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ShibataFender Team supplies cone fender systems for expansion in Texas Freeport

Undergoing expansion works are taking place at Freeport in Texas, US that will allow the port to handle larger vessels.

In this phase of the project, berth seven of the Velasco Terminal is being refurbished to make it the deepest container terminal in the Gulf of Texas and a new berth is being built, number eight, to gain additional terminal length to accommodate vessels from Panamax to Post-Panamax class.

Working in cooperation with McCarthy Building Companies and the engineering company Moffatt and Nichol, ShibataFender Team designed and manufactured 43 sets of SPC Cone Fenders Systems, each consisting of one Cone Fender (SPC 1400 G2.4) and a closed box panel (2300×5450 mm) with UHMW-PE pads.

Of these 43 systems, 27 were installed at berth eight and the other 16 at berth number seven. The order scope also included 29 T Head Bollards (150 t).





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