How Aeromarine met HOEC’s urgent need for two CTB-5000 chain through buoys — ready stock, BV-certified and dispatched, so the SPM never stopped.
CLIENT
HOEC (via Hindage Oilfield Services)
PRODUCT
Chain Through Buoy CTB-5000
SCOPE
2 × buoys, 5-tonne net buoyancy, for 76mm chain
DELIVERED
Ex-stock · Mumbai basis
THE CHALLENGE
Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC), ordering through Hindage Oilfield Services Limited, needed two CTB-5000 chain through buoys — 2 m diameter, 5-tonne net buoyancy, sized for 76 mm chain — to keep a Single Point Mooring in operation. The standard lead time quoted for this buoy is four weeks. HOEC’s operations couldn’t wait that long.
WHAT AEROMARINE DID
- Had 2 CTB-5000 chain through buoys already in stock, built to spec: closed-cell PE foam core, PU elastomer skin (orange, 5 mm, 75 Shore A), hot-dip-galvanized steelwork, sized for 76 mm chain.
- Released them for Bureau Veritas third-party inspection rather than waiting on a fresh production run.
- Both buoys passed BV’s visual, dimensional and buoyancy checks with no non-conformities and no open punch items.
- Certified and dispatched on ex-stock timing — well inside the standard 4-week lead time — keeping HOEC’s SPM running without interruption.
THE OUTCOME
Two BV-certified CTB-5000 chain through buoys were supplied from stock and dispatched to HOEC well ahead of the standard lead time — keeping the SPM running without a gap in operations.
WHY IT MATTERS
An SPM offline is not a paperwork problem, it’s a production problem. Having chain through buoys built, tested and ready — rather than waiting on the next build slot — is what turns an urgent replacement into a non-event for the customer. It’s another example of Aeromarine’s stock depth answering a schedule no standard lead time could meet, alongside the anchors it has kept on the shelf for McDermott.
From Stock to Site
Loaded, wrapped and on the road — ready stock moving straight to dispatch.
Loaded in the warehouse for dispatch
Secured on the flatbed for the road leg
