Ship Bumpers Marine Floating Rubber Fender For Ship Berthing And Mooring

Marine Floating Rubber Fender

Marine floating rubber fender, also called Yokohama fender, has been used in port, harbor, and maritime operations for decades since it was developed in 1958. With the development of ship technology, this marine floating rubber fender is used extensively in ship-to-ship transfer operations and ship mooring and berthing operations. It’s always regarded as a buffer to reduce shock in between due to its excellent performance of great elasticity and abrasion-resistance.

Marine floating rubber fenders are divided into three types, including sling type, hydro-pneumatic type, and chain and tire net type. Each type plays a critical role in protecting the safety of marine operations.

Fully compliant with the ISO17357 standard, Jerryborg’s marine floating rubber fender supplies with a variety of specifications and dimensions to meet customer’s requests and different application conditions.

Marine Floating Rubber Fender Advantage

1. Advantage Under Severe Weather Conditions

Under normal circumstances, the ship movement caused by high and long-period waves or strong wind will bring repeated compression and shearing forces on the fender and make it easier to be fatigue and damage. However marine floating rubber fender is strong enough to resist severe weather conditions, the reaction force increases slowly compared with solid fender and won’t easily reach the maximum.

2. No Variation or Deformation in Performance

Marine floating rubber fender is filled with the air of compressive elasticity inside, the deformation caused by fatigue is absent. In the experiment below of marine floating rubber fender, the performance variation will not happen if the pressure is maintained properly.

Our marine floating rubber fender remains the same without any variation or deformation even at temperatures under -50 degrees centigrade (-58 degrees Fahrenheit).

3. Shape Conformant at Inclined Compression

Marine floating rubber fender is made of reinforced cord layers of high elasticity and flexibility, which enable it to make it shape conformant at inclined compression during ship-to-ship operations. Compared with solid fender and foam fender, the marine floating rubber fender is easier to distribute the load along the ship's body or berthing structure.

Marine Floating Rubber Fender Structure

① Outer rubber layer

Marine floating rubber fenders are covered by the outer layer made of natural rubber. This rubber compound is strong enough to protect the inner layer and synthetic-cord layer from the damage of external forces and severe weather conditions due to its high elasticity and abrasion resistance.

② Synthetic-tire-cord layer

The Synthetic-tire-cord layer is made of synthetic-tire-cord fabrics, compared with synthetic canvas fabric and synthetic belt fabric, this reinforcement layer performs better in fatigue-resistance and pressure-holding.

③ Inner rubber layer

The inner layer is designed to seal the air inside the fender.

Marine Floating Rubber Fender Application

1. Ship-to-ship transfer operations

2. Ship-to-ship services

3. Offshore platform defense

4. Ship berthing at the dock

5. Hang on the ship hull

Specifications of Marine Floating Rubber Fender

Pneumatic 50 Standard Sizes:

Pneumatic 80 Standard Sizes:

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