TNKC installs SPS anti-piracy doors
The four or six SPS panels (depending on opening width) which make up the SPS Citadel Access Protection doors can be deployed within 90 seconds. They can be easily retrofitted as the system comprises just a solid steel frame, SPS door panels and clamps.
The frame is fully welded around the existing doorway and SPS panels are then secured against the frame using specially designed clamps. Once installed the SPS barrier is detail free, allowing it to withstand far higher impact loads than equivalent steel structures with protection against blast, ballistics and shrapnel.
Dimitar Dimitrov, Technical Superintendent, TNKC said: “With minimal financial commitment, we have been able to achieve a safe haven for our crews – our most valuable asset. The system has been simple to install. The citadel compartment provides sufficient crew safety and allows enough time for shore anti-piracy units to perform a rescue operation before the vessel is captured.”
Ian Nash, Business Development Manager, Intelligent Engineering added: “SPS doors provide six times the protection from impact loads, explosions and projectiles than equivalent steel and 75% more ballistic protection. We hope that we have supplied peace of mind to TNKC and to all those that work on-board.”
Intelligent Engineering said that over 75 vessels around the globe have been fitted with SPS doors, including a fleet agreement with an oil and gas operator with doors routinely fitted to new vessels.
