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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

QuayQuip protects London’s new cable car

In 2011, QuayQuip was challenged by Transport for London to design a floating impact protection system for the new Emirates Air Line – an ambitious cable car route across the River Thames.

Working in close collaboration with the main contractors, Mace, and consultants Buro Happold and Royal Haskoning, QuayQuip had to prepare a floating barrier capable of safely dissipating large energies, and have it ready for delivery in time for the cable car entering service by summer 2012.

Floating Berth enters service at Marampa, Sierra Leone

Toward the end of 2010 we featured a radical new floating berth design for London Mining’s iron ore facility in Marampa, Sierra Leone.

QuayQuip’s specialist engineers are now installing and commissioning the berth. In the coming weeks, barges of 20,000 tonne displacement (16,000 tonne DWT) will arrive to begin the transfer of iron ore to ships moored in deeper water.

Pontoon Fender Systems for Rossaveel Ferry Terminal, Ireland

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…

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