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Making
ship-to-shore
connections
easier
T
he transfer of fluids
from a storage facility
to a tanker vessel
always includes a flexible
part. This flexible part is
needed to follow the ship’s
movements in the horizontal
plane, like drift and sway,
and in the vertical plane as a
result of the water level.
Marine loading hoses and
marine loading arms are in
fact the only two available
alternatives to transfer
liquids from a storage tank
to a tanker.
Ship-to-shore connections
made by hoses to load and
unload tanker vessels
incorporate tear and wear, KANON hydraulic QCDCPATENT PENDING can replace existing conventional hydraulic designs
limited lifetime and relatively
inconvenient operation. solving the disadvantages of regular scheduled symmetric marine loading
Automatic emergency loading hose usage. In maintenance and restrictions arms that are marketed by
release provisions with ‘zero’ addition they can be in loads and leak tightness of KANON fully comply with
spillage are not or hardly executed with automatic swivel joints. these features, with extra
available. ‘none’-spillage emergency However, latest attention to a simple and
Marine loading arms release couplers and developments show that intuitive way of operation.
provide the nearest way to powered quick couplers to modern and well-balanced For easy and
achieve a fully rigid increase personal safety and design of marine loading comprehensive procedures
connection with the to protect the environment. arms can provide virtually they will leave the acting
possibility to follow all the Marine loading arms of maintenance-free loading operator more time and
ship’s movements by the use conventional design still have arms with extremely reliable attention to comply with the
of swivel joints in between their particular issues, such swivel joints. local safety procedures and
the steel pipes, in that way as a considerable amount of The highly efficient and regulations.
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