Success story: Mooring winch Problem Load pins on mooring winches used for maintaining position on an FPSO operating in the North Sea were found to be not operating correctly. These winches were automatically controlled and used impregnated rope and drag anchors. The failure of this system was affecting the FPSO in a number of different ways: Poor maintenance of position leading to increased risk of flange opening on the risers A number of ins

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