This document applies to synthetic fiber ropes used in the form of taut leg or catenary moorings for both permanent and temporary offshore installations such as: a) monohull-based floating production, storage, and offloading units (FPSOs); b) monohull-based floating storage units (FSOs, FSUs); c) monohull or semi-submersible based floating production units (FPUs, FPSs); d) mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs); e) spar platforms; f) catenary anchor leg mooring (CALM) buoys (spread mooring only); g) mobile offshore units (MOUs, e.g., construction, pipelay, floating accommodation vessels).