MARRS Offshore Handrails

MARRS® (Multi Angle Rapid Railing Systems) Offshore is a unique patented FRP handrail system designed and developed in-house to meet the required strength, toughness, fire reaction performance and safety properties required for offshore oil and gas installations. MARRS Offshore has been awarded American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Type Approval and Det Norsk Veritas (DNV) Type Examination certificates and is fully NORSOK compliant.

Due to its enhanced fire integrity and very low smoke and toxicity emissions this product is also used extensively in other fire critical areas such as underground passenger transportation, nuclear processing facilities, military facilities etc.

Learn how this innovative FRP handrail system contributed to a substantial weight saving of over 700 tonnes for an offshore project in the UK North Sea – https://www.nov.com/bondstrandversatiledesign/.

Benefits:

• ABS Type Approval
• DNV Type Examination Cert confirming full NORSOK Compliance
• High corrosion resistance provides long term structural integrity
• 40-year Design Life with minimal maintenance required.
• Lightweight, offering 65% weight saving over steel
• Highly robust & durable
• Factory OR field assembled (no hot works)
• Safety enhancements – continuous round top rail, with no sharp corners
• Fully versatile for edge protection, stairs and platforms
• Will accept lighting and cable trays
• Fast track installation
• CAPEX cost savings provided by significant weight reduction
• OPEX cost savings due to minimal maintenance
• Designed for both New-build & Brownfield retrofit installations on offshore rigs, FPSO’s etc.
• Versatile base connections to suit different applications
• Manufactured from phenolic FRP, providing levels of fire integrity and ensuring negligible smoke and toxicity emissions

Fire Integrity:

MARRS OFFSHORE can be used extensively throughout an offshore installation except in specific areas where post-fire structural integrity may be required (such as designated safety escape routes). Please refer to the MARRS Offshore Type Approval for further information?

When installed and used in accordance with Fiber Glass System’s installation and operation procedures, the MARRS Offshore handrail system will give many years of reliable service in your offshore installation.

Client feedback following Clair Ridge project completion:

“The innovative Phenolic FRP composite structural products, including MARRS® OFFSHORE handrails, access structures, ladders, safety gates and grating have been designed, supplied, and installed extensively throughout the BP Clair Ridge project, all performing beyond expectations throughout fabrication, and passing Lloyds Class Project testing. The team also provided expert technical and engineering services as part of a packaged-solution from design to completion.

The FRP products successfully provided a cost effective, corrosion resistant alternative solution to steel equivalents and made a significant contribution towards critical weight saving objectives. ” – Lead Topside Structural Engineer, BP