The project is built on the innovatve concept of a floating berthing dock for mid size racing yachts.

The primary purpose for the device is to create a working platform to facilitate the repair and maintenance of yachts. The dock will have
a displacement of 7 tones and capability of lifting yachts about 2 meters above the water.

All other project details are kept strictly confidential. We can only say that we will be supporting this project by supplying our plastic tanks.
The University of Southampton and the design team reserve all the intellectual property rights associated with the idea.

Tek-Tanks are pleased to announce their involvement with the Ocean Pedal Challenge.
Brothers Kieran and Shaun are going to cross 3000 miles Atlantic Ocean, using nothing but pedal power in their one-of-a kind human powered ocean pedal craft the “Lydia Rose” to raise money for the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
They hope to complete the challenge in 30 to 35 days claiming an impressive Five World Records for the UK.

We have been asked to supply two 57 litre Series C water tanks (TT-5013) and one 32 litre Series C water tank (TT-5012).

With the boat in place, the date of the crossing was set for December when the intrepid two will set sail from Puerto De Morgan in Gran Canaria heading South West on a course for Barbados.
There will be no support vessels close by should they get into difficulty and help could be up to three days away!

Good luck to all involved!

Follow the team at www.oceanpedalchallenge.co.uk

We were glad that you had a chance to see our new range of custom built stainless steel and aluminium tanks.

We look forward to hearing from you.
Please let us know if there is any further information you might need about our products.

We had a visit from the headmaster and his naughty schoolgirls!
Chris Coburn from Lee Sanitation was there to promote their new toilet called the HeadMaster.

Realiable, attractive and comfortable porcelain marine toilet with all the styling of a domestic model. The straight back design cleverly conceals all of the plumbing and the macerator mechanism to give a clean and smart appearance to your on-board bathroom. Two user controllable settings help manage your water consumption. For more information please click here.

If there is one show not be missed in 2011 it is METS 2011.

Welcome to Tek-Tanks in hall 3, stand 216.

The draw will be made on Friday 9th of September 2011. The draw results will be published on our website as soon as possible.

The Tek-Tanks Southampton Boat Show 2011 Prize Draw winners are:

Mr. Simon De Courcy
Mr. Alan Tompsett (Katfish Charters)
Mr. James Huddleston
Mr. Michael Battson
Mr. Colin Churchill (Romsey Coaches)
Mrs. Abi Kennedy
Mr. James Bailey (Trodell Plant)
Mr. Jonathan Mills (Classic Chambers Luxury Mobile Loos)
Mrs. Lorna Brown
Mr. Peter Wonson (First Marine Services)

Congratulations to all the winners.
Tickets will be posted on Monday.

The other day the phone rang in the office and it was Shelley Jory-Leigh (Shelley is one of the United Kingdom’s leading powerboat racers and the top female in the world) asking us if we like to help out with some tanks for the new British Global Circumnavigation boat she will be a team member of.

The boat, named ‘Good Heart’, is a completely new design based on experience and modern technology. She is 80 feet of pure technology, designed and constructed in the UK from aluminium, and encompassing an exceptionally efficient ultra-slim wave-piercing hull. She will be able to submarine beneath waves under the constant propulsion of her twin engines.

The Global Circumnavigation Challenge is a bid by British ocean adventurer Alan Priddy to design and build the fastest and most efficient wave-piercing powerboat to circumnavigate the globe for the much coveted UIM world record, which is currently held by the New Zealander Pete Bethune at 60 days 23 hours 49 minutes. The Global Circumnavigation Challenge team intend to cover the 24,000 miles at sea in under 50 days.

The tanks we will be supplying are for water and waste. We do not have any more information than that at the moment as the boat is in it’s early stages of build. As soon as we have made them we will put some pictures of them here.

For more information on the Team and the Boat please click here to visit the website. The story can also be followed on Facebook.

We wish Alan and his team the “Best of British Luck” in their attempt and look forward to posting the outcome on the blog soon.

Global Circumnavigation Record Newsletter October 2011
Global Circumnavigation Record Newsletter November 2011

For many years we have been asked to quote for tanks in either Stainless Steel or Aluminium and have not been able to help. Well now we can. Due to poular demand Tek-Tanks are pleased to announce that they have the facilities, skill and knowledge to now manufacture in these materials.

Tek-Tanks non-ferrous metal tanks are manufactured from only the best materials available. The stainless steel is 2mm thick 316L and the aluminium is 3mm thick 5083, both known to be very corrosion resistant. Aluminium tanks can be supplied with a powder coated finish if required.

Tanks manufactured from stainless steel and aluminium will contain more liquid than a polyethylene tank due to the thinner wall thickness. A gain of 10% can be achieved on a small tank over a Tek-Tanks custom HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) tank.

Stainless tanks are however more expensive but sometimes they are the only option. For example, a custom built petrol tank in HDPE is just not possible but in stainless steel it is, also in some industrial processes where the possibility of a fire is an issue only stainless again will be acceptable.

Stainless and aluminium tanks lend themselves well to one off’s and short production runs because there are no moulds to make. Most shapes can be accommodated as long as each panel is flat or slightly curved, compound curves cannot be achieved

 All tank fittings are either made from tube and welded directly to the tank or they are screwed into a BSP female thread.

 For more information or a quotation please contact our sales team on 01420 520830 and they will be pleased to help with your enquiry.

Tek-Tanks have decided not to issue a Serial Label for their 13,000th tank as we felt it would be unfair on the owner to own a tank with such an unlucky number.
The photograph above shows Mrs Marsh from Plasma Marine being handed her tank by Martin Rye along with a nice bottle of bubbly. The tank Serial Label identified the tank as 13,001 and was a diesel tank for a boat named Vlad in Poole. For more information on Plasma Marine please click here.

The Aluminium Boatbuilding Company (ABC) collected their tanks last week from the factory. Before they left we snapped this picture. It shows all the tanks on a trailer towed by a small flatbed truck. The total volume was 16,526 litres, 1,880 litres of that was for water, the rest was for diesel! Six of the tanks were 1,785 litres each. All the tanks were manufactured from 12mm thick HDPE with 10mm thick baffles. The total weight of the tanks was 2400 kg.

The boat is a 60 foot aluminium catamaran which will be used up in Scotland to install and service the latest windfarm there. For more information contact either Paul or Trevor at ABC. You can check them out at http://www.alloyboats.co.uk/contact-us/

18 years ago we launched our long-life, unique plastic tanks.
We perfected our technology.
Today we are working on the next generation of racing boat lightweight tanks.
We are pleased to introduce our true piece of engineering brilliance Lightweight Diesel Tank, which is 28.6% lighter than normal tank.

Capacity: 251 ltrs
Weight: 22.5 kg
Material: 12mm Thickness HDPE

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