Tagged: Fender Panels

Although our last report about Barrow Island, West Australia, was some time ago, work at the LNG facility has continued apace.

The site’s latest QuayQuip fender installation serves vessels calling at the Materials Offloading Facility (MOF). Due to the wide range of impact conditions – the berth serves a variety of heavy lift ships approaching either stern- or side-on – a slightly unconventional dual QCN Cone fender design was called for.

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QuayQuip have supplied Element Fenders to a new deep-water berth in Aberdeen, Scotland.

Torry Quay in Aberdeen has been rebuilt as a 300m deep water berth as part of Scotland’s National Renewable Infrastructure Plan. The £19 million redevelopment on the south bank of the River Dee offers better aligned berths and a stronger concrete deck for improved heavy lifting. It will primarily serve oil and gas supply vessels heading for nearby North Sea facilities.

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We often get asked why QuayQuip only uses virgin grade UHMW-PE when other companies propose regenerated and double sintered grades. So we asked external experts to look at the properties and performance of both virgin and recycled grades. The results confirmed why virgin UHMW-PE is the only grade that QuayQuip recommends as safe for marine fenders.

Material grades There are two classes of UHMW-PE for fenders – first quality virgin grade and ‘everything else’. First quality virgin grade UHMW-PE contains no scrap materials, bulk fillers or anything that detracts from ultimate performance.

‘Everything else’ includes: – Recycled, regenerated and double sintered UHMW-PE (different names for the same thing) – Blended UHMW-PE which, as the name implies, is ‘cut’ with scrap and low-grade polyethylene to cut costs at the expense of performance and life expectancy.

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