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The Importance of Visual Inspection

All types of wear and damage on your mooring lines should be identified by well-trained crew members or a qualified person. The appointed individual(s) should walk the entire length of the rope and document its overall condition. Special attention is to be paid to contact points on deck, mainly where fairleads are located, as well as to the cross point of split drums.

Most Common Damage Types Identified During Visual Inspection

• Abrasion / cuts
• Kinks / twisting / deformation
• Inconsistent diameter
• Glossy or glazed sections
• Discoloration
• Compression
• Strand / yarn breakage
• Deformation caused by heat
• Damage to splices
• Other types of mechanical damage such as strong wear or general disaggregation

Inspections Following Special Incidents

Should one of the below instances occur, the mooring line must be immediately inspected by a qualified person.

• Suspected exposure to an excessive shock load
• Clearly audible “cracking” of the mooring line
• Exposure to chemicals
• Unexpectedly strong twisting
• External mechanical damage

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