Cavotec’s MoorMaster automated mooring system has been selected for two passenger ferry berths at the Port of Tallinn in Estonia[ds_preview], the second order of this type for the unmanned mooring technology within a few weeks. Cavotec will design, supply, commission and service two multi-unit MoorMaster automated mooring systems at two passenger ferry berths in the Estonian capital. The systems will moor large RoPax vessels that make several daily crossings between Tallinn and the Finnish capital Helsinki, where MoorMaster systems have been in use since 2016. In June this year, the Port of Turku, also in Finland, announced that it was installing a multi-unit MoorMaster system, too. The system will be delivered in 2020. It will be installed at the Viking Line berth at the Port of Turku, southwest Finland. The system will moor the 218m passenger and vehicle ferries »Grace« and the new-build »Glory«. »Grace« entered service in 2013, and »Glory« is scheduled to make her maiden voyage in 2021. According to Cavotec the automated mooring systems improve safety, reduce environmental impact, and substantially increase operational efficiency by removing conventional mooring lines from the mooring process. This would lead to reduced mooring times, less vessel motion, less fuel consumption and reduced emissions. According to the company more than 80 MoorMaster systems have performed some 500,000 moorings at ferry, bulk and container handling ports as well as lock and ship-to-ship applications worldwide.
