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BEXCO ANNUAL REPORT 2010 - 2011
September 23, 2011
Our Annual Report 2010 - 2011 is now available online.
Hard copy on request: please email at bexco@bexco.be
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BEXCO Annual Report 2010/2011 (1610,9Kb) | top |
BEXCO SUPPLYING FIRST ULTRALINE® ROPES MADE WITH DYNEEMA® SK78 TO PETROBRAS BRAZIL
March 14, 2011
BEXCO will manufacture and supply its Ultraline® rope made with Dyneema® SK78 to Petrobras, Brazil. The rope has a strength of 630 tons and will be used to moor a MODU offshore Brazil.
Petrobras global operations extends over 27 countries and BEXCO has been supplying its DeepRope® (Ultraline® Polyester rope for deepwater mooring) to Petrobras since 1999. This supply of the first ropes made with Dyneema® SK78 to Petrobras is another milestone in the relationship between Petrobras and BEXCO.
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BEXCO CABLES MADE WITH KEVLAR® SUCCESSFULLY INTO SPACE
March 11, 2011
We have received notification of Dutch Space that they had a successful launch and solar array deployment of the ATV satellite in which 16 by Bexco produced Kevlar® cables were used.
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FLOATING OIL PLATFORM HELD FIRM BY BEXCO BACK-UP LINES MADE WITH DYNEEMA®
March 10, 2011
Ropes made with Dyneema®, ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), are being successfully used to secure rigs, mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs), buoyant turret mooring (BTM) systems and similar constructions in the offshore oil and gas industry. Users are finding them invaluable when original equipment steel wire rope (SWR) and chains that secure mooring legs break or suffer damage. The back-up lines made with Dyneema® are installed as a safety feature until regular maintenance can be carried out.
DSM Dyneema, the manufacturer of Dyneema®, cites the example of the Chinese floating production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO), the NanHai KaiTuo. The vessel operated in the Xijiang Oil Field at the mouth of Pearl River about 130km from Hong Kong in the South China Sea. The oil field is operated by ConocoPhillips and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC.
An inspection of the NanHai KaiTuo by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) found broken wires on two of the SWR mooring legs of its BTM system. SBM Services, a service provider to the offshore industry, was requested by ConocoPhillips to design and supply a back-up system consisting of a special connector to fit a positively buoyant back-up line made with Dyneema®. Installation of this back-up system was required in case of a SWR failure in one of the damaged composite anchor legs.
The back-up system is designed to be capable of retaining the FPSO in position and maintaining production, gaining time for ConocoPhillips to mobilise the required vessels and equipment to replace the broken wire leg, in case one of the wires fails due to its reduced strength.
SBM Services verified that the connector and the back-up line in its new configuration could withstand a load of 580t, the maximum likely in the event of a broken leg.
BEXCO, a Belgium-based rope manufacturer, designed and manufactured the back-up line with Dyneema®. Lines made with Dyneema® were selected in preference to SWR and other synthetic materials because of its high strength and low weight. The 1,000t minimum break load (MBL) line consists of parallel laid cores made with Dyneema® SK78 yarn protected by a polyester cover. It was designed for a minimum of one year under full load. Performance is not affected by sea water, nor does it rot.
For ConocoPhillips, the main reasons for choosing lines made with Dyneema® were its low weight, neutral buoyancy and high durability and strength compared with alternative synthetic materials. Furthermore, the ability to do the installation job quickly played a role in the decision making process. Installation of the back-up lines was carried out by divers, because an ROV would not have been able to get close enough to the wires to perform the action. The buoyancy of the lines meant the divers could do their job in a fast and safe manner.
ConocoPhillips used the lines for 15 months to its complete satisfaction, before the FPSO NanHai KaiTuo was decommissioned during 2010. The lines are now in storage, ready for further use if necessary.
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BEXCO'S ISO 9001 CERTIFICATION RENEWED
November 10, 2010
BQA has renewed BEXCO’s ISO 9001:2008 certification for the next three years, based on an ISO 9001 renewal audit.
