STEEL MOORING BUOY
Pilotfits Engineering supplies a wide types of marine floating buoys to meet various of applications. We provide steel floating mooring buoys, PU coating mooring buoys, with foam filled. Customized dimensions design for your project.
- The mooring buoys are pecially designed for the mooring of vessels in the most economical way.
- A wide range of variable configurations and structural integrity to meet your design loads. Buoyancy for different applications from 500kg to 50te reserve buoyancy.
- Custom Design: we offer OEM production as per clients’ requirements.
- BV/ABS/LR/SGG test certificate provided.
Components for Mooring Buoys
- Steel buoy with solar panel;
- Foam-filled mooring buoy with mooring tee and pad eye;
- Round-ball shaped stell mooring buoy;
- Foam-filled cylindrical fender with rubber fender, pad eype;
- Steel buoy with navigation system, towing hook and ladder;
- Anchors or piles – To connect the mooring to the seabed
- Sinker or anchor chain joint to buoy (SPM)
- Chain stoppers – To attach the chains to the buoy
Technical Specifications
Surface Finishing:
- SSPC-SP5 NACE Abrasive Blast Cleaned;
- 3-Layer of Surface Coating:
- 1st-Epoxy painting;
- 2nd-Fluorscent painting with optional colors;
- 3rd-Anti-ultraviolet varnish painting.
| Specification Name | PFB-1.5 | PFB-2.0 | PFB-3.3 | PFB-3.7 | PFB-4.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mooring Ring(m) | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Buoy Material | Ship Steel Plate | ||||
| Buoy Diameter(m) | 1.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4 |
| Buoy Height(m) | 1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 2 | 2.2 |
| Free board Height(m) | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
| Max. Swing Angle(°) | 3~5 | ||||
| Max. Buoyancy(m) | 1.5 | 0.5 | 15 | 21 | 27.3 |
| Static Buoyancy(t) | 1 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 21 |
| Anchor System(mm) | 38 | 60 | 90 | 100 | 100 |
| Sinker(t) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Anchor(t) | 5 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Suitable Water Depth(m) | 5~10 | 10~15 | 15~20 | 20~25 | 25~30 |
| Suitable Ship Tonnage(t) | ＜1800 | ＜2000 | ＜8000 | ＜10000 | ＜11000 |
| *buoy sizes and buoyancy can be customized according to customer design. | |||||
| *buoy sizes and buoyancy can be customized according to customer design. | |||||
100% Pressure Test & Class Qualification Control
NDT Test
Pressuring Test
Air Leakage Test
