Dolphin Equipment Complies to Higher Standards than Required in the Marketplace

Dolphin has designed, engineered, fabricated and maintained its cargo management equipment according to the highest standards required by all major and large independent U.S. Gulf of Mexico operators for design, construction and lifting of baskets, containers, skids, pallet boxes and tool racks. Dolphin's offshore rental cargo equipment has a proven reputation for reliability and dependability among all major and large independent U.S. Gulf of Mexico operators. Our high standards have positioned ourselves as the leading provider of cargo management equipment and related services to the Gulf of Mexico market.

 

Summary Overview Of Standard Transit Container Requirements:

• Evidence from a structural design engineer (P.E.) that load path is suitable for the lifting, transportation and impact loads expected. (All of Dolphin's equipment has third party certified engineering designs)
• Design working stress based on 2.5 times the maximum gross weight of the transit container (Dolphin's equipment designed for at least 3.0 times the maximum gross weight).
• Four lifting points are required (Dolphin's equipment utilizes four corner posts for lifting).
• Pad-eye fabricated to hold the maximum gross weight of the transit container (Dolphin's equipment designed with
  3 to 1 safety factor).

Tracking and Certification Database

Dolphin Energy Equipment maintains an online database, which allows fast retrieval of equipment certifications.

 

Internally the database allows Dolphin employees, to can quickly see all of the Dolphin equipment used by your company, as well as how long each piece of equipment has until it needs to be re-certified, and a scanned copy of all certification papers.

 

All the information stored in our certification database can be exported to an Excel spreadsheet, allowing us to easily e-mail certification dates and expiration dates to you. Dolphin Equipment Certification Retrieval

 

Third-Party Certified Engineering Designs

Dolphin Energy Equipment is committed to being the premier provider of offshore cargo equipment in its marketplace, with innovative engineering designs and superior materials and fabrication process.  All engineering designs for Dolphin's offshore cargo equipment are certified by a third-party engineering firm.
View an actual report from a third-party engineering firm.

 

Continuous Inspection and Testing

In addition to its adhering to superior design, engineering and fabrication standards, Dolphin has a continuous inspection and testing program for its cargo equipment that meets or exceeds the most stringent compliance standards in effect.

 

Load Testing (2 x MGW)	Time Interval From In-service Date	Dolphin
Transit Containers     (baskets, containers, skids,     pallet boxes, tanks and     tool racks)	Prior to first usage	Yes
	At intervals required in the marketplace	Yes
	Visually inspected as required in the marketplace	Yes
	After major repair or modification	Yes

Non-Destructive Testing (Magnetic Particle)	Time Interval From In-service Date	Dolphin
Transit Containers     (baskets, containers, skids,     pallet boxes, tanks and     tool racks)	Prior to first usage	Yes
	At intervals required in the marketplace	Yes
	Visually inspected as required in the marketplace	Yes
	After major repair or modification	Yes

Pull Testing (2 x SWL5)	Time Interval From In-service Date	Dolphin
Wire Rope Slings	Prior to first usage	Yes
	At intervals required in the marketplace	Yes
	Visually inspected as required in the market place	Destroy
	After major repair or modification	Not permitted