The quality of BEXCO’s processes and the company’s all-out commitment to continuous improvement were formally recognized by the ISO 9001:2008 certification audit carried out by BQA, the official accreditation organization.
Everybody at BEXCO has made a full-fledged commitment to the continuous improvement initiative, aiming to enhance the company’s operations, detect any areas that need improvement and set up the requisite corrective action.
BEXCO’s continuous improvement initiative is coordinated by the Quality department and it underpins the company’s customer-oriented approach and ongoing improvements in the quality of service delivered to customers.
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BEXCO AND VIKING MOORINGS APPROVED BY DNV FOR PERFORMING INLINE REPAIR SPLICES ON POLYESTER DEEPROPE®
February 19, 2010
Viking Moorings and BEXCO have developed an Inline Splicing Repair techique, applicable to temporary offshore mooring ropes. The technique was evaluated with respect to durability in service and approved, by DNV. Viking Moorings and BEXCO are owners of the technology.
Inline splicing allows damaged subropes in a polyester DeepRope® to be repaired without the need to cut the rope into two separate sections. Connecting two separate sections would require extra hardware and therefore extra weight. This way, inline splicing also reduces cost and handling time. The splicing can be done both in the factory or offshore on the AHV.
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State of Feasibility and Endorsement (622,7Kb) | top |
BRAND NEW LENGTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR FULL SIZE ROPES
February 18, 2010
In July 2009 BEXCO has installed a brand new length measurement system for full size ropes. With this system in house, BEXCO can offer length measurement with an accuracy of +/-0,3%, at tensions up to 20 tonf. The system is designed to handle any possible diameter of rope.
The system delivered perfect rope lengths for the JUBILEE project, which was finished October 2009. Moreover, there is now evidence that the length control system on the strand production level, used for many years for MODU ropes, is adequate and delivers high accuracy. This means we have perfect control of the lengths during all production steps, from strands to full ropes.
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SUCCESSFUL TESTING OF 2400 TONS ROPE MADE WITH DYNEEMA® AT DNV NORWAY
February 18, 2010
BEXCO has succesfully designed and tested an Ultraline® rope made with Dyneema® SK75 of record high breaking strength 2440Tf. Subrope to rope efficiency is still a remarkable 90%. The test was performed at the DNV labs in Bergen and was witnessed by Lloyds.
The test was performed in cooperation with DSM Dyneema. This result will help us in answering to the increasing demand for very high strength and stiffness ropes in offshore and lifting industry. Using the same design and production methodology, Bexco is convinced that it is ready to produce DeepRope® made of Dyneema® over 3000 Tonf MBL.
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INTERNATIONAL MOORING SEMINAR - 20 JANUARY 2010, RITZ-CARLTON MILLENIA HOTEL, SINGAPORE
November 24, 2009
On Wednesday 20 January 2010 BEXCO, Bridon, Ramnäs and Vryhof Anchors will jointly organize an International Mooring Seminar at the Ritz-Carlton Millenia Hotel, 7 Raffles Avenue in Singapore.
Central theme of this full day event is "Innovations for Extreme Mooring Conditions"; besides presentations from the four sponsoring companies, a number of high profile guest speakers will bring you up to date on the latest developments.
To register for this seminar, please send a short email to bexco@bexco.be.
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BEXCO STRENGTHENING ITS POSITION IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL
October 14, 2009
BEXCO wants to strengthen its position and presence in the spanish and portuguese market in a closer cooperation with the company Pescaira, who has now been appointed as the exclusive distributor for the sales of our synthetic ropes for the maritime and industrial market in Spain and Portugal.
We are convinced that this official appointment and our joint commercial actions will strengthen the position of both companies in the local markets.
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BEXCO ANNUAL REPORT 2008
September 12, 2009
Our Annual Report 2008 is now available online.
