Spud carriage biasing system for biasing a spud carriage of a vessel in a position in which the spud carriage accommodates a working spud of the vessel in a substantially vertical direction and for absorbing at least a portion of a moment on the spud carriage, comprising: a first hydraulic tensioning cylinder; a first low pressure tensioning accumulator in fluid communication with a first pressure chamber comprised in the first cylinder; a second hydraulic tensioning cylinder; and a second low pressure tensioning accumulator in fluid communication with a second pressure chamber comprised in the second cylinder; characterized in that the biasing system further comprises: two sets of two connected hydraulic cylinders (30, 40, 50, 60), the first set comprising a third hydraulic cylinder and a fourth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a piston rod of the third hydraulic cylinder is connected with a piston rod of the fourth hydraulic cylinder, the second set comprising a fifth hydraulic cylinder and a sixth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a piston rod of the fifth hydraulic cylinder is connected with a piston rod of the sixth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a third pressure chamber, which is part of the third hydraulic tensioning cylinder, and a fifth pressure chamber, which is part of the fifth cylinder are in fluid communication with the first pressure chamber, which is part of the first cylinder, and wherein a fourth pressure chamber, which is part of the fourth cylinder and a sixth pressure chamber, which is part of the sixth cylinder are in fluid communication with the second pressure chamber, which is part of the second cylinder, wherein the third cylinder comprises a seventh pressure chamber provided with a pressure fluid for biasing a piston of the third cylinder toward the third pressure chamber, and wherein the sixth cylinder comprises a eighth pressure chamber provided with a pressure fluid for biasing a piston of the sixth cylinder toward the sixth pressure chamber. a first hydraulic tensioning cylinder; a first low pressure tensioning accumulator in fluid communication with a first pressure chamber comprised in the first cylinder; a second hydraulic tensioning cylinder; and a second low pressure tensioning accumulator in fluid communication with a second pressure chamber comprised in the second cylinder; characterized in that the biasing system further comprises: two sets of two connected hydraulic cylinders (30, 40, 50, 60), the first set comprising a third hydraulic cylinder and a fourth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a piston rod of the third hydraulic cylinder is connected with a piston rod of the fourth hydraulic cylinder, the second set comprising a fifth hydraulic cylinder and a sixth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a piston rod of the fifth hydraulic cylinder is connected with a piston rod of the sixth hydraulic cylinder, wherein a third pressure chamber, which is part of the third hydraulic tensioning cylinder, and a fifth pressure chamber, which is part of the fifth cylinder are in fluid communication with the first pressure chamber, which is part of the first cylinder, and wherein a fourth pressure chamber, which is part of the fourth cylinder and a sixth pressure chamber, which is part of the sixth cylinder are in fluid communication with the second pressure chamber, which is part of the second cylinder, wherein the third cylinder comprises a seventh pressure chamber provided with a pressure fluid for biasing a piston of the third cylinder toward the third pressure chamber, and wherein the sixth cylinder comprises a eighth pressure chamber provided with a pressure fluid for biasing a piston of the sixth cylinder toward the sixth pressure chamber.