This type of fender is usually installed to guide ships into space-restricted areas like walls of dry docks. Roller Fender has limited energy absorption capacity and are selected mainly due to its ability only to smoothly guide vessels and prevent collision damage. There are many design variations for a wheel/roller type fender. Some even utilizes tyres as the ‘roller’.
Features:
- Mainly acts as a ‘guide’ to protect vessels when entering restricted areas
- Applicable for dry docks
- Low rolling resistance
- Low maintenance
