News & projects
Various dredging equipment projects
These are busy days for dredging companies! At the moment there are many dredgers deployed around the world, and when the dredgers are doing their hard work at sea they require a lot of new equipment, as can be seen in our factory at the moment. We are currently working on several dredging projects for various well-known dredging clients. Read further to get an idea of the dredging projects we've been working on at Straatman the last couple of weeks:
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Quick Release Mooring Hooks with so-called hauling-in trolleys
At Straatman, we have all the expertise to meet special requirements of our clients. We recently have manufactured multiple 60T Quick Release Mooring Hooks with so-called hauling-in trolleys for a client in India. These trolleys, designed, manufactured, and tested in our factory in Zwijndrecht, will be used to haul in ships on a dry dock for the Indian Navy.
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Quality control – adhesion test
At Straatman Dredging & Construction, everything revolves around the quality of our high-quality products and services. To check and demonstrate that the adhesion of a coating is good and therefore adheres properly to the product, we regularly carry out a pull-off adhesion test or so-called adhesion test. The adhesive strength of paint and coatings is a crucial element to give the material the basic functions of protection.
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Ensuring Quality and Preventing Corrosion
To ensure the quality of our high-quality coating, we carry out various quality checks. One of the checks we can perform is the so-called Holiday Test. With the help of calibrated equipment, we check for small, invisible holes (pinholes) in the coating.
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Incredible precision
Straatman Dredging & Construction is the right place for special machine frames where precision, accuracy, and tolerances are of high importance. We regularly build machine frames up to 30 m long for various clients.
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Meet Straatman at LNG Shipping & Terminals Conference!
Our colleagues Prabjot Bains and Gertjan Strietman will be representing Straatman at the LNG Event in London, taking place from 14th to 15th November. Prabjot will also be delivering a lightning talk on the fascinating topic of Ship- to- Shore Link (SSL) on 15 November at 10:50 a.m. It will be a great opportunity for you to gain insights into this critical aspect of the LNG industry.
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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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Our Smart Bollards are ready for mooring in Saint Croix
Our Smart Bollards are now installed and ready for mooring operations on the beautiful Caribbean island of Saint Croix, Virgin Islands
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Kormarine | Bexco Busan | 24 to 27 October 2023
Straatman will join our Korean agent Seanet who participates as an exhibitor at the Kormarine exhibition. The exhibition is from 24 to 27 October 2023 at Bexco, Busan Exhibition na dConvention Centre, Korea. We are more than happy to welcome you at booth 3E57 to learn more about our Quick Release Mooring Hooks, Berthing Aid System and Ship-to-Shore Link
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Europort | Rotterdam | 7 - 10 November 2023
Straatman will participate as an exhibitor at the Europort exhibition from 7 until 10 November 2023 in the world port city of Rotterdam. We are more than happy to welcome you at our booth 3207 to learn more about our dredging equipment, Quick Release Mooring Hooks, Berthing Aid System, autonomous Solar Power Systems and Smart Bollard.
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