Moorings

We are Subject Matter Experts in mooring design, from recreational craft to the next generation of Floating Offshore Wind turbines.

Permanent mooring design – for floating wind, tidal and wave energy devices
Complete Floating Offshore Wind system modelling
Temporary mooring design – for work boats and barges
Quasi-static or time domain analysis
Third party verification/review of mooring designs
Mooring component design: tensioners, connectors, anchors
Export cable integration to moorings and analysis
Fatigue assessment

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Related case studies:

Morek and FMS mooring and anchoring study (image credit: FMS)

Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult

Mooring and Anchoring systems for Floating Offshore Wind

In partnership with First Marine Solutions, we delivered a study for the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC) Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence (FOW CoE). The work involved assessing and developing the requirements for floating offshore wind anchoring and mooring in UK waters.

Titan Technologies

Floating Lidar mooring design development

Mooring design and analysis for floating LiDAR developers & operators Titan Technologies, for deep and shallow water sites off the coast of Korea and China.

ArcMarine

Project engineering support for Reef Cube® deployment

Project engineering, lift planning and offshore supervision for restorative reef pioneers ARC Marine, to support in the deployment of their ReefCubes® technology off the coast of Torquay.

Natural England

Advanced Mooring System numerical analysis

Numerical analysis for a range of Advanced Mooring Systems (AMS), to support Natural England in their assessment of moorings for environmentally sensitive areas.

Simec Atlantis Energy

500kW tide turbine installation

Engineering support services supplied to Simec Atlantis Energy for the installation of their AR500 tidal generation turbine in the Naru Straight, Japan.