News & projects
Press release: Green berthing area for Port of Hamburg
A newly-built berthing area in the Elbe River is powered by nineteen solar panels. The panels provide power to quick-release mooring hook units with integrated capstans. Following the Port of Rotterdam, the Port of Hamburg is the second major port to opt for this sustainable solution.
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Port of Amsterdam signs Straatman maintenance contract
In 2019 we finished commissioning the project for Solar Power Systems and Quick Release Mooring Hooks for the Port of Amsterdam. Because safety is top priority for this port, they decided to sign a service and maintenance contract for these hooks and solar systems. Every 3 months our service engineers will inspect and service all systems and last month we performed the first maintenance at this location.
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Load monitoring systems on Quick Release Hooks
In 2019 we installed a new project consisting of our award winning Solar power systems combined with Quick Release hook units at the Port of Hamburg. Recently we equipped each Quick Release Hook with a load cell, to measure the mooring loads on the separate hooks. The alarms set by the client, visualization and history of the mooring loads are integrated in our software platform. Once a vessel is moored to the dolphin, the actual load value of each load cell will be sent by LoRa communication. The online dashboard shows the data of the loadcells combined for each dolphin.
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Power buoy for Lekki Terminal Nigeria
Unloading petroleum from a ship to the oil handling storage facility onshore is a complicated process. To be able to do this, the ship can for example moor offshore and the oil can be transferred through pipelines between the offshore mooring facility and the onshore storage terminal.
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Quick Release Mooring Hooks and Solar systems for Port of Amsterdam
In December 2019 we finished commissioning and did a successful site acceptance test for our Solar Systems and Quick Release Mooring Hooks in the Port of Amsterdam. On 8 monopiles in the Buitenspuikanaal in IJmuiden our solar systems and quick release hooks are now in use to the satisfaction of the port operators.
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Solar Systems and Quick Release Hooks for mooring buoys
With a challenging time frame and comprehensive specs, Straatman accepted a fantastic order for the design, production, and supply of mooring buoy equipment. And meanwhile, we are proud to inform you that the main equipment has been completed and has satisfied our client.
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PORT OF HAMBURG BECOMES SUSTAINABLE
In the last quarter of 2019 Straatman succesfully completed the order for 19 sets of quick release mooring hooks and solar system. This big project was executed for 19 Dolphins in the Elbe close to the Finkenwerder area in the port of Hamburg. The complete project consisted of a new-built waiting area for seagoing vessels.
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3 x Advantages of Straatman’s solar systems
We started off our solar system solutions around 6 years ago, from the port in Rotterdam (Tweede Maasvlakte). We were working on an assignment for a client and needed power supply for the quick release mooring hooks and capstans. Previously, our client would have applied electricity via cables through the water. However, we knew that these cables are prone to extensive damage as the anchors of passing boats can scrape or break them. As a result, repair costs can increase and tasks are interrupted. Also, placing cables via the seabed is a risk full and expensive operation. To minimize all these risks, our engineers developed a solar system for quick release mooring hooks.
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