PIANC WG211 Fender Guidelines - Insights by Trelleborg
PIANC Working Group 211 Fender Design Guidelines 2024
PIANC recently released its latest Fender Design Guidelines report, offering expert advice on designing, manufacturing, and testing fender systems to ensure reliability, durability, cost-effectiveness, and safety for vessels and berths.Our experts have provided a comprehensive overview of these guidelines in a five-part webinar series. To access a replay of the webinar sessions at your convenience, browse through the Q&As, download Trelleborg's insights on the PIANC Fender Guidelines document, or purchase a copy of the official PIANC Fender Guidelines 2024, simply click on the links below.
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The PIANC Working Group 211 final report represents a comprehensive revision of the PIANC MarCom WG33, ‘Guidelines for Design of Fender Systems’, and supersedes it and any other fender design and berthing guidance in other PIANC reports.
The purpose of these new guidelines is to enhance knowledge and provide comprehensive guidance for the design, manufacturing, testing, and installation of fender systems, ensuring they meet the evolving needs of ports worldwide. These guidelines focus on seagoing vessels, primary tug assisted or equipped with thrusters.
This document is a groundbreaking resource in fender design, essential for port operators, designers, engineers, contractors, and stakeholders in the maritime industry who aim to improve the durability of marine fenders and safety of port facilities and vessels.
