Ship and Barge Mooring Lines
Cortland offers a wide range of mooring line solutions depending upon your application needs. We can produce mooring lines to order, based upon your strength requirements, the length of line required and the expected loads.
Below is a comprehensive list of all our strength members suitable for mooring lines. These detail the construction types we use and their relative strengths and applications. A Product Data Sheet for each construction listed below is available here or in our resources and downloads section. To find out more, or to see where mooring lines are best used, please click on the market box opposite.
Plasma® 12 strand is the highest strength synthetic rope available. Plasma® 12 strand is manufactured from High Modulus Polyethylene (HMPE) that has been enhanced by Cortland’s patented recrystallization process.
Plasma® 12 strand is delivered standard with a polyurethane finish and is easily spliced using a simple lockstitch type splice, 4-3-2 or 5-4-3 tuck splice. It’s soft, torque free braided construction provides easy handling.
- Lowest stretch
- Low creep
- Soft hand
- Torque free
- Easy splicing
- Neutrally buoyant in water
- Select sizes are ABS & DNV type approved
Plasma® 12×12 is a 12-strand braided rope in which each of the 12 strands is, in turn, a 12-strand rope, or braided primary strand. Plasma is manufactured from High Modulus Polyethylene (HMPE) that has been enhanced by Cortland’s patented recrystallization process.
This patented construction addresses the most critical properties of the fibers to provide a very high strength translation efficiency for larger ropes. This design allows for long lay lengths, making rope that is more flexible for bending applications, easy to inspect and can be quickly spliced using standard 12 strand splicing techniques. Plasma 12×12 is supplied with our standard polyurethane finish, although other coatings can be applied to suit specific applications.
- World’s strongest rope for its weight
- Long lengths available
- High flex fatigue and abrasion resistance
- Easy to splice, inspect, and repair
- Neutrally buoyant in water
- Select sizes are ABS & DNV type approved
Spectra® 12 x12
Polyester Double Braid provides an excellent combination of high strength, low stretch, excellent weathering resistance, and easy handling. The standard color for Polyester Double Braid is white; however, this construction can also be produced in a variety of colors using solution-dyed polyester in the jacket braid for lasting color and a good hand.
- Low stretch
- High strength
- Soft hand
- Torque free
- Excellent wet strength
- Meets MIL-DTL-24677B
- Select sizes are ABS & DNV type approved
N/P Composite is a double braided rope with the inner core made of multifilament polypropylene and the outer sleeve of nylon. N/P Composite combines the excellent sunlight and abrasion resistance of nylon with the flotation of polypropylene. It has a standard specific gravity of 1.01 and is available on special order with a specific gravity of 0.99.
- Moderate stretch
- High strength
- Soft hand
- Torque free
- Floats in sea water
- Vessel mooring lines (floating)
- Buoy lines
- Anchor lines
