Offshore Wind
Mooring
Offspring International offers an integrated supply package for floating Offshore Wind and Wave Energy moorings, with design and analysis provided by partner Moorsure.
Working in conjunction with a range of global engineering analysis and manufacturing partners, Offspring provides both chain and fibre rope offshore wind mooring systems together with anchors, connectors, and mooring system performance remote monitoring. All Offspring’s products offer outstanding operational performance, reliability and safety.
System Analysis – Efficient Offshore Wind Mooring Design
With specialist mooring engineers, Moorsure, our project team analyses the offshore marine and wind conditions to produce the most suitable mooring system design.
Through state-of-the-art engineering design systems and best practice, Moorsure determines the specific offshore requirements for each mooring. The precise mooring configuration depends on water depth, field requirements and environmental conditions.
Once determined, Offspring uses the latest Computer Aided Design technology to produce “As Built” drawings and fully documented manuals for the mooring system to accompany the QA and/or independent inspection authority certification.
Chain & Anchors – Strength and Reliability
Offspring International has over 30 years’ experience in the supply of chain and anchors for offshore mooring systems. We have supplied over 85,000 tonnes of the highest quality offshore grade anchor chains and fittings for projects around the world including Spar and FPU Platforms, CALM Buoys and FPSO.
Working with our chain partner of more than 20 years, Offspring has access to the world’s largest production capacity for offshore grade mooring chain and the ability to meet the most demanding technical requirements in the shortest possible time frame. We supply stud link and studless mooring chains up to and including 220mm diameter in all offshore grades: R3, R3S, R4, R4S and R5.
Smart Mooring Integrity Checker
Produced by Offspring partner AMOG Consulting, the Smart Mooring Integrity Checker (SMIC) system uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to monitor mooring lines and detect failures even in benign conditions.
By comparing predicted system performance in the prevailing environment with measured performance SMIC can determine if there are any indicators of offshore wind mooring line failure before damaging conditions occur.
SMIC is able to use existing monitoring equipment making the system extremely cost-effective. In addition, unlike other monitoring technologies, the Smart Mooring Integrity Checker is easily retrofittable without interruption to normal operations, meaning it is not necessary to wait for or schedule system downtime.
Customer Service – Through Life Support
Offspring International values long-term, customer relationships and so a commitment to excellence in customer service is one of our key strengths.
We go beyond the normal, high level of pre-sales technical advice and project management expected when delivering mooring systems on-time and within budget, to include post-installation reviews with our partner Moorsure and through life operator support.
For more information on Offspring International’s Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Moorings email us at mail@offspringinternational.com
