Bardex accomplished its part of floating manufacturing system (FPS) for the Shenandoah undertaking: delivering its Off Vessel Tensioning (OVT) BarLatch mooring system.
When put in, the FPS will likely be situated within the deepwater Gulf of Mexico at greater than 1800 m water depth. That is the second FPS undertaking during which Bardex partnered with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries to provide its patented OVT BarLatch system. The primary was the King’s Quay FPS, additionally moored within the Gulf of Mexico, which marked the inaugural implementation of Bardex’s OVT technique.
In Could of this 12 months, the OVT BarLatch system earned Bardex the Woelfel Finest Mechanical Engineering Achievement award, conferred by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Bardex designed the OVT technique to work with its patented BarLatch Fairlead Stopper expertise, developed when a consumer needed to handle the longstanding trade concern with in-plane and out-of-plane bending fatigue and chain put on at theconventional 7-pocket underwater fairlead. Moreover, the consumer needed to eradicate deck tensioning gear. The BarLatch Fairlead Stopper resolution for off-vessel tensioning of mooring traces makes use of an Anchor Dealing with Tug Provide (AHTS) or comparable vessel to use the stress.
The OVT and BarLatch system can be utilized in any area of the world and is accredited by ABS, BV and DNV.