Hard copy on request: please email at bexco@bexco.be
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BEXCO Annual Report 2008 (3496,3Kb) | top |
INTERNATIONAL MOORING SEMINAR - 3 JUNE 2009, PARIS
July 16, 2009
After a very successful first seminar held in Houston with 200 attendees on March 25th, the second one held in Paris on June 3rd under the presidency of BEXCO was again a big success with about 100 attendees reaching the capacity limit of the seminar room.
This seminar was very internationally orientated with engineers from all over Europe: Norway, Scotland, England, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Belgium, Monaco …
We had eminent guest speakers sharing their experience or requirements on Deep Water Moorings:
- Didier L’Hostis and Jean-Michel Aubert from TOTAL: Requirements for deep water permanent mooring systems, design and fabrication.
- Thomas Coudray from TECHNIP: Mooring of the Shah Deniz foundations prior to TPG 500 Mating.
- Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Michel François from BUREAU VERITAS: Deep water mooring with steel and with fibre rope.
BEXCO highlighted the design of its innovative torque matched rope, matching torque over a wide range of tensions going from 0% to over 50% of its MBL.
The high quality and technical content of the presentations made this seminar into a very successful event.
The next International Mooring Seminar will be held at the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro on 14th October 2009.
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TWO KILOMETERS OF ADVANCED BEXCO ROPE HELP SECURE 300 MW OF CLEAN POWER
May 5, 2009
The wind farm located at Thorntonbank, 30 km off the coast of Zeebrugge, Belgium, will contain 60 Wind Turbine Generators (WTGS) with a combined capactity of 300 MW of clean power.
Each of the wind towers will be 120 meters high and will be positioned on flask-shaped concrete foundations that weigh 2800 tons each. These foundations will rest on the seabed at a depth of appr. 25 meters. One critical phase of the operation is the positioning and securing of the barge vessels used to handle all the equipment, including lifting cranes. This phase is being handled by Dredging International, a subsidiary of DEME. For this job Dredging International has been working closely together with BEXCO, who manufactured and supplied mooring ropes made with Dyneema® to moor the barge with four anchors to the seabed.
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Two kilometers of advanced BEXCO rope help secure 300 MW of clean power. (5508,7Kb) | top |
SUCCESSFULL INSTALLATION OF MOORING SYSTEM FOR THE FPSO GIMBOA
May 4, 2009
BEXCO supplied 635 meter long, 175mm dia and 1000 mT MBL DeepRope® mooring lines for the Gimboa FPSO.
BEXCO was in close contact with Saipem during the production, the on- and offshore tests in Angola and worked together in an atmosphere of mutual appreciation. Two BEXCO representatives were on board the Saipem S3000 during the installation phase to provide technical back up.
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GIMBOA PFSO MOORED SUCCESSFULLY (349,8Kb) | top |
BEXCO’S ADVANCED TORQUE MATCHED ROPE DESIGN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED
April 10, 2009
In an answer to the industries’ need for reducing the fatigue damage to wire rope when used in combination with synthetic mooring lines, BEXCO spent more than 2 years in the development of a unique rope solving this problem.
When combining synthetic mooring lines with wire ropes in one mooring leg, the wire will twist / untwist as a result of the cyclic loading of the mooring leg. This twisting action of the wire rope drastically reduces its lifetime.
To overcome this problem, BEXCO’s R&D team has designed an innovative torque matched rope. In contrast with other already existing ropes, which only provide torque matching at a defined tension in the mooring leg, this newly developed rope matches torque over a wide range of tensions going from 0% to over 50% of its MBL.
To prove the performance of this advanced rope BEXCO recently performed a full scale torque matched test at Holloway in Houston. In this test a mooring leg, consisting of a 89mm 6X52 IWRC steel wire in combination with a 150mm polyester rope, was subjected to cyclic loading around different load levels ranging from 15% up to 55% of rope MBL. This test, witnessed by representatives of Intermoor, Noble Denton, ABS and Moorwest showed that rotation in the steel wire stayed well below 5° per lay length (as prescribed by ABS and ISO) over the complete tension range from 15%-55% of the ropes’ MBL. This means that this new rope not only avoids fatigue damage to steel wire at the service load of the mooring leg but also at loads occurring during storm conditions.
