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DockReel, The Marine Loading Arm Alternative
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SafeRack has decades of proven experience designing and delivering innovative loading and unloading platforms for a wide variety of bulk products. 

Our technically qualified team of Design and Project Engineers have extensive experience and knowledge of the design and supply of fluid transfer systems and associated mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic equipment for the marine industry.

We assure high quality and reliable service to all our customers. Every member of our team understands that quality and delivery are paramount in the marine industry, and we strive for excellence in the provision of world-class marine loading systems.

Skilled after sales personnel provide extensive support services to ensure that our products maintain excellent performance while operating safely and efficiently throughout the entire product lifecycle.

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MarinaStep DockReel Sheet
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Either Ship to shore or Ship to Ship, DockReel is The Safest, Most Efficient Vessel Loadin

Say goodbye to the days of costly, inefficient, heavy, and maintenance-prone marine loading arms.

Welcome to the new world where flexibility, lower operating costs, and advanced safety features are at your fingertips. Add to this local support, available spare parts, and the expertise and resources of the industry-leader in safe loading and unloading solutions, and you’ve got a marine loading solution that will serve you and your customers long into the future.

SafeRack’s DockReel system, in collaboration with Techflow Marine, gives operators across all fluid transfer industries the ability to safely and efficiently load and unload their products onto or from barges and tankers. When compared to conventional marine loading arm designs, the DockReel system is 60% lighter and requires significantly less space.

If you want reduced loading times, less demurrage, and a sustainable future increase in volume, the DockReel system is what you’ve been looking for. DockReel features cutting-edge technology and has earned a reputation as a leading tanker unloading system in the offshore oil and gas industry. Techflow Marine has supplied thousands of reels of this type on hundreds of projects. The equipment is often installed in extreme environments subject to some of the world’s toughest safety requirements, so you can be sure that it is the safest and most convenient way to load and unload your products.

DockReel vs Loading Arms White Paper
DockReel vs Loading Arms White Paper
In this paper, we will consider some of the less obvious or “hidden costs” of installing a conve
  • Power & Control. Hydraulic, electric, or pneumatically driven.
  • Raised DockReel Platform. Custom design to suit your site application.
  • Wireless Control Unit. Improves operator visibility & safety.
  • Marine Emergency Break-Away Couplings. Weak link dry break couplings between hose sections and at the manifold.
  • Hose Auto-Unwind Feature. Automatically deploys hose if vessel moves away. Up to 1500ft.
  • Suction & Delivery Hoses. Custom made to suit your needs.

Near-Shore Tanker (un-loading)

Breakaway Couplings – Weak Link, The Key to Safety

Environmental factors such as ice and low water can make it difficult or impossible for tankers to dock in the usual manner. Our Near-Shore Tanker (un-loading) system can accommodate or provide the following:

  • Flexible hoses ranging from 50 to 500 metres in length.
  • No jetty.
  • A tanker moored at sea.
  • A lightweight system which can easily be moved and stored away safely when not in operation.


Small Scale River Terminal

Riverside docking can present many complexities, such as tides that effect the stability of mooring and small jettys that require the use of a small footprint and lightweight systems. DockReel helps companies overcome these challenges with:

  • Lightweight and versatile systems.
  • Reduced footprint considerations.
  • Flexible hose lengths that accomodate the movement of the tanker, allowing for safe marine loading operations.

Multi-Purpose Cargo Dockside

DockReel is a cost-effective and efficient alternative to conventional marine loading arms. The solution helps eliminate obstructions on busy docksides while facilitating multiple loading and unloading processes. The SafeRack engineering team can design and install custom solutions to suit your operational requirements.

  • Flexible hose lengths tailored to your operational requirements.
  • No dockside obstructions enabling multiple loading and unloading operations.
  • A custom marine loading arm alternative that minimizes your footprint.

Tanker Loading

For operations that require a fixed marine tanker loading and/or tanker unloading system, DockReel offers unmatched flexibility and efficiency through feaures and capabilities such as:

  • Flexible hoses.
  • Hose auto-wind facility.
  • Custom and multi-reel configurations.
  • Simultaneous safe product loading.

Marine Fluid Transfer Systems

Provide safe and efficient marine loading and offloading operations in various offshore and onshore applications. These systems typically utilise flexible pipe to transfer crude oil or other media in dynamic applications. The systems include a means for storage, deployment, and recovery of the flexible pipe, while incorporating power, control, and utility equipment.

Various onshore and offshore hose reels, chutes, or outboard platform stations are available. They can be specifically configured and designed to suit individual applications and installations worldwide. Tandem mooring, handling and storage systems complement our best-in-class Fluid Transfer Systems.

DockReel’s Benefits Over Marine Loading Arms

DockReel offers significant improvements over conventional port and terminal marine loading arms and fluid transfer systems. It offers solutions to complex application and operational requirements, including options for reduced footprint and loading times, lightweight systems, flexible offshore hose reel designs, and simultaneous product loading.

  • Significantly decreased operating envelope
  • Reduced height and footprint
  • 70% reduction in weight
  • 25% savings in upfront costs
  • 75% savings in operational costs
  • Reduced transfer time
  • Reduced demurrage
  • Reduced Co2 emissions
  • Accommodates future growth and expansion


Multiple hose options are available for use with your configuration or your current or spec’ed hose can be incorporated into the reel system. DockReel is compatible with any hose construction that your product requires, including stainless steel, composite, and rubber.

Reinforced Hoses

Suitable for working with 98% of existing chemical products.

  1. Exterior coating – EPDM rubber
  2. Synthetic textile reinforcement
  3. Steel wire spiral
  4. Anti-static copper wire
  5. Transparent UHMWPE liner

Breakaway Couplings – Weak Link, The Key to Safety

Breakaway couplings that reduce the risk of spills.

What Customers Are Saying

★★★★

These spill containment pans will help us keep our environment and rail yard clean. These spill containment pans will help us keep our environment and rail yard clean. Mark Gardner was very informative.

By Amran Z. from Advanced Composites Inc

★★★★★

Always a positive experience. Price is good. Outstanding delivery time. If it wasn't in stock for immediate delivery, I would have gone to another supplier. SafeRack had the item ready to go. My salesman John Nance is very efficient and responds almost immediately. This product improves safety for my staff, cutting down their time moving around the yard. This product is weather protected, with no maintenance, plus saves cost on designing, engineering and building in-house. Always a positive experience. Price is good.

By Jerry C. from Yellowline Asphalt Products Ltd

★★★★

For the springs, I liked the fact that they came as matched pairs. For the springs, I liked the fact that they came as matched pairs. For the swivel seal kits I liked the fact that they were inexpensive compared to the entire swivel joint. They provide short term repair potential in the event of failure of the primary installed components.

By Tracy K. from Hexcel Corporation

★★★★★

Reasonable prices, customizable, easy to assemble and install. Reasonable prices, customizable, easy to assemble and install.

By Project E. from NuStar Logistics, LP

★★★★★

Top notch all the way around We received the same service, and quality we expected. It is used daily and does what it is designed to do. [It is the] right product for us.

By Rob M. from East Dubuque Nitrogen Fertilizers

★★★★★

Great, easy to read shop drawings. Great, easy to read shop drawings, aluminum construction and OSHA Certified. Shipped immediately. The product went together well and was a perfect fit.

By Pete W. from Miller Bros. Construction, Inc.