Mooring Systems

Life Time Extensions

Mooring systems are unique in that they often can fail earlier than their anticipated design life. There are a great number of life expiration causes that can be grouped as shown below:

Replacement of a mooring system is expensive and inconvenient because of the downtime involved and the need of suitable Weather Windows required for the installation of the new system. These considerations govern the decision to be made between replacing the old mooring system with a new one or extending the life of the existing one.