Tug Cylindrical Fenders


Tug boat fenders due to its demanding application needs more careful choice of design, material and quality manufacturing. TEKMARINE tug fenders are made from high abrasion and sea water resistance rubber so that it last longer and provide good service life enabling tug to remain at sea more time doing its job rather in dry-dock.

As the shipping industry changes with ever-growing bigger vessels, the demand for high power tugs are also increasing creating the demand for quality tug fender as necessity. TEKMARINE can assist you in choosing the right configuration of the complete tug fender system by advising fender type, size, and overall arrangement.

A Tug Boat is typically fitted with four kinds of fenders commonly known as;

(1) Bow and Stern Tug Cylindrical fenders:-
These are considered as primary pushing fender against flared hull ship such as container vessel and often used on tugs operated in open sea conditions. TEKMARINE can supply tug cylindrical fenders up to 1060mm dia (41.7”) size in continuous or jointed lengths.

(2) Grooved pushing fenders (M, W, and Block Fender):-
These are used as secondary pushing fenders and fitted on bow and stern as well as around curved hull shapes. It provides large contact surface area to reduce the hull pressure and its grooved shape on the surface facilitates the required grip. This category of fenders has different shapes and profiles such as TEKMARINE M-Fender, W-Fender, and Block Fender. In special application where push requires low friction, the fenders can be bonded with UHMW-PE such as TEKMARINE’s TCA or TCB composite fender or a composite block fender.

(3) Belting Fenders (D and Wing Fender):-
TEKMARINE’s TDD and TDC D shaped Fenders, as well as TSD and TSC Square shaped rubber fenders are commonly used as belting fenders. TEKMARINE can also provide other shapes such TDL Delta Type, TCW Cylindrical shaped Wing fender for these application. These type of fenders are used on work boats, supply boats, tug boats, pleasure boat and yachts etc.

(4) Transition Fenders (Solid Fender):-
These are made generally from solid rubber blocks and hand shaped to allow smoother joint and transition between pushing and belting fender. Very often this fender gets neglected due to smaller requirement and are bought often based on price overlooking the quality. This can cost the operator or the owner large sum of money as poor quality transition block fenders prematurely fails exposing the costly bow and stern fenders to more vulnerability and risk of damage.

By dealing with TEKMARINE, customer is assured of genuine quality as promised to meet your needs. Please download our catalog to choose the right type, size and arrangement of fenders or call us to discuss your project needs.



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