Berthing/ Mooring/ Tug Flashcards
To stop a ship in a berth
To berth
Place for a ship to stop
Berth
To make fast a ship
To moor
A pile, cluster of piles, or buoy to which a vessel may be moored in open water.
Dolphin
Protection against damage to the hull/ berth
Fender
Men who work with lines on shore
Linesmen
Thin rope used for securing the mooring line temporarily
Lashing
Equipment used to move the lines
Winch
Moving the lines to the shore
To send/ to pass/ to give/ to toss/ to send out
To pull a line using the winch
To heave
To reduce the tension
To slack away
To reduce the slack
To pick up the slack
To stop moving
To hold
To maintain tight/ slack
To keep the lines tight/ slack
To pull the lines in order to approach the vessel to the quay/ terminal
To heave alongside
Cable or large heavy rope used in mooring or towing a ship
Hawser
No longer in port, at anchor, moving
Underway
To let go or let loose, as a vessel from a mooring
Casting-off
Distach from the bollard
Single up
The mooring lines at the foward part of vessel that lead ahed onto the dock/ mooring buoy
Headline
The mooring lines at the foward part of vessel that lead ahead onto the dock
Foward breastline
The mooring line at the foward part of the vessel that leads towards aft onto the dock
Foward spring
The mooring line at the aft part of the vessel that leads towards foward onto the dock
Aft spring
The mooring line at the aft part of the vessel that leads about right angles from the vessel onto the dock
Aft breastline
the mooring lines at the aft mooring station that lead aft onto thr dock
Sternline
A special open used to pass ropes
Lead
Fix the tug tothe ship
Make fast
