Easy LNG mooring

HR Wallingford and publishing company Witherbys have launched SHIPMOOR, a ship mooring tool which uses cloud-based servers to undertake live mooring analysis for each ship. SHIPMOOR is designed to offer an efficient solution for the significant amount of calculation and processing required in this sort of analysis.

Dr Mark McBride, ships and dredging group manager at HR Wallingford, said: “SHIPMOOR can be used for all types of ships to validate their mooring arrangements against the conditions they will encounter. In the case of LNG carriers, the results can be validated against industry specific environmental criteria.

“SHIPMOOR improves safety by mitigating the risk of mooring line failure, excessive ship movement and emergency disconnection of the loading arms.”

More efficient berthing

With mooring errors and disconnections often causing lengthy delays, SHIPMOOR mitigates the input of incorrect data by hosting an up to date, standardised database of LNG port information, enabling live sharing of information between all parties involved in the mooring of a ship, from the operator through to the assessments office and the team at the berthing location.

In providing transparency and accurate data alongside a 3D visualisation of any arrangement, the tool provides safer and more efficient berthing.

Technical director at Witherbys, Johan Machtelinckx, added: “With traditional methods for preparing the mooring of LNG carriers often causing errors and delays, SHIPMOOR is truly a 21st century solution for mooring analysis. By optimising a process that usually requires a lengthy and data intensive setup, SHIPMOOR saves vast amounts of time for each mooring operation.”

Developed with security at its heart, SHIPMOOR runs within an internet browser and meets the IMO’s newly introduced cybersecurity requirements.