Mooring Line Materials
- Regular mooring lines
- Sisal
- Hemp
- Steel wire
- Polyethylene
- Polypropylene
- Polyester (e.g., used for deepsea mooring of offshore platforms)
- Nylon
- Chain
- High-performance mooring lines
- HMPE (floating)
- Aramid (heat resistant) (including Kevlar)
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