In today’s industrial landscape, efficient and reliable fluid transfer is essential across a wide range of sectors, from oil and gas to chemicals, marine, and beyond. Whether transporting aggressive acids, petroleum products, or biofuels, the choice of hose plays a critical role in ensuring safety, performance, and compliance. At EWFM, our Composite Hoses are engineered to meet these demands head-on, with robust, multi-layered, spiral-wound construction that combines strength, chemical resistance, and flexibility in a lightweight package.
Ideal for handling a variety of fluids under pressure or vacuum, even in hazardous or corrosive environments, composite hoses offer a dependable solution for complex operations. In today’s blog, we explore how these hoses are being used across key industries to optimise performance and reduce downtime and risk.
Sector 1: Oil and Gas
The oil and gas industry demands high-performance equipment built for pressure, harsh conditions, and strict safety standards. For transferring fuels, crude oil, or refined products, Composite hoses provide a dependable, flexible solution. At EWFM, our Oil Composite Hoses are designed to handle hydrocarbons like petrol, diesel, kerosene, and aromatics, both onshore and offshore.
A key use is ship-to-shore loading, where fast, safe, and flexible connections are vital. Whether loading at a marine terminal or transferring from depot to road tanker, the hose’s lightweight, anti-static build allows easy handling without sacrificing safety. They’re also widely used with bottom loading arms, floating roof drain systems, and tank truck connections.
Sector 2: Chemical & Petrochemical
Handling aggressive, volatile and often hazardous chemicals requires absolute confidence in your transfer equipment. In the chemical and petrochemical industries, where a small leak can have serious consequences, our Chemical Composite and Aggressive Chemical Composite Hoses offer a safe, durable, and efficient solution. These hoses are built with multiple layers of high-performance thermoplastics, reinforced with internal and external wire helixes, typically stainless steel or galvanised steel depending on the application, to provide excellent chemical resistance and structural strength.
Our Composite hoses are used widely in Chemical processing plants, bulk storage terminals, and tanker loading/unloading operations, where they handle everything from solvents and acids to caustics and aggressive blends. The flexibility of composite construction allows for easy routing even in tight spaces, while the anti-static design helps dissipate static build-up during transfer, which is crucial when working with flammable or explosive substances.
Sector 3: Marine & Offshore
In marine and offshore environments, where conditions are often harsh and space is at a premium, reliable and flexible fluid transfer solutions are essential. EWFM’s range of Composite Hoses are ideally suited to the demands of ship-to-shore operations, offshore platforms, bunkering, and hose reel systems on vessels. Their lightweight yet robust constructed allows for easy handing by crew members even in dynamic marine conditions, without compromising on strength or safety.
These hoses are commonly used in bunkering operations, transferring fuels such as marine diesel, heavy oil, and lubricants to ships and offshore installations, They’re also employed in FPSOs (Floating Production Storage and Offloading Units) and support vessels, where flexibility and compact storage are critical. The spiral-wound design offers excellent kink resistance and fatigue performance, making them ideal for continuous movement and frequent connection/disconnection.
Sector 4: Food, Pharmaceutical & Biofuel
In sectors where chemical resistance, cleanliness, and transfer efficiency are essential, EWFM’s Composite Hoses deliver a flexible and reliable solution. They’re ideal for handling alternative fuels, food-related products, and pharmaceutical-grade chemicals.
In the biofuel industry, our hoses are used for tank-to-tank transfer, road tanker loading, and process line delivery, especially with biodiesel, ethanol, and other aggressive blends. Their multi-layered build resists chemical degradation, while anti-static wires reduce ignition risk during transfer.
For food and pharmaceutical applications involving non-ingestible liquids, like cleaning agents, additives, or byproducts, composite hoses offer a lightweight, corrosion-resistant alternative to rubber hoses. While not suitable for sterile use, they’re a strong choice for industrial-grade fluid movement where hygiene and durability are key.
From oil and gas to chemicals, marine, and biofuels, EWFM’s Composite Hoses are trusted across industries for their durability, safety, and adaptability. Whatever your fluid transfer challenge, our hose solutions are designed to keep your operations running smoothly and efficiently. Get in touch with our team to find the right composite hose for your application.
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