Marine Mooring and Towing
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MARINE MOORING AND TOWING BEXCO is a European manufacturer of synthetic ropes with a factory in Hamme, Belgium and a new load-out quayside facility in Antwerp. BEXCO offers a full range of synthetic rope solutions for towing and mooring applications in the toughest of marine environments. Designed by skilled engineers and produced by craftsmen with decades of experience, our ropes are from the highest quality. BEXCO prides itself on its personal service and advise to customers. Our sales team and engineers understand your business as no other. Joining forces with our customers, project by project, we design, engineer and manufacture made-to-measure, synthetic rope solutions that are reliable, safe and best fit the specific business requirements of the customer. BEXCO’s personal service and care extends itself until after the initial delivery of the rope. BEXCO offers ‘on demand’ maintenance solutions based on anticipated demand by fleet composition and location and has contractual stock in strategic harbors across the world so customers can count on the timely availability of quality ropes for their vessels. BEXCO HIGHLIGHTS European manufacturer of fiber rope solutions designed by skilled engineers Solution-based approach combined with approachable, personal service BEXCO understands your marine business. Our rope. Your solution! PRODUCT OVERVIEW Approx. Melting Abrasion UV Temperature Chemical Strand Material Cover/jacket Specic Density point in °C resistance resistance resistance resistance dry & wet conditions CERTIFICATIONS Atlas® 6 nylon – 1,14 215 excellent excellent 80°C max continuous reasonable (1) can be stowed wet Caesar Plus 6 nylon – 1,14 215 excellent excellent 80°C max continuous reasonable can be stowed wet Bexcooat 8 /12 PP/PES – 0,99 165-260 very good good 70°C max continuous good (2) wet strength equals dry strength Bexcoex 8 /12 PP/PES – 1,10 165-260 very good good 70°C max continuous good (2) wet strength equals dry strength Dyneema® 8 /12 SK78 – 0,98 145 excellent good 70°C max continuous excellent wet strength equals dry strength Ultraline Bexcord 6+1 PP/PES composite yarn 0,91 165 good excellent (*) 70°C max continuous good (2) wet strength equals dry strength Ultraline Nylon 3 nylon composite yarn 1,14 215 excellent excellent (*) 80°C max continuous reasonable (1) wet 5% lower than dry Ultraline Polyester 3 PES composite yarn 1,38 260 excellent excellent (*) 80°C max continuous good (2) wet strength equals dry strength Ultraline Dyneema® 3/8/12 SK78 composite yarn 0,98 145 excellent excellent (*) 70°C max continuous excellent wet strength equals dry strength (*) = excellent, due to cover/jacket (1) = acids, oxidisers and solvents will affect the material (2) = solvents and strong oxidicers may have a mild effect (3) = bases and solvents may have a mild effect 1 2 MOORING SOLUTIONS Bexco offers a wide range of synthetic mooring solutions MAINLINE EYE TO EYE SPLICE CONNECTION SOFT SHACKLE made-to-measure in various materials and fit for different Mainlines are the strength of the mooring system. Bexco This connection cannot be removed without resplicing at least A soft shackle is a newer alternative to the cow hitch. The operational environments. Ever-increasing vessel sizes have provides mainlines in various synthetic materials to fit the one of the ropes. advantage of this solution is that part of the mooring called for mooring ropes thicker in diameter and heavier in most challenging operational environments. configuration can be replaced without having to de-install the weight making them hard to manage by vessel crews. Our COW HITCH ropes. The soft shackle floats and is light in weight, easy synthetic ropes create lighter mooring solutions that are easy TAILS to open and close, self locking under load and abrasion to handle and safe in use. Achieving comparable breaking A cow hitch is the most used method to connect two ropes. resistant. strengths, our rope solutions are up to seven times lighter Tails are necessary to provide elasticity in the mooring It can be used if both ropes have eyes and are protected with than steel cable. configuration and are connected to the mainline through a a strong protective cloth to prevent damage to the eyes. cow hitch. In close cooperation with the customer we design the mooring system that best matches your requirements taking ROPE CONNECTIONS the performance of each mooring component into account. Ropes can be connected