October 29, 2024

Understanding Lloyd’s Register 2024 Lifting Code: What Shipyards Need to Know

The Lloyd’s Register Code for Lifting Appliances in a Marine Environment (CLAME) Code Notice 2 introduces several key updates that will affect shipyards looking to install shiplift and transfer systems.These changes focus on enhancing safety through a risk-based approach, particularly addressing “single points of failure” in the load path by requiring either redundancy or the application of risk factors.

October 12, 2024

Bardex Corp. Launches Engineering Leadership Team with an Eye Toward Maximizing Shareholder
and Client Value

Bardex, a leading global provider of solutions for marine-based heavy lifting, transfer, and restraint, is excited to announce the establishment of its Engineering Leadership Team. The organizational change within the engineering arm of the company includes the addition of a Lifecycle Services Business Unit Manager role, which will be filled by Antonio Osio whose objective will be to grow the spare parts and services portion of Bardex’s business. In this role, Osio will focus on the front-end customer interface, developing field service personnel, and exploring growth opportunities for the Life Cycle Services group.

September 25, 2024

Monopile delivery directly to the sea

Commercial scale offshore wind farms pose many challenges for the industry. One is the ability to promptly produce and deliver monopiles to the field to meet offshore installation schedules. The same weather conditions that define an ideal wind farm also drive the installation schedule offshore. Rapid deployment is important to achieve a maximal number of installations in a working season. For a project to be financially successful, it must be installed and commissioned as quickly as possible, simultaneously, with as little operational and safety risk as possible.

September 15, 2024

Bardex Accounces A New Strategic Alliance

Bardex, a global leader in solutions for marine-based heavy lifting, transfer, and restraint has teamed up with Von Schmidt Maritime to provide the United States with Dry Dock Solutions. Von Schmidt, located in Baltimore, MD, are Maritime Consultants and Naval Architects providing shipyard professional services.

August 14, 2024

Irving Shipbuilding, Inc. Awards Bardex Corporation contract for the largest shiplift drydock in North
and South America

HALIFAX, NS and SANTA BARBARA, CA., August 14, 2024 – Irving Shipbuilding, Inc. has awarded Bardex Corporation a contract for a 165-meter shiplift drydock with a capacity of over 27,000 metric tons. The OmniLiftTM: Shiplift by Bardex will include fifty-six 575-metric ton chain jack lift stations.

August 14, 2024

Bardex Wraps Up Delivery of Novel Mooring System for the Shenandoah FPS Project

HOUSTON, August 14, 2024 – Bardex, a global leader in solutions for marine-based heavy lifting, transfer, and restraint has completed its phase of floating production system (FPS) for the Shenandoah project: delivering its award-winning Off Vessel Tensioning (OVT) BarLatch® mooring system. When installed, the FPS will be located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico at over 1800 m water depth.

May 31, 2024

Bardex Mooring System Takes Home Woelfel BMEA Award

U.S.-based engineering company Bardex has won the 39th Annual Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award for its Off Vessel Tensioning (OVT) BarLatch mooring system.

March 14, 2024

Anchored in Innovation: Bardex Introduces the Barmoor™ Quick Connector

Next generation mooring connectors for challenges offshore Mooring Hook Up and Tensioning is a critical factor for the success of all Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) projects.

February 1, 2024

Bardex Corporation Expands Staff, Facilities as Project Roster Grows

Goleta, CA – Bardex, a global leader in engineered solutions and products for heavy-lifting, large-vessel transfer, and other challenging marine-based applications, has over the past several months welcomed 18 new hires and will be expanding two of its sites.