This third and final report of the investigation into ship mooring methods considers the problems faced by ship-owners about to embark on the construction of new dry-cargo tonnage.

The report should be read in association with B.S.R.A. Reports NS. 179 and 256, the previous reports in this series, which examined current mooring methods in detail and established requirements.

Some new information is presented, but this final report is devoted mainly to two objectives: namely the simplified method of determining wind and current forces for dry- cargo vessels and the possible solutions for the mooring of such ships where the limitations imposed by an existing ship are not present.

Although the solutions developed cannot be evaluated in full because of the variation in the requirements of different owners, points of evaluation are established and examined individually.

In the general case, a fully power-worked system employing polypropylene (staple spun) first lines combined with wire (steel-cored) rope for the remainder of the mooring pattern appears to offer the most favour- able solution.