TRELLEBORG, Sweden—Trelleborg A.B. is supplying seven floating pneumatic fenders to Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit organization working on technologies to remove plastic from the ocean.
The fenders, delivered through its fender rental service in the Netherlands, will be part of one of the group's solutions in testing, according to a Trelleborg news release.The type of fenders generally are used for energy absorption when ships meet at sea, but these will be part of a set of giant floating buoys connected to create a wind area, Trelleborg said. The area functions as a sail to pull the Ocean Cleanup's passive drifting boom system, System 001/B, forward to retain plastic in the Pacific Ocean, more than 1,000 miles from shore.