CASE STUDY NEWHAVEN PORT AND OFFSHORE WINDFARM SUPPORT

Just over 2 years ago Zwanny was contacted by Rampion Offshore to discuss several boom system options that can be deployed from the quayside, be put on vessels ,and to go around a number of near shore wind farms when required. In the Lamor range of products we offer for the FOB - the boom rack system that normally hold 100m of FOB.

Rampion needed 125 metres to meet their requirement . With that in mind Zwanny and Lamor created a special boom racking system for the client. The current boom racking system is standing in the port on the quay side and has been used a number of times to contain any hydrocarbon spills.

Racking in the Factory

The Solution

‘Earlier this year the port contacted us to replace old boom that was in the port with FOB750 in a boom crate holding 125m that can if needed be connected to the Rampion equipment.

The advantage of having a Lamor boom racking system is that no hydraulic or electric power is required and minimal manpower for deploying and retrieving the boom. The Lamor boom racking system is manufactured from lightweight marine grade aluminium and a number of boom racks can be stacked if needed and can hold (pending on the boom size) 100 to 125m of Lamor foam filled boom.

The Lamor FOB goes back several years when the boom was created using closed cell foam and pvc/pu coated woven dtex polyester fabric in visibility red colour. The boom is UV and oil resistant and the maintenance is very low. The FOB internal floats are made from closed cell foam. The boom incorporates reflectors supplemented by boom light pouches and chaffs for radar reflectors. The boom has every 1m an interwoven nylon handle to assist with the boom retrieval.

The Trials

Boom deployed