Containment – Mørenot
Ground-breaking mooring system available in Scotland
Mørenot Aquaculture in the last year. The system, which has been a great success in Norway, was developed after years of research and development in collaboration with research institute Sintef and Nor- wegian fi sh farming companies. In 2013, Mørenot Aquaculture – the Norwegian supplier of specialist aquaculture nets, moorings and services – brought the Flexilink mooring grid into the Scottish market. The system is a custom-built, hardware-free mooring grid, based on each individual site’s environmen- tal factors. Some of the unique benefi ts include reduced components in the mooring system which reduces mechanical wear, gives great security and leads to lower purchase and life cycle costs. The system consists of custom made fl exible fi bre
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straps of 50-280 tonnes breaking load, patented by Mørenot Aquaculture. It has been thoroughly tested and can be delivered in short time at a fair price. Mørenot Aquaculture supplies complete mooring systems or individual components such as ropes, chains, anchors, shackles, thimbles, plates and bolts and can assist in the installation of the grid.
WELL RECEIVED
In the fi rst year in the Scottish market, the company has supplied nine Flexilink mooring systems to Marine Harvest Scotland and two systems to Scottish Sea Farms. Iain Macleod, manager at Net Services Scotland, which
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arine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms are among the Scottish salmon producers that have purchased the unique hardware-free Flexilink mooring grid from
Installing the Flexilink grid only takes a couple of hours
is the UK distributor and manufacturer of the Flexilink grid from Mørenot, is expecting to supply an even greater number of systems in 2014.
Macleod, who has assisted in the installation of some of the systems, says the assembly is straightforward and that the mooring grids have been well received due to their innovative hardware-free design.
‘The system won’t suffer the same deterioration at sea compared with traditional systems and will reduce main- tenance costs, which is a real benefi t,’ he explains. Keith Wardhaugh, logistics manager at Scottish Sea Farms, says the company chose to try the system after visiting Norway to see the system in action at one of Marine Harvest’s sites.
The company has already supplied 9 Flexilink systems to Scotland
‘It’s a new and different system, which has less hardware and in theory it should save on costs and lead to less maintenance,’ Wardhaugh says. The company has deployed one system and is waiting to deploy the second, he adds.
INVESTING IN R&D ‘The feedback from the producers is great and we are
currently working on quotes for another eight systems in Scotland, in addition to quotes already given,’ says Nina Hildre, Mørenot’s export manager. Hildre says the company invests heavily in R&D and
currently has several projects on the go involving for example net design, different materials in nets such as HDPE nets and new types of antifoulings and coatings. ‘In addition we are continuing to develop our existing products and services,’ she adds. FF
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