Category: Bollards

Late in 2012, the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand took delivery of QuayQuip fender and mooring systems for the second Sulphur Point Wharf extension.

Sheltered by Matakana Island and Mount Maunganui, the Port of Tauranga is the only all-weather natural harbour between Auckland and Wellington. It handles more tonnage than any other port in New Zealand and is part of a developing regional port network. The Sulphur Wharf extension will allow the container port to receive Post-Panamax vessels up to 105,000 DWT.

QuayQuip designed three kinds of fender system for the project. Thirty sets of twin QCN 700 Cone Fender systems had to be closely aligned to the jetty’s existing cantilever piling. The panels were 1.1m wide by 4.1m high.

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When QuayQuip’s design engineers were asked to create Cone Fender systems for Berth 7 at Geraldton, West Australia, they were faced with an interesting challenge.

Berth 7 would be fitted with Cavotec mooring systems. The gap between units along the quay front was too cramped for conventional chain and anchor designs. The concrete shell design of the quay also meant that the ‘cone’ of shear forces must be begin far back into the finished structure: something that even the best conventional anchor systems could not achieve. A novel design was called for.

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QuayQuip has supplied 90 sets of QCN Cone Fenders and 39 cast steel, 100 tonne capacity T-Head Bollards to Manila North Harbor.

Manila North Harbor is the largest domestic cargo and passenger port in the Philippines. Its owners have invested PHP570 million (GB£8.6m or US$13.8m) to bring the entire facility up to date. The first phase of the project nearly trebled the port’s container capacity to 2.8 million TEU. The port’s passenger terminal is also seeing a major upgrade.

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The Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) has been equipped with QuayQuip T-head bollards as part of the Berth 6 expansion programme.

ICTSI’s flagship port in the Philippines has more than trebled in capacity since its acquisition in 1988. Over the last ten years it has taken on bulk and other non-containerised cargoes in addition to an annual container throughput of around 2 million TEU. The Berth 6 project adds 300m of quay and increases the port’s annual capacity by almost half a million TEU.

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QuayQuip will supply the Port of Pointe Noire, Republic of Congo, with a comprehensive upgrade to its fendering and mooring equipment.

Working with contractors SAIPEM (part of the ENI group) QuayQuip will deliver 54 sets of QCN 1400 Cone Fender systems with 3.45m panels. Related orders include Tricorn Bollards rated to 150t, chosen for their superior line angle characteristics, and a full set of access ladders.

Pointe Noire has been a busy port since its opening seventy years ago. The first deepwater port south of Dakkar, it lies 150km North of the mouth of the River Congo, and connects to a transnational rail network via a nearby terminal. The port serves container ships, oil tankers and bulk carriers.

We are happy to announce the new QuayQuip ‘Bollards and Mooring Systems’ Catalogue. It is available for download now. Printed copies will be available in a few weeks – please request your copy now.

Every QuayQuip bollard installed is right for the job, from safety features, coatings and materials down to the choice of anchor. Load fuses can be included in the base plates of the latest generation Tricorn bollards. Custom baseplates are also available for berth upgrades and retrofits.

Floating ‘Mooring Traveller’ systems are available with integrated bollards up to 500kN capacity. QuayQuip’s new Shiphauling Systems, as used on various Flat Pack Ports, comprise remote-operated capstans or winched mules that guide vessels safely under shiploaders.

QuayQuip helped bring the 80 year old Van Cauwelaertlock up to the latest berthing and mooring standards with the installation of both fender systems and bollards.

Two large V-fender systems made from 18 QME-1250 element fenders protect the lock corners. A further seven 2.4 metre long PFS 300 extruded fenders were installed. All systems use 100% virgin grade UHMW-PE for longer service life.

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QuayQuip has just won another major order for an iron ore transhipment berth, following the recent success with Moma Sands. The London Mining plc’s Marampa Iron Ore Mine will be served by a barge loading facility at Thofayem, 50km upstream of from the Sierra Leone capital Freeport, on the southern bank of the Port Loko River. The installation will be QuayQuip’s largest true ‘Flat Pack Port’ to date.

London Mining plc was founded in 2005 to supply ore to the global steel industry. Headquartered in the UK, it currently operates in Africa, the Americas, the Arabian peninsula and China. Marampa was acquired in 2006. The mine first operated between 1933 and 1975; approval was recently granted to London Mining to restart production. The facility is eventually expected to handle between five and eight million tonnes of ore per year.

In mid-October 2010, QuayQuip tendered for the manufacture and supply of the entire berth. The winning design’s main structure is a series of 22 floating, interlocking platform sections, each 12m long and 3.5m wide: a total length of 260m, 45 guide piles and a 30m gangway, all supplied by QuayQuip.

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In late 2009, the refit began of six chambers at three large locks along the Juliana Canal, near the villages of Born, Heel and Maasbracht in the Netherlands.

The oldest lock in Born was built in 1930. The lock chamber was emptied during restoration which included replacing 200 sets of original iron rails, repairs to the concrete walls, fitting 158 new safety ladders and other remedial work. The lock reopened for shipping in December 2009.

Each lock chamber was extended to 225 metres, allowing access for vessels up to 190m long, 11.4 beam and 3.5m draft.

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The Port of Rotterdam recently renovated their second Oil Port. QuayQuip-Eurotech provided a package or port equipment – fenders, fabrications, steel casting and low-friction virgin UHMW-PE face pads.

Connecting the fender beams to the existing structure was solved using special adapter brackets which allowed for variations and tolerance, creating a perfect and simple fit.

The bollards incorporated QuayQuip-Eurotech’s ‘load fuse’ technology. This is a specially designed connection between the bollard neck and baseplate. The load fuse provides a defined maximum force to help prevent structure overloads. Conventional bollards (especially cast iron types) and break-off bolts can permit excessive loads leading to structural damage.

QuayQuip’s most common load fuse bollard is the Tricorn ETG type, but the same technology is available for other popular steel bollard types including the T-head.