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Differences Between Breasting and Mooring Dolphins

Breasting dolphins assist in berthing vessels by taking up berthing loads, keeping vessels from pressing against piers, and restricting longitudinal movement. Mooring dolphins are used solely for mooring and securing vessels with ropes, and are commonly placed near piers to control transverse vessel movement. Breasting and mooring dolphins differ in their purposes for berthing and mooring ships.

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Differences Between Breasting and Mooring Dolphins

Breasting dolphins assist in berthing vessels by taking up berthing loads, keeping vessels from pressing against piers, and restricting longitudinal movement. Mooring dolphins are used solely for mooring and securing vessels with ropes, and are commonly placed near piers to control transverse vessel movement. Breasting and mooring dolphins differ in their purposes for berthing and mooring ships.

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Differences between breasting dolphins & mooring dolphins

A dolphin is an isolated marine structure for berthing and mooring of vessels. It is not uncommon that
the combination of dolphins with piers could drastically reduce the size of piers. Dolphins are
generally divided into two types, namely breasting dolphins and mooring dolphins. Breasting dolphins
serves the following purposes:
(i) Assist in berthing of vessels by taking up some berthing loads.
(ii) Keep the vessel from pressing against the pier structure.
(iii) Serve as mooring points to restrict the longitudinal movement of the berthing vessel.
Mooring dolphins, as the name implies, are used for mooring only and for securing the vessels by
using ropes. They are also commonly used near pier structures to control the transverse movement of
berthing vessels.

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