The Navy Shanghai Base uses the Changlin brand ball as the dock fender

In April 2000, for Australian navy fleet to visit China, the naval base in Shanghai ordered a batch of floating pneumatic rubber fenders of 1.5 meters in diameter from Changlin, it hanged along wharf side to provide safeguard for Australian warships safety berthing. That closed the history of naval wharfs using old tires or solid rubber pads as a fender equipment.