News & projects
Fit Smart Bollards to your existing quay
Can the Smart Bollards be installed on the existing anchor bolts of our traditional bollards? How does the cabling work? Here are the answers to these frequently asked questions about the Smart Bollards
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Port in Africa embraces innovation with Smart Bollard
Our colleagues Maarten and Matthijs are currently at this important African port, for productive discussions regarding installing our innovative Smart Bollard technology at their port. The Smart Bollard is a high-tech solution designed to enhance safety and efficiency in port operations. These advanced bollards have sensors that continuously monitor the load on mooring lines.
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Commissioning Smart Bollard project at MSC Terminal Valencia
Our engineering team was in Valencia this week for the commissioning of Smart Bollards at the terminal which is dedicated to the world’s largest container shipping company, MSC.
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Smart Bollard increases safety for moored cruise ships
High wind caused lines to break from cruise ship at port in Rome. Exactly to avoid these situations we invented the Smart Bollard!
Earlier this month, a moored cruise ship encountered difficulties due to strong winds. The bow line broke, causing the ship to drift away and the gangways to fall into the water.
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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Smart Bollards 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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PORTS'22 |Honolulu, Hawaï|18-21 September 2022
Straatman will participate as an exhibitor at PORTS'22 Conference in Honolulu, Hawaï, from 18 until 21 September 2022. At this international port and harbor development specialty conference you can learn more about our latest development and innovation: The Smart Bollard.
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107 pcs of 300T Smart Bollards for Prinses Amaliahaven
Straatman will deliver 107 pcs of 300T Smart Bollards to Prinses Amaliahaven, the largest construction project in the port of Rotterdam. The first batch is ready and tested in our factory last week for type approval on SWL 300 and 600T load test. The first units will be delivered this year while the complete project will be operational in 2024.
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600 metric tonnes test bench for the Smart Bollard
For our brand new Smart Bollards, we have designed and are producing a testing rig. Just like the Smart Bollard, this testing rig is a one of a kind.
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Smart Bollard in full action during storm Eunice.
Last Friday, Storm Eunice hit the Netherlands with gusts of 75 mph. With such storms there is a chance that the mooring lines will snap. This is exactly why we developed the Smart Bollard: by using our system, the actual load on the bollard can be followed real-time and the right actions on the right moments can be taken.
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