Tagged: donut fender

Four years ago a trans-shipment jetty was built on the Mozambique coast to serve the Moma Sands mine, enabling the transfer of titanium ore and other heavy mineral ores to large vessels moored offshore.

The initial fender installation was not up to capacity for normal operations. QuayQuip are replacing the four existing single-cone systems with tougher double-cone systems that absorb quadruple the energy, and adding four more on the opposite side to create a double-sided berth. New Donut fenders (also known as ‘monopile fenders’) guide motorised, self-loading/unloading barges safely around the end of the jetty. Read more…

One of the last remaining drydocks serving London’s busy river traffic recently moved from Badcock Wharf in Greenwich to a purpose-built facility at nearby Bay Wharf.

To support the floating docks when moored or repositioned, a series of nine monopile dolphins were fitted with 2.2m diameter Donut fenders.

QuayQuip Donut fenders (also known as ‘monopile fenders’) use the revolutionary Flosys technology for a higher performance and greater longevity than legacy types.

Bay Wharf follows another recent QuayQuip Donut installation on the River Thames.