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Tecradon, headquartered in Western Saudi Arabia, provides industrial services such as insulation, refractory coating, mechanical services, and civil engineering for power plants and industries across the Kingdom. We also offer vendor inspection services at source locations throughout Saudi Arabia.

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  • Western Region #4, Building No. 6717 P.O Box 44042 An Nuzhah Dist. Jeddah-23536, KSA
  • Eastern Region Tecradon Engineering Near Aramco Roundabout King Faisal West Al-Jubail 35518-3510
  • +966 54 420 5151
  • info@tecradon.com
  • Week Days: 09.00 to 18.00 Friday: Closed

Conventional Point mooring (CPM)

Commissioning

Conventional Point mooring (CPM)

Conventional Point Mooring (CPM) or Conventional buoy mooring (CBM), also known as multi buoy mooring (MBM), is a mooring system that uses multiple buoys to secure tankers and prevent them from weathervaning. It's often used in areas with limited quay facilities, infrequent loading and offloading operations, and in non-deep water where there are no quay facilities available.

The primary intention of a CPM system is to provide ships with a safe anchorage point when they are out at sea. One notable advantage is that a conventional buoy mooring system can be used when there are no nearby quay sites for a ship to dock or remain firmly in place. Instead, the buoys will be attached to designated mooring points on the ship. The reason that they are arranged into a rectangular configuration is to provide the ship with bilateral stability while it is moored in place.

Then, various tasks can be carried out safely. Some of these include (but are not necessarily limited to):

  • Loading cargo onto a large freighter.
  • Offloading goods such as oil, fluids or similar bulk products.
  • Transferring fluids from one ship to another.
  • Refuelling the vessel without having to dock in port.

CPM systems are especially useful for ships that have a very large footprint, as they may not be able to safely enter into certain ports (such as a large oil tanker, for instance). With CPM, it is possible to moor with winds up to 30 knots and head waves of 1.0 m.