As the flood and typhoon season approaches in the PRC, currents and winds are expected to intensify at the Guishan anchorage and surrounding waters of the Pearl River Estuary. As…
Lifeboats
MAIB Report: Falling of a lifeboat into the sea during launching exercise, RRS Sir David Attenborough, Loch Buie, Isle of Mull, Scotland on 4 March 2021
Report on the investigation of the falling of a lifeboat into the sea during a launching exercise on board the polar research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough on Loch Buie,…
Hamburg, 08 May 2023. Lifeboats are an essential part of crew safety onboard every vessel but seafarers are way too often getting injured when launching the lifeboat. Instead of focusing on…
Seafarers are dying needlessly in lifeboat accidents when maritime legislation doesn’t actually require vessels to be manned during drills. InterManager, the international trade association for ship and crew managers, is…
Survitec optimises lifeboat inspections Survitec enhances lifeboat inspection solution to deliver savings and flexibility for ship operators Leading survival technology provider, Survitec, has relaunched its lifeboat inspection solution underpinned by…
Lifeboat crews across Europe swap places IMRF holds its 8th annual European Lifeboat Crew Exchange, where crew members swap places to learn about different equipment and gain experience in new…
Norsafe Academy Hellas is pleased to announce that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with DNV GL the leading Classification Society, regarding the training of its surveyors. “Safety Training…
Norsafe has signed a new contract with VARD Group, and will supply lifeboats complete with davit systems to a series of fifteen new vessels. Topaz Energy and Marine has appointed…
Norsafe, global leader in lifeboat manufacture and design, will be showing a comprehensive range of its renowned safety craft at Posidonia, June 6 to 10th 2016 at stand 420, hall 3.…
Lifeboat producer Xervo has now reimagined and redeveloped its Boat-In-A-Box concept to match the needs of the commercial shipping business, and has already landed its first commercial shipping order for delivery in Q2…
JFD wins multi-million pound lifeboat design and manufacture contract with Flash Tekk Engineering · JFD to deliver up to eight state-of-the-art Self-Propelled Hyperbaric Lifeboats (SPHL) · SPHL significantly increases operational safety by…
Caterpillar Marine announces first comprehensive diesel electric propulsion systems for Chinese liftboats
Shanghai, China – Caterpillar Marine is pleased to announce it will supply complete propulsion packages for two liftboats under construction at Jiangsu Dajing Heavy Industry Co Ltd in China. Two identical diesel-electric…
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…
VIKING acquisition takes Maersk Group hook retrofit company Nadiro A/S to the next level. Esbjerg, Denmark, August 2015 – Leading marine and fire safety equipment and servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment…
Davit manufacturer Xervo is setting new standards for the retrofitting of safety equipment. The company recently replaced two lifeboat systems on the Maersk Innovator while the rig was fully operational.…
Servowatch Systems’ Head of R&D Stafford Williams received a special thank you yesterday for his “exceptional” work on KNRM’s new, award-winning lifeboat, Nh 1816. Roemer Boorgaard, the Chief Executive Officer…
In just one year, Xervo has established itself as the dominant supplier of lifeboat systems to jack-up platforms that meet NORSOK standards. This know-how is now being used to develop very safe and…
Oslo: DNV is taking lifeboat safety one step further. The company claims that maritime lifeboat safety will be enhanced by transferring offshore lifeboat design practices to ships. by Per Wiggo Richardsen…