Category: Upgrade

Northport is one of the principal sections of Klang Port, Malaysia. As part of its development programme, an order was placed at the end of 2012 for QuayQuip QCN 1150 Cone Fender systems. The systems, including UHMW-PE faced panels 1.9m wide by 5.5m high, plus chains and fixings, were delivered in April 2013.

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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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Here are some new image of the twin QCN cone systems installed at Kerry Siam Seaport, Thailand. We first discussed this installation in August 2012. The new images show the shear chains much more clearly than before, including the custom-designed crossover plates.

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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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Kerry Siam Seaport in Thailand has been extended and equipped with QuayQuip QCN Cone fenders.

The Berth Extension (Phase III) project at Ao Udom, Sriracha in Chonbury Province, has added a 150 metre by 54 metre quay to the north of the existing berth, to serve bulk carriers up to 100,000 DWT and post-Panama container ships.

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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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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.

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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Last August we published an article about the QuayQuip/Marener partnership’s upgrade of Tsawwassen Berth 4, near Vancouver in British Columbia. The berth is now hard at work receiving BC Ferries vessels on their way to and from destinations across the province.

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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…