News & projects
2 pcs of inner balls male part of a bow coupling ready for dispatch
Within a challenging lead time we produced 2 pcs. of inner balls for the male part of a bow coupling ø1000-15°-24/30 Bar. These parts are executed with wear resistant cones aiming to decrease wear and tear as long as possible. All the welds are performed with special hard facing top welds. Complete design, construction, welding and machining is executed in our factory in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands.
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Commissioning of complete mooring system FSRU
For safe side-by-side mooring, we delivered a complete mooring system to FSRU Toscana, which is permanently moored about 22 km off the Italian coast between Livorno and Pisa, in the region of Tuscany.
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Orange is the new black! At least temporarily, in our factory.
Last week we finalized another interesting offshore mooring project, for equipment to be installed on an Offshore Wind Farm located at the East Coast of the USA . Our mooring equipment will enable to moor the feeder barge safely alongside the Offshore Installation Vessel.
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Mooring dolphins at Eemshaven ready for mooring Les Alizés!
Mooring dolphins at Eemshaven in Groningen ready for mooring of Les Alizés!
Located in the most northern part of the Netherlands, these new mooring dolphins at Eemshaven are built to be able to moor Les Alizés, a new floating offshore installation vessel of Jan de Nul for offshore renewables.
Several smart-looking projects reaching finale stage
Several interesting, challenging and smart-looking projects are reaching their final stage or are ready for shipment to various destinations all over de world: Various Quick release Mooring Hooks, Smart Bollards and Parts of bow couplings.
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Brand new Smart Bollard installed at ECT Terminal Port of Rotterdam
Back to the place where it all began: After the successful trial of one Smart Bollard along the quay of Hutchison Ports ECT (Europe Container Terminals) Rotterdam in the Port of Rotterdam, we recently installed 6 pcs of 100T Smart Bollards at the same terminal enabling Port of Rotterdam to measure mooring forces on an entire vessel!
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Straatman goes green!
At Straatman we take our responsibility for a sustainable future both in our offices and factory and by the products we make and deliver. But this week we took green more literally as we are currently finalizing an interesting project for equipment to be installed on an Offshore Wind Farm.
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Solar powered mini capstans
We engineer and manufacture custom designed capstans in any shape and size. For this project we were asked to provide a winching solution for a remote and powerless area. Our off grid solar powered system provides the required energy for a 1.5kW capstan, giving it a hauling speed of ±15m/min and a running pull capacity of 500kg!
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Hands-on training mooring equipment
With the arrival of the (first) vessel, our service engineers returned to the various terminals where we recently delivered our mooring equipment, to make sure that integration of our equipment runs smoothly and to provide hands-on training to the terminal operators. By providing onsite training, the operators will know exactly how to handle the equipment safely and correctly and be able to identify and resolve problems themselves.
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Urgent delivery of mooring equipment to terminal in Germany
End of November we were called by a German client as they were facing a problem at the LNG terminal in Brunsbüttel. This terminal is located in the North of Germany, along the Elbe river, close to Hamburg. The client had several mooring hook units which have been rejected after an inspection. With a ship coming in within a few weeks, Straatman was asked to deliver new triple Quick Release Mooring Hook units in just three weeks.
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