Optimal Control of an Active Mooring System: Mooring an LNG carrier to a Jetty

Mooring a vessel is generally still done by means of ropes. The main disadvantages of mooring with ropes are that the process of mooring a vessel can take up to 90 minutes, it involves unsafe situations for, and cargo handling efficiency can be suboptimal. Mampaeys goal is to provide an active mooring system that adresses these challenges. It...

Computer simulation of the behaviour of an LNG carrier moored to an open jetty

In the design of oil and gas terminals Six Degree of Freedom (SDF) models are used to calculate the motions of the moored ship as well as forces in mooring lines. TERMSIM II (LNG) is one of those SDF-models, developed by MARIN under a Joint Industry Program with Shell as one of the main sponsors and users. Although the simulation programs have...