Marine breakaway coupling types Archive

Marine Breakaway Couplings with add-on floats are special devices that give marine breakaway couplings a bit of extra lift when they’re used to transfer hoses in floating hose systems offshore. These floats are extras, designed to work with the main coupling but they are not the actual coupling itself. (Although the different web pages do

Gall Thomson has revealed there were 16 known activations of its Marine Breakaway Couplings during 2023. The activations occurred in nine different countries around the world.   On each occasion, the Marine Breakaway Coupling (MBC) operated exactly as expected. Oil spills, injuries and damage to assets such as vessels, hoses or facilities was avoided. There

Application Hose offshore transfer of media between Floating Production Storage and Offloading platforms (FPSOs) and tankers or between tankers or vessels – specifically relevant to reel applications. Purpose The offshore marine breakaway coupling is designed to protect a transfer operation in an emergency. This coupling will automatically activate due to either one of two ends

The inventor and market-leader of Marine Breakaway Couplings (MBC), Gall Thomson, has announced the latest evolution, PetalC, which reduces axial loads on the most exposed breakstuds by up to 30 per cent and reduces MBC install length by 60 per cent. Gall Thomson MBCs are fitted to marine hoses used in offshore operations to transfer

Gall Thomson is the specialist in Marine Breakaway Coupling technology with over forty years field based operational experience in delivering secure offshore hydrocarbon product transfer. The Marine Breakaway Coupling (MBC) was developed to aid the safe movement of crude oil, heavy fuel oil and similar products. In the event of a vessel breaking its mooring