Safe and fast mooring of vessels and ferries with vacuum technology
Safe and fast mooring of vessels and ferries with vacuum technology
2 PagesBusch Vacuum Pumps and Systems Safe and fast mooring of vessels and ferries with vacuum technology 3/25/15 - Cavotec Specimas SpA has developed an automated vessel mooring system which enables ships to be held securely to harbour quays by vacuum. MoorMasterTM systems are used worldwide to moor ships rapidly and safely – and without hawsers or mooring lines. The vacuum technology employed is critical: Cavotec relies on Busch vacuum systems, and uses Mink claw vacuum pumps in its MoorMasterTM units. The MoorMasterTM system was developed in New Zealand in 1998, and was first used in Wellington and Picton harbours to secure ferries to the quay by suction pads. This revolutionary idea proved to be highly successful, and since then many MoorMasterTM systems have been installed throughout the wor
