Synthetic Ropes for Offshore Platform
Marine Rope for Offshore Drilling Platform
Marine ropes for offshore drilling platforms are critical components in marine engineering, as their performance directly affects platform safety and operational efficiency.
Synthetic fiber composite ropes: Modern deepwater platforms (at depths over 1,000 m) commonly use hybrid materials such as Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE), Polyester (PET), and Polyamide (PA). These materials provide a 45% weight reduction compared to steel wire, along with superior tensile strength (up to 2,200 tons) and excellent corrosion resistance.
Optimized structure: The multi-strand braided design effectively distributes loads, minimizes stress concentration, and enhances fatigue life under the dynamic forces of waves, wind, and platform motion.
Durability and protection: The outer sheath features abrasion-resistant and UV-protective coatings, ensuring stable performance even under prolonged exposure to seawater, high temperatures, and salt spray.
Applications: Widely used in semi-submersible drilling rigs, FPSOs (Floating Production Storage and Offloading units), cable-laying vessels, and mooring systems to support anchoring, towing, and positioning operations.
Deepwater Mooring Rope
This series of parallel-structured ropes is made from high-strength, marine-grade synthetic fibers. The construction consists of a load-bearing core, filtration layer, and durable outer sheath. The design ensures an optimal balance between strength and flexibility, delivering outstanding stability and fatigue resistance for long-term offshore operations. The product concept represents a world-class engineering standard and complies with major international specifications, including OCIMF, DNV, ABS, and API.
These ropes offer exceptional properties such as high tensile strength, superior abrasion resistance, and excellent resistance to silt, corrosion, and UV degradation. They perform reliably under deep-sea conditions characterized by high pressure, strong currents, and harsh environmental factors. The outer sheath, made of high-wear polyurethane or polyester braiding, effectively prevents mechanical damage and environmental aging, significantly extending the rope’s service life.
According to customer requirements, we provide various material options, including Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) ropes and high-strength Polyester ropes, to meet different mooring demands across varying depths, loads, and operating conditions. Both types achieve an excellent balance of lightweight design, high breaking strength, and low elongation. They are widely used in deepwater mooring systems, Floating Production Storage and Offloading units (FPSO), semi-submersible platforms, and offshore wind power installations.
Marine UHMWPE Rope
- Materials: Core- HMPE Fiber Cover(Optional Jacket)
- Density: 0.97g/cm3 Melting Point: 144-155℃
- Abrasion Resistance: Excellent
- UV Resistance: Excellent
- Chemical Resistance: Excellent
Other sizes are available upon request.
Diameter | Weight | Breakage strength | |
mm | kg/m | kN | Ton |
76 | 2.6 | 2940 | 300 |
87 | 3.5 | 3920 | 400 |
97 | 4.4 | 4900 | 500 |
106 | 5.2 | 5880 | 600 |
116 | 6.1 | 6860 | 700 |
124 | 7.0 | 7840 | 800 |
130 | 7.8 | 8820 | 900 |
138 | 8.7 | 9800 | 1000 |
154 | 10.9 | 12250 | 1250 |
168 | 13.0 | 14700 | 1500 |
194 | 17.5 | 19600 | 2000 |
Marine Mooring Polyester ropes
- Materials: Core-Polyester Fiber, Cover(Optional)
- Density:1.38g/cm3
- Melting Point:251℃ Abrasion
- Resistance:Excellent
- UV Resistance: Excellent
- Chemical Resistance: Good
Diameter | Weight | Breakage Strength | |
mm | kg/m | kN | Ton |
168 | 19.0 | 7840 | 800 |
178 | 21.4 | 8820 | 900 |
186 | 23.8 | 9800 | 1000 |
196 | 26.1 | 10780 | 1100 |
202 | 28.5 | 11760 | 1200 |
208 | 30.4 | 12740 | 1300 |
218 | 33.1 | 13720 | 1400 |
224 | 35.0 | 14700 | 1500 |
232 | 37.7 | 15680 | 1600 |
238 | 39.7 | 16660 | 1700 |
246 | 42.4 | 17640 | 1800 |
252 | 44.4 | 18620 | 1900 |
260 | 47.0 | 19600 | 2000 |
266 | 49.7 | 20580 | 2100 |
274 | 52.3 | 21560 | 2200 |
280 | 54.7 | 22540 | 2300 |
286 | 57.1 | 23520 | 2400 |
290 | 59.2 | 24500 | 2500 |
POWERNEEMA Rope (Reduced-Recoil-Risk)
The POWERNEEMA rope offers significant advantages in both safety and performance compared to traditional steel wire ropes. Manufactured from advanced High Modulus Polyethylene (HMPE) fibers, it virtually eliminates dangerous snap-back during breakage, greatly enhancing operational safety. With equivalent tensile strength to steel wire rope of the same diameter—but only one-eighth of the weight—it dramatically reduces overall system weight while maintaining the same load capacity.
When used as a replacement for conventional synthetic fiber ropes, POWERNEEMA ropes feature a noticeably smaller diameter and lighter weight, making them easier to handle and install. Their excellent flexibility and torsion resistance ensure superior stability during deployment, mooring, and towing operations. This not only shortens operation time but also reduces fuel consumption, improving both efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
- Applications: Widely used in offshore mooring operations, towing, marine engineering, deepwater platform lifting, offshore wind installation vessels, and floating systems, POWERNEEMA ropes are especially suitable for environments that demand light weight, high safety, and ease of handling.
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