

Recommended properties should be used as a guide to meet customer needs and raise the level of the industry. It is vital to ensure that materials are always of superior quality because degradation of properties is inevitable.

This lack of expertise has increased pipe breakage rates and shortened their working life. It is becoming easier for manufacturers to take advantage of the lack of standards and provide low cost, low quality solutions with a significant influx of low cost suppliers, using cheaper raw materials. Sometimes pipes are purchased according to customer specifications, which are neither technically appropriate nor rigorous. The dredging pipe industry has seen great changes in recent years. Today the quality of pipes on the market is becoming dubious. This led to the development of high quality products that worked effectively and guaranteed longevity. For several decades the dredging industry has had a low number of manufacturers and only a few suppliers. Ball joints also provide a flexible load-bearing connection between the sections of an unloading line and their field of application is in use on floating lines. Steel pipes make the floating lines less flexible because they are rigid and reduce their effectiveness in rough seas, so these hoses must be interspersed with flexible rubber elements. Depending on the environmental circumstances, a combination of different types of pipes is required for the discharge process. Specifically, the justifications that motivate the projects in the use of dredging are: * Increase in world trade – * Population growth (urban development) – * Climate change – * Coastal protection – * Energy demand.Īs a key component in the transport process and therefore in the dredging cycle, pipes are exposed to often high levels of wear and tear and all pipes must be turned regularly during use to ensure that wear is uniform. Vast lake areas rich in sediments (often polluted) need to be reclaimed and limitedly converted to the cultivation of plant species for human use.In order to achieve this, it is essential to dredge the underwater seabed and remove the excavated material and recover it for social purposes. Countries are increasingly faced with the need to expand their land areas, and as many urban areas are located along the coasts and rivers, there is a need to maintain river transport routes. Approximately 80% of world trade by volume and over 70% of world trade by value is transported by sea and managed from ports around the world. We are all increasingly sensitive to the need for economic development compatible with environmental protection in managing our behaviour in relation to ecosystems.