in various ways: via a direct eye-to- eye splice connection, a cow hitch or soft shackle. Correct cow hitch connection Soft Shackle connection Product Page Mooring MAINLINES Passenger Container Bulk Ro-Ro LNG/LPG Barges Dredgers Navy Fishing Nets High Performance Line 5 X X X X X X X X with Dyneema® ber Maximus® 6 X X X Atlas® 7 X X X X X Caesar Plus 8 X X X X X Bexcoline 9 X X X X X X X X Ultraline 11 X X X X TAILS 15 Nylon tails 15 X X X X X Bexcoex tails 16 X X X X X Ultrasprings 17 X 3 4 SUPERIOR LINE MAXIMUS® ® SUPERIOR WITH DYNEEMA® FIBER D-TWELVE MAXIMUS SECTORS Passenger ships, Container ships, LNG carriers Dia Circ.Dia Circ.Min.Dia BreakMin. Load Break Load Weight WeightWeight Combines small diameters with high breaking strengths, the mm mm“ “tf kNtftf kg/100mkNkN kg/100mkg/100mkg/coil kg/coilkg/coil The ideal mooring rope for ultra-large vessels. 3 1 12-STRAND 6 12-STRAND 6¾/ 4 7.6¾/4 74.67.67,6 74.674,63.8 3.83,88.4 8.48,4 ® lightest rope with the highest breaking strengths. 5 MAXIMUS 8 81 10.11/16 10.110,199.1 99.199,15.0 11.05.05,0 11.011,0 1 7 10 1101¼ / 4 14.21¼/16 139.314.214,2 139.3139,37.4 16.37.47,4 16.316,3 GENERAL 1 1 Dia Circ. Dia Min. Break Load Weight 12 1121½ / 2 18.51½/2 181.518.518,5 181.5181,59.6 21.19.69,6 21.121,1 GENERAL MAXIMUS® is an in-house developed rope made with 3 9 mm tf kN kg1m 14 1141¾ / 4 24.61¾/16 24.624,6241 24112.8241 12.812,828.2 28.228,2 ® ® 5 Dyneema SK78 fibers. It is a lighter mooring rope with • 8-strand or 12-strand braided ropes made of Dyneema fibers 16 162 30.72/8 30.730,7301 30116.0301 16.016,035.2 35.235,2 1 3 18 2182¼ / 4 36.92¼/4 36.936,9362 36219.3362 19.319,342.5 42.542,5 reduced diameters (up to 50%). Achieving a comparable No standard diameter MBL Weight information available. 1 13 • Commonly known as HMPE : High Modulus PolyEtheylene 20 2202½ / 2 43.12½/16 43.143,1423 42322.5423 22.522,549.5 49.549,5 ® breaking strength, MAXIMUS is four times lighter in weight This product is made on reuest and developed to specific • Superior abrasion resistance 3 7 22 2222¾ / 4 49.52¾/8 49.549,5486 48626.7486 26.726,758.7 58.758,7 8-STRAND 8-STRAND than the most commonly used synthetic mooring ropes and 24 243 60.731 60.760,7595 59533.1595 33.133,172.8 72.872,8 customer reuirements. • Very high strength and low weight to diameter ratio 1 1 26 3263¼ / 4 166.53¼ /16 66.566,5652 65236.4652 36.436,480.1 80.180,1 seven times lighter than steel wire. 1 1 Ropes with alternative HMPE fibers are available on • Easy in handling and operation 28 3283½ / 2 75.413½ /8 75.475,4740 74041.8740 41.841,892.0 92.092,0 3 1 30 3303¾ / 4 185.43¾ /14 85.485,4838 83847.6838 47.647,6105 105105 reuest (Maifle) Maximus® can be produced with different diameters, • Comparable to steel wire characteristics 5 32 324 1105 4/ 16 1029105 1029102960.2 60.260,2132 132132 strengths and lengths in function of the vessel’s hardware. 1 1 36 4364½ / 2 14½123 /2 1211123 1211121174.3 74.374,3163 163163 ® 5 40 405 11485 /8 1447148 1447144789.9 89.989,9198 198198 BEXCO develops a custom-made Maximus rope that meets FEATURES 1 3 44 5445½ / 2 15½171 /4 1680171 16801680107 107235 235235 break load requirements (MBL) as per the OCIMF guidelines 48 486 19962 1953199 19531953126 126277 277277 • Material: Ultra – High Molecular Weight Polyethylene while not exceeding the Safe Working Load (SWL) of the 1 1 (Dyneema® SK78) 52 6526½ / 2 26½226 /8 2219226 22192219146 146321 321321 1 56 567 22597 /4 2538259 25382538167 167367 367367 vessel equipment and taking into account the desired rope 1 1 • Construction: 8-strand or 12-strand braided 60 7607½ / 2 27½289 /2 2831289 28312831190 190418 418418 diameter in accordance with winch specifications. Also other 5 64 648 23208 /8 3139320 31393139215 215473 473473 1 3 • Treatment: Marine finish 68 8688½ / 2 28½354 /4 3470354 34703470241 241530 530530 specific customer requirements can be taken into account. • Color of Rope: dia < 32mm: grey – dia > 32mm: white 72 729 38893 3806388 38063806268 268590 590590 1 1 76 9769½ / 2 39½427 /8 4188427 41884188297 297653 653653 FEATURES 1 • Approx. Spec. Density: 0,975 floating 80 8010 349910 / 4 4896499 48964896360 360792 792792 5 88 8811 357611 / 8 5650576 56505650428 428942 942942 • Material: Ultra – High Molecular Weight Polyethylene • Melting Point: 145° C 96 9612 645124 6325645 63256325502 1104502 11041104 ® (Dyneema SK78), BEXCORD • Abrasion Resistance: Excellent 1 104 10413 474013 / 4 7263740 72637263582 1280582 12801280 5 112 11214 483814 / 8 8220838 82208220668 1470668 14701470 • U.V.