Mooring system

摘要

A mooring system for a vessel (1) is disclosed, including a mooring anchor (2) and an interconnection line (3) for connecting the anchor to the vessel, the anchor comprising and/or being linked to monitoring means (4) arranged for monitoring the anchor's condition and for outputting anchor condition data. The monitoring means are connected to an acoustic modem (5, 8) arranged to transmit the anchor condition data to the vessel and/or another involved vessel (9). One acoustic modem (8) may be arranged to transmit the anchor condition data to the vessel and/or another involved vessel (9) via a wireless transmission path. Another acoustic modem (5) may be arranged to transmit the anchor condition data to the vessel (1) via the interconnection line (3). More in general a system is disclosed for data transfer between two objects (1) which are mechanically interconnected by an interconnection line (3), each object including an acoustic modem (5) which is arranged to transmit and/or receive data via the interconnection line.