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SPM Hawsers typically manufactured from nylon (SG 1.14) will not fload naturally in sea water. A hawser wich sinks will foul the catenary moorings of a CALM buoy or other subsea equipment. We have a range of flotation methods.

• Lace-on hawser floats
• Tubular floats
• Intergral hawser flotation

Please ask us for detailed data sheets on the below flotation types.

The intergrity of the mooring hawer depends on the floats sustaining hawser buoyancy. All our floats feature a double outer layer manufactured from high abrasion resistant ballistic nylon cloth. All seams are double stiched from heavy denier yarn using a locking stitch, so yarn breakages connot lead to an unzipping effect. The floats utilise high quality 48kg/m3 100% closed cell polythylene foam, and high quality eyelets exceeding Shell pull test standards. Additionally  these floats can be polyurethane elastomer coated on the outside.