To overcome difficulties of mooring ships in heavy weather alongside quays in port of Mena-al-Ahmadi, in Kuwait, jetty has been equipped with gravity pattern fender designed to swing both inwards and upwards in response to pressure exerted on it by ship, thus providing greater shock absorbing capacity.
Persian gulf port berthing arrangements
Engineer
Engineer ; 191 , n 4959
1951
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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