Manufacturers agree that fenders need to be 'tailored' to meet the needs of individual ports and harbours if they are to be effective and have a long service life. David Foxwell investigates An effective tendering system is essential, say manufacturers, if damage to visiting vessels - and to berths and quay walls — is to be avoided. As ships get larger, and the impact forces that fenders must withstand increase, so design and construction of fenders has had to evolve rapidly to keep pace.
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