Mooring assembly

A mooring assembly, comprising a floating vessel, a mooring base, a yoke, a ballast box and a pendulum which suspends from the floating vessel, wherein the yoke has a mooring base connection part which is pivotally mounted to the mooring base and a pendulum connection part which is located at a distance from the mooring base connection part and pivotally mounted to the pendulum, wherein the ballast box is mounted to one of the pendulum and the yoke such that it creates a restoring force when the floating vessel moves away from a neutral position relative to the mooring base, wherein the mooring assembly is provided with a de-coupling device configured to decouple at least the yoke and the ballast box together from the floating vessel, wherein the ballast box is provided with a compartment for containing a liquid and the mooring assembly is provided with a fluid transport system for removing a liquid from the compartment and introducing a gas into the compartment or vice versa and wherein the mooring assembly is provided with a flexible hawser configured to form a direct connection between the mounting base and the floating vessel, the hawser being detachably mounted to at least one of the floating vessel and the mooring base.