Tag:seamark:type=mooring

A marine structure for berthing and mooring of vessels.

If it is not used as a mooring facility use seamark:type=pile + seamark:pile:category=*

How to map

Set a node at the dolphin and add

• seamark:type=mooring
• seamark:mooring:category=See table below

If it is a buoy

• seamark:mooring:shape=*

Categories

Category (CATMOR)	seamark:mooring:category	Definition	Rendering	Image
Dolphin	dolphin	A post or group of posts, which may support a deck, used for mooring or warping a vessel.
Deviation dolphin	deviation_dolphin	A post or group of posts, which a vessel may swing around for compass adjustment.
Post	post	A post used for mooring or warping a vessel.
Bollard	bollard	Small shaped post, mounted on a wharf or dolphin used to secure ship's lines.
Tie-up wall	wall	A tie-up wall is a section of wall designated for tying-up vessels awaiting transit. Bollards and mooring devices are available for both large and small ships.
Post or pile	pile	A long heavy timber or section of steel, wood, concrete, etc., forced into the seabed to serve as a mooring facility.
Chain/wire/cable	chain	A connection between two independent objects e.g. a buoy and pile or between two buoys used as a mooring facility.
Mooring buoy	buoy	A buoy secured to the bottom by permanent moorings with means for mooring a vessel by use of its anchor chain or mooring lines.
Ropes from ashore	shore_ropes	A place where ropes for mooring a vessel given from ashore
Automatic moorings	automatic	Automatic mooring systems are remotely controlled and require no quayside personnel. The system and its performance are monitored and its status is reported to operations staff in real-time. There are different types of automatic mooring systems.
Mooring trot	trot	A mooring trot is a mooring that is composed of ground tackle, mooring cables, buoys and mooring berths on junction cables.

See also

• Seamarks/Moorings