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Maritime & Shipping vocabulary · Deck Work & Seamanship

Make fast

Meaning in maritime & shipping, with examples

phraseCommon term

In maritime & shipping, make fast means: To tie or secure a rope, a line or a tug firmly so that it holds, for example to a bollard, a cleat or the ship's side.

In Turkish: volta etmek, bağlamak, sabitlemek

How it is used

Used in mooring orders, pilot instructions and SMCP: 'make fast the tug', 'make fast forward and aft'. A report such as 'all fast forward' means that the lines at the bow are secured.

Example sentences

  1. Make fast the tug on the port bow, using the ship's line.

  2. Make fast the head line and report when it is done.

Common collocations

  • make fast forward and aft
  • make fast the tug
  • make fast to a buoy
  • all fast
  • mooring lineA strong rope or wire used to tie a ship to a quay, a buoy or another ship. Lines are named by their position, such as head line, stern line, breast line and spring.
  • bollardA short, thick post of steel or iron on a quay or on a ship's deck, to which mooring lines are made fast.
  • tugA small but very powerful boat that pushes or pulls large ships, especially when they are berthing, unberthing or moving in narrow waters.
  • berthA place in a port where a ship ties up to load or discharge. As a verb, to berth means to bring a ship to that place. The word can also mean a bed on a ship.

More terms: Deck Work & Seamanship

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