Tagged: QuayQuip QPA Arch Fenders

Thursday, May 30th, 2013

QuayQuip in Scotland: a port on every coast

QuayQuip visualisation of Copland's Dock fendering

Last year QuayQuip launched a campaign to lead the Scottish fendering market. New orders show that the strategy is well on its way to success.

Following a string of orders for Scottish ports in 2011 and 2012, QuayQuip has recently won six more, on every Scottish coastline from the very south of the country to its northernmost islands. All are due for delivery in 2013 and the total value is roughly €2 million. Read more…

Friday, March 30th, 2012

QuayQuip Arch Fenders at Lerwick’s new offshore support berth

QuayQuip Arch Fenders at the Lerwick's Greenhead Berth Seven

Part of the new ‘Berth Seven’, in the Greenhead Base of Lerwick Harbour in the Shetland Isles, has entered service well ahead of schedule. QuayQuip supplied fendering for the project, a deep-water berth which will initially serve pipe laying vessels operated by Technip on behalf of Maersk North Sea Oil UK Ltd.

The new berth is equipped with 27 QPA500 Arch Fender systems in various lengths. The QPA Arch Fender’s robust UHMW-PE facing lowers friction between the vessel and fender system, and offers the extra protection required by an exposed site.

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