For more information on our torque matched rope design or a copy of the detailled Torque Matched Test Report, please contact:
Karel Devos
Tel: +32 52 499 379
email: kdevos@bexco.be
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BEXCO’S ADVANCED TORQUE MATCHED ROPE DESIGN SUCCESSFULLY TESTED (174,8Kb) | top |
NEW LEAFLET DEEPROPE®
February 6, 2009
Our new leaflet for DeepRope® applications is now available for download.
Hard copy on request: please email at offshore@bexco.be
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Leaflet DeepRope® (775,5Kb) | top |
NEW LEAFLET OFFSHORE SPM AND SOP
February 6, 2009
Our new OFFSHORE leaflet with focus on our Single Point Mooring hawsers and Special Offshore Projects is now available for download.
Hard copy on request: please email at offshore@bexco.be
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Leaflet OFFSHORE SPM and SOP (855,4Kb) | top |
SUCCESSFULL ADIPEC EXHIBITION IN ABU DHABI
November 26, 2008
In the first week of November BEXCO was one of the 1,500 exhibiting companies from 56 countries at the ADIPEC exhibition in Abu Dhabi.
Utilising the whole of the newly opened ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Centre), the exhibition halls were busier than ever, with 1,500 exhibiting companies and 37,000 industry personnel attending.
BEXCO shared booth of 20 x 5 x 6 mtr with various other principals of Petrolcom, our agent for UAE.
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BEXCO ANNUAL REPORT 2007
September 18, 2008
Our Annual Report 2007 is now available online.
Hard copy on request: please email at bexco@bexco.be
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BEXCO Annual Report 2007 (6132,1Kb) | top |
FULL OF FIBRE - BEXCO IN ISSUE 5 FROM THE EUROPEAN OIL & GAS MAGAZINE
June 23, 2008
Read our article in Issue 5 from the European Oil & Gas magazine:
BEXCO is a leading manufacturer and supplier of fibre ropes for marine and offshore applications including for FPSOs and mooring lines.
It was formed after a merger nearly a decade ago although the origins of its founding companies can be traced back to 1725.
“We’re a fibre rope manufacturer that has mainly been active in the maritime sector, as was the original Vermeire company that helped form BEXCO,” explains sales and marketing managing Guy Blondé. “The other company, Le Lis, was more of a manufacturing unit mainly active in offshore and partly within the maritime business. When the two companies came together in 1999 they formed BEXCO.”
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http://www.europeanoilandgas.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=5476&issueid=204
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FULL OF FIBRE - BEXCO IN ISSUE 5 FROM THE EUROPEAN OIL & GAS MAGAZINE (65,0Kb) | top |
PERLON (BAYER) CONFIRMS NEW BEXCO SPECIFICATIONS FOR ORIGINAL ATLAS® ROPES
April 28, 2008
As one of the oldest licensee holders for the manufacturing of the original Atlas® rope, we at BEXCO have upgraded our Atlas® specifications to answer the needs for stronger mooring ropes given by the trend towards larger and heavier vessels.
In an official letter Perlon (Bayer) confirms our new Atlas® specifications.
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BEXCO PRODUCES SPECIAL STINGER ADJUSTMENT ROPE MADE WITH DYNEEMA® FOR ALLSEAS
April 4, 2007
ALLSEAS, BEXCO and DSM Dyneema have worked to replace traditional steel wire rope used to adjust pipelay stingers with a new product that is made with ultra-strong, lightweight polyethylene Dyneema® fiber. The new rope, which has been installed on Allseas’ pipe-laying vessel Audacia, enables faster, easier and safer operations.
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BEXCO produces special Stinger adjustement rope for ALLSEAS (107,4Kb) | top |