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Approvals launch VIKING Nadiro into new markets, shorten delivery times.

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Approvals launch VIKING Nadiro into new markets and shorten delivery times

Approvals launch VIKING Nadiro into new markets and shorten delivery times

New lifeboat release systems and bracket type approvals for VIKING Nadiro SOLAS products are extending the company’s core capabilities beyond cargo to offshore and passenger segments – and speeding up delivery times.

Recently developed straight and bent brackets for VIKING Nadiro’s SOLAS products have achieved global type approval through DNV, enabling the company to service a wider range of customers. At the same time, the approvals allow the company to slash more than a week off the time it takes to install and service its products.

“We can now perform servicing for customers, for example, in the offshore sector, or ro-ro ferries with larger lifeboats than is typical of the cargo market where our success was built, ” says Henrik Helsinghof, Director, VIKING Nadiro. “And we’ve made a significant difference to the time it takes to provide a complete, ready-to-go installation, or to conduct component exchanges during servicing.”

VIKING Nadiro director Henrik Helsinghof

VIKING Nadiro director Henrik Helsinghof

New products
Nadiro’s range comprises three main lifeboat release and retrieval (LRRL) systems. Its DIB 32 product caters for smaller lifeboats, and has been installed on numerous occasions since being released in the summer of 2014. One step up, Nadiro’s DIB 75, currently under development, is aimed at medium-sized crafts, and will be ready for commercial release in January. Finally, for the larger lifeboats, the company’s soon-to-be-released DIB 125 is now in process to attain DNV approval. The DIB 125 is expected to be both DNV and USCG-approved, and ready to go to market by mid-November this year.

All three products will also be available in a single-point version, requiring only one instead of the conventional two sets of hooks, and enabling them to be used, for example, for rapid deployment rescue crafts.

Changes ahead
Current regulations for many lifeboats reckon with a weight of 75 kg per passenger, meaning Nadiro’s DIB products can be used to launch lifeboats carrying up to 150 passengers.

“We’re seeing a trend, however, of specific customers reckoning with an increased individual passenger weight, ” says Henrik Helsinghof and continues: “Norway, for example, is already above 90 kg, while others are looking at 100 kg per passenger. Hook performance, of course, isn’t affected by this, but the trend heralds changes in lifeboat capacities and deployment requirements that we are closely monitoring.”

About VIKING Nadiro

Established in 2009, Svendborg, Denmark-based Nadiro manufactures high-quality lifeboat and rescue craft systems, developing and promoting its Drop-in-Ball™ technology to help ensure crew safety. Customers have welcomed the company’s recent acquisition by VIKING, which enables Nadiro to arrange and implement installations more effectively, and ensures direct, fast access to resources at both companies.

About VIKING

VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S is a global market leader in maritime and offshore safety, providing and servicing safety and fire-fighting equipment for passenger and cargo ships, offshore installations, fishing vessels, the navy, fire departments and leisure yachts.

VIKING is a privately held corporation founded in 1960 with group headquarters in Esbjerg, Denmark. Products are manufactured in Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria and Thailand. VIKING offers a broad range of off-the-shelf and tailored safety solutions and systems certified in accordance with the latest requirements of the IMO, SOLAS, EU and USCG.

The product portfolio includes chute and slide-based marine and offshore evacuation and crew transfer systems, liferafts, lifejackets, immersion suits, fire suits, work suits, pilot suits, helicopter transportation suits, MOB boats, davits, pilot ladders, signs, and other lifesaving appliances. The VIKING Agreements offer uniquely customizable concepts that incorporate safety products, global servicing, single-source management, and financing in a variety of fixed price structures.

With 2, 000 employees worldwide, the unique VIKING network of branch offices, agents, 270 certified servicing stations and worldwide stock points makes VIKING a truly global provider at convenient locations in all significant markets.

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