Patent ID: 9315239
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: B63B

Claim Text:
1. A method of controlling a mooring system comprising: mooring a vessel to a terminal using one or more mooring lines; providing a vessel motion detection system; providing a mooring control system operatively connected to the one or more mooring lines and operatively connected to the vessel motion detection system; determining vessel motion data which comprises determining one or more of vessel direction, speed and acceleration; determining which of the one or more mooring lines oppose the direction of the motion of the vessel; and operating at least one of the one or more mooring lines by the mooring control system based on the vessel motion data, the mooring control system configured to control translational movement of one or more mooring hooks of the mooring system, wherein the one or more mooring lines that oppose the direction of the motion of the vessel are retracted at least in part by translational movement of the associated one or more mooring hooks to oppose the detected motion of the vessel.