![]() ![]() ![]() The system also takes up less room than lifeboats, freeing deck space for shipowners. RT jamesvgingerich: The VIKING LifeCraft, which resembles a combination of a life raft and lifeboat, has the capability to rescue up to 800 individuals from a sinking ship through its evacuation system. VIKING came to us to conduct physical model testing of the LifeCraft in our offshore wave tank to make sure they were successful. Before it could be used on passenger and cruise ships, the LifeCraft had to pass expensive sea trials. Brands: VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, VIKING Shipowner Agreement, VIKING LifeCraft, VIKING VEC Plus, VIKING YouSafe, VIKING Norsafe, VIKING Safety Academy. The LifeCraft™ is a hugely flexible evacuation system that can cope with such extremes”.Īdditional advantages include a specially designed chute system to help evacuees with special needs, such as children, the elderly and those on stretchers, setting a new standard for full-spectrum marine evacuation. VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S developed the novel LifeCraft a hybrid lifeboat/liferaft solution. VIKING vice president Niels Fraende, commented: “Today’s larger and wider vessels mean that the number of passengers and the variation in trim height and list conditions can be enormous in a distress situation. The LifeCraft™ System consists of two main elements: The LifeCraft™ itself, a self-propelled inflatable vessel with four engines enabling a high degree of manoeuvrability and safety and a storing and launching unit containing up to four LifeCraft™ units with a capacity of 200 persons each. The new product is a super-sized, super-flexible evacuation hybrid that brings together the best of lifeboats and liferafts in one. The result is an inflatable-hulled 13 x 8.5m (42 x 28ft) vessel with seats for 200 people, plus three crew members. Marine and fire safety equipment provider, VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, has launched its latest innovation, the VIKING LifeCraft™ system. In a decade of development, Viking produced more than 50 prototypes, each undergoing a range of tests, including using jet engines to see how they fared against 150km/h (93mph) winds.
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