marine fenders are permanently fixed in the jetty.

Safe Handling of mooring ropes

1. Tools box meeting to be conducted prior commencement of mooring stations.


2. Proper PPE to be worn by all crew involved.
3. All crew must be well rested.
4. Team leader must identify the experience of each crew involved in the handling of mooring
ropes.
5. Risk assessment must be carried out.
6. SWL of the all ropes must be known.
7. Do not stand on the bight.
8. Do not stand with in the SNAP BACK ZONE of any rope under tension.
9. Slacking / Heaving of ropes must be done by the order from the duty officer.
10. Only experience seaman (AB / Bosun) to use rope stoppers.
11. Rope stoppers must be of same material of mooring ropes.
12. Cross moorings are not allowed.

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