The pneumatic fender is also known as the Yokohama fender. Tankers’ Ship-to-ship (STS) operations mostly uses this type of self-floating, long useful life fender. Industry-wide known as pneumatic fenders, but why are they also called Yokohama fenders?
Yokohama was the first company to design such fenders. Hence the name. The traditional method is to find and use dead whales as large fenders for bigger ships. After the World-War II, many turned to find a better, more constant man-made equipment since the usage of dead whales has many downsides to it. Rubber was thought to be a excellent material.
So being the most trusted rubber tire manufacture in Japan at the time, the ‘Yokohama’ company was approached to design up a suitable solution. The first big issue was that making a fender straight-up using rubber would be too costly. Projected costs make it impossible to achieve. The company managed to eventually come up with the idea of using the principles of pneumatic. Pressurised air absorbs energy well enough with a reasonable reaction force. Now, commonly the working pressures of pneumatic fenders use are 50 kPa and 80kPa.
The story of the origin of these fenders is indeed a very interesting development of the industry. Today, these awesome low-cost, low-maintenance fenders are governed by ISO Standard. ISO 17357 consists of the two parts, high pressure and low pressure. Under the general title Ships and marine technology — Floating pneumatic rubber fenders. ISO17357:2014 is the latest version of the standard. It specifies the material, performance, and dimensions of floating pneumatic rubber fenders. Our company's pneumatic fenders are also produced and tested strictly in accordance with ISO17357:2014 standards.
Now the property of pneumatic fenders are low reaction force at low deflection, which made them are the most suitable fender for liquid cargo vessels and defense vessels with sensitive equipment, it also has become an ideal ship protection medium used extensively by large tankers, LPG vessels, ocean platforms, etc.

The green part of the chain net can choose whether to install. The blue part of the tires can choose to be used car tires or aircraft tires.
Specifications(ISO17357-2014 Standard)
| Inner Pressure:50Kpa,60%deflection | Inner Pressure:80Kpa,60%deflection |
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FAQ
1."I have ships but don't know how to choose the size of dock bumpers ,can you help me?"
Answer: Don't worry .We have more than 20 years' experience. Pls tell me information of your ship, we can suggest suitable dock bumpers size and quantity for you.
2."I want to try your dock bumpers, but I never use it and don't know how to use ,can you help me?"
Answer: Don't worry. We will send instruction book together with dock bumpers.
3."What's the MOQ of your dock bumpers?"
Answer: The MOQ of our dock bumpers is 1PC.
4."What's the lifespan of your dock bumpers?"
Answer: Designed lifespan of our dock bumpers is 6 to 10 years
5."What's the warranty period of your dock bumpers?"
Answer: The warranty period of our dock bumpers is 2 years. we will responsible for the repairment or replace the new dock bumpers for you if it proved to be our quality problem.
6."What kind of certificate can you provide for dock bumpers?"
Answer: CCS, SGS etc. certificate is available for our dock bumpers.
Our Services
1.One-to-one VIP service.
2.Lifelong after-sale service.
3.Professional suggestions for suitable dock bumper size and quantity.
4.Teach customers to use the dock bumper on site .
5.Any questions about dock bumpers will be replied within 24 hours.