COMPANY PROFILE In the spring of 1934, in the middle of the Great Depression, thirteen individuals gathered a small fortune to start up an industrial venture in Reykjavík, to manufacture fishing nets, ropes and fishing long lines for the local fishing fleet. The founders named their new company HAMPIDJAN. S ​ ince then Hampidjan has become the world leader in making and servicing quality fishing gear for trawlers and purse seiners. We operate several fishing gear entities around the world with a central manufacturing facility producing ropes, netting and trawls in Lithuania. Our brand names for...

DynIce tug ropes are lightweight and long lasting tugging ropes for fast harbour towing operations. They are far stronger than conventional synthetic tug ropes stronger than steel and made from Dyneema®. Therefore they are an excellent choice to replace steel wire ropes. Tugboats equipped with DynIce Tug ropes can perform tugging operations faster than those using steel wire or polyester ropes due to the lightness and easy handling of the ropes. The DynIce Tug rope floats on water and light to pull up through the fairlead and attach on the bollard. The lightness speeds up the operation and each...

Tug Pendants The pendants are available in DynIce with low elasticity and high strength or, Nylex with high elasticity and excellent shock absorbing properties. DynIce has density of 0,96 and floats on water while Nylex has density of 1,14 and sinks slowly. For same strength the Nylex is about 5 times heavier and the diameter is double compared with DynIce. Nylex is made from high tenacity polyamide also known as nylon. It is recommended to have eye protection in all eyes to avoid abrasion and extend the lifetime of the pendants. DynIce ropes are also offered coverbraided with Dyneema® cover...

TUG PENDANTS Single Leg Pendant The single leg pendants are made with one leg and spliced in both ends with or without protective coverbraid. Eye protection in both eyes. Grommet pendant The grommet pendant is made with two legs and one splice. The advantage of the two parallel legs is that chafing area is double when going through fairlead.

The towing line is easily transferred to the towed vessel and fixed to strongpoint by hand. To compensate for low elasticity a pendant of nylon rope of double diameter compared to DynIce is used as damper to lower or eliminate peak loads. Extensions are easily combined to the main towing line and pendants can be of larger diameters and higher strength to compensate for possible abrasion. Towing lines with diameters up to 200 mm in 12 strand braid are available on request in DynIce, Nylex and Polex with or without coverbraid and spliced in desired lengths. DynIce is made from Dyneema®, Nylex from...

TOWING LINES Single eye towing line The single leg pendants are made with one leg and spliced in both ends with or without protective coverbraid. Eye protection in both eyes. Double eye towing line If the towing line is long and stored on the deck it needs to be flexible and then the rope without coverbraid is perhaps more suitable choice. Coverbraided line will be more stiff but well protected against abrasion and chafing and the lifetime will be far longer.

DynIce is similar to steel wire with regard to elasticity as both have very little stretch. In towing and some tugging operations there is need to dampen the peak loads due to vessel movements and waves. For that purpose a section of nylon ropes is inserted in the towing line as nylon has the highest elasticity of the synthetic fibres used in maritime ropes. Typically the length is either 10 or 25 meters and then as singe leg or grommet depending on the breaking strength needed. According to DNV rules the breaking strength of nylon shock absorber needs to be 1,5 times the breaking strength of...

NYLEX SHOCK ASORBER

DynIce Dux mooring ropes are significantly easer to use compared to steel wire ropes as the are light and easy to handle. They don’t rust and damage deck or fairleads and will not soil the deck area with grease and dirt. Safety is greatly improved due to the lower weight and problems with wires sticking out, so called meat hooks, are totally absent. If wire breaks under high load it will recoil with extreme energy and sweep the area next to it with the untwisting strands at high speed. The DynIce has low lash-back as is non-elastic and lightweight. It will not untwist during breakage as the strands...

DynIce Dux LNG Mooring ropes are specially constructed to be compact, round and suitable to use on deck mooring rope winches. They are non-conductive and will not discharge static electricity creating sparks. The lifetime is long as the ropes are not corroding and not affected by sunshine and UV rays. Handling is very easy due to the low weight of the rope and the absence of shackles and hardware and the rope is floating. With DynIce Dux LNG Mooring ropes the mooring time is reduced to at least half of what was needed before. A main disadvantage in the present LNG high performance mooring ropes...

Nylex towing ropes are made from high tenacity nylon in 2 x 12 construction with durable impregnation to withstand heavy abrasion. The elasticity is high or up to 16% at 1/3 of the breaking load. That gives excellent damping of peak loads in high seas. The 2 x 12 strand construction is giving more even surface compared to conventional 1 x 12 strand construction and therefore better abrasion properties as the wearing is evenly distributed instead of damaging the top of the strand in the simpler construction. Nylex properties

The Nylex towing ropes with extra jacket for protection are made from high tenacity nylon in 1 x 12 construction with cover braid of nylon. The coverbraid makes the rope more compact and protects the strength member form abrasion and damages and gives full protection for UV rays. The elasticity is high or up to 16% at 1/3 of the breaking load. That gives excellent damping of peak loads in high seas. Diameter with cover Breaking strength unspliced Breaking strength spliced Nylex properties