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Marine Atlantic Inc. is a federal Crown corporation that reports to the Canadian Parliament through the Minister of Transport. The Corporation provides a constitutionally mandated passenger and commercial marine transportation service between the Island of Newfoundland and the Province of Nova Scotia. Its mission calls for safety first and also stresses environmental responsibility, reliability, courtesy and value for money.

Marine Atlantic provides two ferry services. The first operates every day of the year on a 96 nautical mile route between Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia. The second is a 280 nautical mile, tri-weekly ferry service between Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador and North Sydney, Nova Scotia, starting in mid-June and closing late September.

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QuayQuip has just completed another pontoon fender project. The latest installation was at Rossaveel Ferry Terminal in County Galway, Ireland. The berth will serve ferries departing for the Aran Islands, historically famous for their remote monastic communities.

Three ‘finger’ piers (floating pontoons) have been equipped with thin-walled, wide bore QCY500 cylindrical fenders in a soft rubber compound. Read more…

QuayQuip has recently upgraded the Holmsgarth Ferry Terminal, Lerwick, on the Isle of Noss in the Shetland Islands, following winter storm damage and the introduction of the RoRo freight vessel MV Hildasay earlier this year. Holmsgarth serves ferry routes to Aberdeen and Kirkwall, and to Hanstholom in Denmark.

The design process began with a detailed calculation of the optimal fender performance for a midship impact at any given radial angle. The rebuilt central structure incorporates the remaining capacity of the previous dolphin into a series of new piles and a concrete cap. Read more…