Seawork Debut for Modular Pontoon System
01 May 2007
Making its Seawork debut next month on Stand 86 is Magic-Float UK, a new subsidiary of Magic-Float Enterprise Co Ltd, a global manufacturer of modular dock and pontoon systems.
The company’s patented interlocking cube design offers a strong and stable system as part of a package which also includes application design, accessories and installation, all accredited with AS/NZS International Quality Certification.
The Magic-Float UK regional sales office and warehouse is located in Portland, Dorset UK, where a large marine pontoon application is located for viewings and demonstration. The company also offers a commercial hire service which includes full installation at sea or dock.
Magic-Float Enterprise obtained the rights to produce the original ‘Generation 1’ module in 1989 for the Asia Pacific region. Years of experience led to an evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of this system, from which the in-house R&D team developed the modular cube now known as Magic-Float II and Magic-Float III in 1995.
Unlike other modular systems which are still based on the ‘Generation 1’ module, the interlocking design of the new system significantly reduced the stresses applied to the locking lugs to create a stronger and more robust system.
The Magic-Float Modular Dock & Pontoon System is made from industrial strength high density molecular weight polyethylene HD-PE Lupolen 5261Z from BASELL in Germany. The material will never corrode or generate reactions with seawater, electrolysis, chemicals, fuel, oil or gasoline and is 100% UV resistant.
Extremely fast and easy to assemble, Magic-Float allows virtually unlimited changes. It can be dismantled, removed, relocated or rearranged according to need and can be taken apart in pre-set sections and moved to safely if a storm is approaching or for seasonal storage.
Magic-Float can be used to construct landing jetties, floating docks, marinas, yacht clubs, ferry terminals, pontoon bridges, rescue platforms, floating pipeline supports, boundary markers and even motorised barges.
Due to the cube by cube construction, wave pressure is absorbed and counterbalanced by the joining rings and the cube body. Sidebars can be added as needed to increase rigidity to the system yet maintaining flexibility. The design of the cube body enables cubes to interlock two or three dimensionally to each other to form a strong single layer or multi-layers of cubic structure which will withstand high wind and wave conditions yet produce minimal rolling and yawing motions.
Also, the flexible and elastic physical characteristics of the polyethylene material means the Magic-Float Modular Jetty System can serve as a buffer to prevent damage to boats, especially where the location has regularly rough water conditions.






