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Hippo Marine Fendering Improving leisure, commercial and military boatbuilding worldwide
W h o A r e H ipp o M a r i ne ?
Hippo Marine was established in 1979 as a manufacturer of mooring buoys for both commercial
and leisure vessels, becoming part of the FenderCare Group in 2002. Over time, the foam elastomer
technology and shop-floor equipment and know-how lent itself to Hippo’s diversification into the
design and manufacture of a much broader range of aids to navigation, mooring and berthing.
Dutch-built custom tender with
UV-stable white Hippo fendering
All our surface products are made from closed-cell, Our current capabilities can be summarised into the
thermolaminated polyethylene cores, which are then coated following product areas:
in thick, protective yet flexible marine grade polyurethane
elastomer. The result is extremely hard-wearing equipment, • Mooring Buoys
which is virtually unsinkable and requires very little ongoing • Navigation Buoys
maintenance, providing a very good return on investment • Offshore Surface Buoys
over the extended lifetime of these products. • Sub-Surface Buoyancy
• Floating Foam Fenders
Our client base ranges from ports and harbours to • Vessel Fendering Systems
offshore engineers, construction companies, governmental
organisations, navies and shipyards. We used to say that Apart from our standard product ranges, we offer
it covers every continent bar Antarctica, but having now the flexibility to design and manufacture tailor-made
supplied vessel fendering for an Antarctic survey vessel we solutions for flotation and berthing purposes.
can no longer make that claim.
From l to r: navy fender, sub-surface buoy, mooring buoy, navigation buoy
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From l to r: Wallytender, Spanish-built patrol craft, bathing platform protection for Italian-built megayacht
W hat a r e H ipp o V e s s el Who Typically Specifies
F ende r i n g S y s t e m s ? or Uses Hippo Fendering?
Hippo Vessel Fendering Systems are extremely lightweight Anyone who is designing, building or operating a vessel
but very durable foam elastomer fendering systems which where there is a definite requirement for the fendering to
are typically bonded to the hulls of vessels but can also be be extremely light, to look extremely good, or both.
mechanically fixed if so required.
The main current applications are as follows:
The inside of the fender is made of elastic polyethylene foam,
which provides the energy absorption. This core is then coated • Leisure – complete fendering systems for
in protective marine-grade polyurethane (PU), either via a luxury tenders and motoryachts
spraying or moulding process. • Leisure – bathing platform reinforcements for
superyachts and megayachts
Depending upon the application, we can vary the materials we • Military – patrol, raiding or interception craft
use (i.e. the density of the foam, the material properties of the • Commercial – production RIBs (inc SOLAS)
PU and the mesh reinforcement system) to provide the ideal • Commercial – pilot boats and fast crew vessels
combination for each specific project. • Commercial – fast rescue craft / lifeboats
UK MOD Offshore Raiding Craft
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W h y Spe c ify H ipp o F e nde r ing?
Cuff and spigot systems allow for extremely neat joints and ‘invisible’ trimming to ensure a perfect fit
projects where speed and mobility are vital.
• It will not puncture and deflate in the way
that inflatable RIB collars can, so is ideal
in situations where pneumatic collars are
perceived to represent too much of an
operational risk.
• It potentially offers better energy absorption
Turkish-built yacht tender properties and lower transfer of loads to the
hull than ionomer-type fendering (depending
There are, of course, alternatives to our foam elastomer
upon the application-driven combination of
technology - the main ones being: rubber fenders,
materials we decide upon)
inflatable tubes, ionomer foam and hypalon / foam.
• It presents very little risk of permanent
shrinkage and offers very high tear resistance
We believe that Hippo Fendering offers the following
- as opposed to the hypalon / foam systems
benefits over these technologies:
which can sometimes be seen to have
• It is ultra-light compared to rubber fendering remained permanently deformed following
(from 3kg/m), therefore minimising hull collision and which can sometimes be seen to
weight and boosting vessel performance in have been relatively easily torn.
Italian-built coastguard vessel
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Italian-built yacht tender
O th er b e n e fit s o f H ippo the basis of all light colours. As we pigment
the PU ourselves, we can mix colours per
F ende r i n g i n c l u d e : customer request.
