Fully equipped mooring station
GigaMare has a fully equipped mooring station with a complete, realistic ship forward replica built to induce effective learning on safety awareness and competency.
Training in mooring operations aims to help ship management and its crew prepare and plan a safer mooring.
Our state-of-the-art mooring equipment allows participants to apply theories practically with real-life machinery with significantly higher efficiency and safety in learning.
Complete ship forward replica
Our ship forward replica includes:
- a 1:1 forecaste ship deck
- an anchor windlass
- mooring winches
- roller fairleads
- guide rollers and pulleys with three rollers
- a chain locker with a bitter end lock
- an anchor chain and stopper
- a store hatch cover and watertight deck doors.
Safe mooring courses
Introduction to safe mooring operations and how to use real mooring and anchoring equipment for both Deck Ratings and Deck Officers.
Trainees learn how to moor safely, how to prevent accidents, how to perform risk assessments and how to prepare for safe mooring operations.
Our mooring courses improve safety culture with both ship management and crew.
Safety in mooring - article
Records show that mooring is one of the most difficult, complex and dangerous jobs onboard ships. Among personal injury claims mooring incidents rank seventh highest in frequency and injuries are often severe.
Mooring accidents can be prevented through training and should be incorporated into the vessels´ regular training schedule and include all involved personnel.