Upgrading of Side-by-Side Mooring System for Fuel Oil Refuelling Ship
The offshore refueling service at the anchorage outside Zhoushan is often affected by environmental conditions,which can lead to low safety and low refuelling efficiency of bunkering ships and receiving ships side by side.The hydrodynamic and mooring analysis software AQWA is used to analyze the time domain motion of the two ships side-by-side refueling based on the specification parameters of cables,cushion pads and the form of side by mooring.Under the same ship spacing,increasing the number of cables can improve the mooring safety,but the improvement space is limited.Increasing the ship spacing and cushion specification can significantly improve the side-by-side mooring system characteristics.The research results can provide the basis for the offshore oil supply service of Zhoushan outside Anchorage in the future.