Marine Ship to ship Yokohama Fender Pneumatic Fender

1. General introduction

ISO17357:2014 Floating pneumatic rubber fender is an anti-clossion device for marine application in the world. It is made of synthetic-cord-reinforced rubber sheet with compressed air inside to enable it to float on the sea surface and work as a shock absorber when ship to ship transfer operation and ship to dock berthing and mooring operations.

Evergreen floating pneumatic rubber fenders fully company with all requirements on ISO17357:2002 Sstandard. Our products are certificated by CCS, DNV, GL, LR and BV.

 2.  Construction  features

The basic body construction of  Floating pneumatic rubber fender consists of outer rubber layers, synthetic-tire-cord layers and inner layers. Please take the picture for reference.

All of these layers are vulcanized together ,and then compress air  inside to enable the fender to float on the sea surface. 


 3.  Specification and Performance
There are two types of initial pressure:50kpa and 80kpa.

Yokohama Pneumatic rubber fender are available from 500X1000mm to 3300X6500mm, including all the standard and no-standard specifications.
All the relevant metal accessories of pneuamtic fenders, include shackles, towing rings, swivels, chain net, are made of stainless steel, and H.D.G. which are resistant for sea water corrosion.



 

4.Classification 




 
5.Application

There are two typical installation type: ship to ship operation and ship to quay operation

5.1 ship to ship operation
Generally speaking, for the light duty ship to ship operation, two contact points are enough. But for the heavy duty ship to ship operation, 1 or 2 extra pneumatic rubber fender should be used as the primary fendering to absorb the berthing energy, and keep proper stand-off distance between two ships. Meanwhile, two or more small-size fenders can be hung on the ship hull as the secondary fendering.

The pneumatic fenders should be hung by guy chains or guy ropes, which should be selected depending on the different size and weather condition. Evergreen-Maritime pneumatic fenders are supplied with two ends shackles that connect the fender body with guy chains or guy ropes.

5.2 ship to quay operation

Pneumatic fenders are often used for the ship to quay operation because of its excellent performance. The typical installation type is like the follow figure. The pneumatic fenders are anchored with quay by the guy chain and shackles. Meanwhile, the pneumatic fender can be floated on the water surface depend on the change of tide.5.2 ship to quay operation

5.3.Pressure requirements of Yokohama type Pneumatic Rubber Fenders 

Evergreen-Maritime manufactures marine rubber fender with 50kPa (pneumatic 50) and 80kPa (pneumatic 80) initial pressure. The internal pressure, endurable pressure, safety-valve setting pressure and hydraulic test pressure are also in compliance with the requirements of ISO17357:2014.
Fenders of diameter 2500mm and larger equipped with safety valve for releasing excess internal pressure when the fenders are over-compressed accidentally.




 

FAQ
Q1:What's the material of your products?

 A:Our raw material is natural rubber, and rubber-dipped nylon cord fabric

 Q2:Are you factory or trading company?

 A:We are the company and factory,located in Jimo City,Qingdao,near to Qingdao port and Qingdao airport,which is convenient for transportation.

 Q3:Can you do OEM?

 A:Yes,we can do.As long as receive your request,we could produce accordingly.

 Q4:What's your delivery time and payment terms?

 A:Delivery time is according to customers' size and order qty.The payment terms you could choose are T/T,L/C at sight,Western Union and so on.

 Q5:How can I get samples from you?

 A:We are honored to provide you samples for check quality.Customers just confirm freight collect and then we could send out the sample by FedEx,DHL,UPS,TNT and so on.

 Q6:What's certificates can your company provide?

 A:We can provide CCS,ABS,DNV,LR,BV certificates.

 Q7:What about your warranty time?

 A:Our warranty period is 24 months.During this time,any problems about products from our factory,we solemn promise to change and repair them for free;if problems from customers' improper operating,we could provide free guidance and repair materials


For  more information,please contact me directly.
 
Ada Zheng