Tagged: fender upgrades

Late in 2012, QuayQuip supplied fender systems to the port of Mersin, on the western coast of the Turkish region of Çukurova. There has been an important port in the vicinity for many centuries; Mersin remains a major Turkish maritime centre.

Part of an upgrade to the Nato Pier within the larger port, the original order called for 10 sets of QuayQuip QCN600 Cone fenders, anchors and 1250mm square panels with UHMW-PE facings. Another two systems were later added to the order.

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The Kenyan Navy’s latest vessel, the KNS Jasiri, has docked in her new home port of Mombasa at a berth equipped with QuayQuip fender facings.

At QuayQuip’s advice the jetty’s existing timber facings were replaced by piles installed in front of the quay structure, protected by machined UHMW-PE facings. QuayQuip supplied 41 sets of panels with 6000×300mm contact areas, each 100mm thick.

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QuayQuip recently upgraded the fender systems of Inner Harbour Berth 3 in Bunbury, West Australia.

The bulk woodchip berth was built in the mid-1970s. It operates on behalf of WAPRES (Western Australia Plantation Resources). Woodchip exports from Bunbury to Japan grew from just over a quarter of a million tonnes in 1976 to more than 1.5 million tonnes in 2011.

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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…

QuayQuip has designed a novel update for an oil berth structure at Otago, New Zealand. Built in the early 20th century, the concrete quay face is too narrow to accept a large, conventionally mounted cone system.

One proposal was to remove sections of the quay, inserting new concrete blocks with a far larger mounting area. The necessary civil work would be expensive and prolong downtime.

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QuayQuip has completed work on a renewal of BP’s Rotterdam oil terminal, where fenders had to be replaced on four jetties. The systems use QCN Cone Fenders (QCN1000, QCN1150, QCN1400, QCN1600 and QCN1800) attached to panels up to 6m high. Some panels are fitted with integral access ladders in the front face, reached via walk-on platforms attached to the the top of the panel.