01
500 m
per 40 ft container
Ships like no other walkway
Supplied in component form, 500 m × 1.5 m of walkway travels in a single 40 ft container. Freight that takes others a convoy of trucks arrives as one box.
Applications
Where the
walkway works.
Tailings dams, dredging lines, wetlands, corrosive water and pump platforms. One modular walkway, configured for each site.
Fig. 01Application 01
Mine tailings dams
- The problem
- Pumps, penstocks and decant points sit far out on unstable, often toxic water. Crews reach them by boat or improvised catwalks.
- The walkway
- A stable 1.5 m wide walkway with an R 13 non-slip deck carries people, pumps and pipework out to the work, with platforms where needed.
Projects
Fig. 02Application 02
Marine dredging
- The problem
- A dredger moves. A rigid walkway twists, cracks and breaks away from it.
- The walkway
- The folding pivot walkway bends about 12° per section and follows the dredger, with a 20,000 kg pull load on the dredging pivot.
Projects
Fig. 03Application 03
Wetlands and corrosive water
- The problem
- Acid, alkaline and oily water eat steel and crack plastic floats.
- The walkway
- FRP, 316 stainless and aluminium with HDPE floats, resistant from pH 2 to 12, UV and petroleum.
Projects
Fig. 04Application 04
Pipe support and pump platforms
- The problem
- Pumps and pipelines need a floating base that stays level under load.
- The walkway
- The 3 m × 3 m heavy lift section gives about 1,750 kg of buoyancy, and the walkway carries pipes and cable trays alongside the deck.
Projects
Also for
Mine storage facilitiesReturn water damsIndustrial marine
01 / Why Xrosswater
Industrial first.
Never a leisure dock in disguise.
Most walkways on mine sites are pump-barge add-ons, plastic leisure cubes or one-off steel builds. Xrosswater only builds industrial floating walkways, and it shows in six places.
02
pH 2–12
acid to alkaline
Made for water that eats steel
FRP, 316 stainless and aluminium with unsinkable HDPE floats. No foam, no polystyrene, no plastic cubes that crack in UV or tailings.
03
R 13
non-slip deck, DIN 51130
Safety infrastructure for tailings
Tailings standards demand safe, routine access to pumps, penstocks and decant points. A stable 1.5 m wide deck replaces improvised catwalks and boats.
04
13
countries, 5 continents
Delivered where others can't
Lifted by helicopter into the Amazon, trucked up ice roads in Arctic Canada, built at the edge of the Sahara. Remote sites are the normal job.
05
100%
walkway specialists
Works with your pump and your engineer
We build walkways, not pump barges. The walkway carries the pumps, pipes and cables you choose, alongside consulting engineers such as Paterson & Cooke.
06
Re-melt
value at end of life
Value that comes back
Aluminium keeps a recoverable re-melt value and every section can be dismantled and reused, so site clean-up costs stay low after the job.
Only 67% of the 836 tailings facilities run by ICMM members fully met the global tailings safety standard by August 2025. Safe, stable access to the pond is part of closing that gap.
Source: ICMM Tailings Progress Report 2025Next step
Your water next.
Tell us the water type, length and location. We configure the walkway around it.