this invention is an improvement over the simple terminator , which has been applied at the mudline , and at the platform level , to resist very large stresses in the riser pipes when the vertically moored platform is subjected to wind , tide and current . a second or short terminator is used with the terminator to form a multiterminator which results in the length and weight of the terminator assembly for a given site being greatly reduced from that of the prior art terminator . thus , the cost of construction of the terminator assembly is drastically reduced with the use of our invention . also disclosed is a novel bearing arrangement between the vmp and the terminator assembly .