A berthing hawser may be doubled up by a second hawser between ship and shore; such hawsers are usually singled up well before the ship is due to unberth so as not to delay the final stage of unberthing.
Intambo enkulu ekwindawo yokulala inqanawa ingabhadula ngokuphindiweyo xa kungekho mntu elunxwemeni yokuphosa ngaphandle xa inqanawa ingenandawo yokulala zombini ekugqibeleni kwintambo enkulu zingenza ngokukhawuleza kwibhodi yangaphakathi.