• We offer a number of very neat jointing and
• It is light enough to be bonded to the hull, termination options for our fendering
for simplicity of fixing. No more drilling bolt- • The surface finish and quality, especially of
holes, or watching fenders split around those the moulded fendering, is extremely high.
bolt-holes. 95% of our customers are now
UK-built offshore
successfully bonding Hippo Fendering onto
support vessel
their hulls, with adhesive recommendations
and installation guidelines and technical
support from us as required.
• It is completely non-marking, which is
typically of great interest to yacht owners
and navies in particular.
• It is available in a full spectrum of colours.
We now have developed a unique completely
UV-stable white PU, which can be used as
From l to r: Turkish-built patrol vessel, Dutch-built yacht and tender
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o u r ex p e r i e n c e
Hippo Marine has been working with designers and boatyards internationally on both leisure and
commercial fendering projects for well over a decade, and we have more experience of doing this type
of work in these materials than anyone else in the world.
Norwegian-built motorboat
The niche nature of our fendering technology has allowed fendering, this is then invariably modified over the course
our customer base to extend out from our UK manufacturing of the project as the design criteria change, until the most
facility into Europe and then further afield. We now supply suitable fendering solution is ultimately arrived at and agreed
and support our fendering systems in all the major boat- by all parties - at which point we move to manufacture.
building markets, from North America to Australasia -
However, our work in taking our customers through the
and most places in-between.
process from start to finish does not stop there. We can also
recommend / supply suitable adhesives and primers, and we
Each boat we work on is different, so each fendering project we
pride ourselves on offering comprehensive fitting instructions
work on takes its own unique path, whether it is for a one-off
and installation support to our customers as is required by
custom yacht tender or an ongoing series of patrol vessels.
them to ensure that the end result is to their, and their own
Because of the almost infinite flexibility of our technology we
end-customer’s, entire satisfaction.
are not restricted to having to take our customers down the
route of a small number of off-the-shelf possibilities, so we are Commercial / Military references
in the very happy position of being able to offer a blank-page VT Halmatic, UK Holyhead Marine
(UK MOD Offshore Raiding Craft)
approach to our customers, and to draw upon our experience
Damen, NL FB Design, Italy
to jointly develop the fendering specification and arrangement
Yonca-Onuk, Turkey Rodman, Spain
which best suits the operational requirements of our clients.
Dubai Dry Docks, UAE Abu Dhabi Ship Building, UAE
Our starting point is a drawing of the hull, an approximate Yachting references
profile size which is being sought and an understanding of Wally Yachts, Italy Lürssen, Germany
the operational role of the boat. Given this information we HavBoats, Norway Tresco, France
select the optimum combination of materials and then provide Vaudrey Miller, NZ New England Boatworks, USA
an initial proposal for the supply of a suitable set of Hippo Open Boat, Italy CBI Navi, Italy
From l to r: Canadian-built windfarm support vessel, Wally 70, UK-built pilot boat
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F i ni s hi n g Opt i o n s – Sprayed profiles offer greater flexibility on the size and shape
of the fendering without the need to invest in new tooling,
Sp ray e d o r Mo u l d e d but offer a more industrial finish.
Moulded fenders are therefore more typically selected within
Uniquely in our field, Hippo’s 5-axis CNC machining facility
yachting applications whereas sprayed fenders are more
gives us the ability to manufacture plugs and moulds in-
generally used within commercial and military applications.
house - working off our customers’ drawings to provide a
market-leading level of accuracy and quality of finish. Moulded Underneath you will find a graphic of our current moulded
fenders offer better material properties and a smoother finish, profiles. Depending on the requirements of the project, we
but may potentially involve a tooling investment to take the can manufacture moulds in-house for new profile shapes and
fendering smoothly around the angles. sizes or we can move away from the costs and limitations of
the moulding process and spray the coating onto the fenders.
Machining taking place
inside the CNC enclosure
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07Could Hippo
fendering have
prevented this?
Probably not! But, whether integrated to the design of a high-speed
military interception craft or retrofitted to a megayacht’s bathing
platform, Hippo fendering systems offer performance and protection
with no aesthetic compromise.
Hippo fenders are…
• Highly impact-absorbent - for improved protection
• Extremely lightweight - for improved performance
• Bondable to the hull - for improved installation
• Made-to-measure - for improved fit
• Coloured, UV-stable & non-marking - for improved aesthetics
Hippo Marine
Limited
Hippo Marine Ltd
Enterprise House, Harveys Lane, Seething, Norfolk NR15 1EN, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1508 482691 Fax: +44 1508 482710
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