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Viking Life-Saving Equipment’s 40 and 52-person Viking Norsafe Totally Enclosed Lifeboats (TELB) respond to a rising tide of industry demand for space and weight saving boats for typical crew capacities. … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/the-changing-face-of-the-lifeboat-market/
The IMCA presents an incident where during launch testing of a lifeboat, a turnbuckle and shackle weighing 7kg fell 23m from the davit onto the boat.
Incident
During the launch testing of a lifeboat, a critical incident occurred. A turnbuckle and shackle, collectively weighing 7 kilograms, fell approximately 23 meters from the davit.
The equipment landed perilously close, within a meter, of a worker who was in the process of securing the falls at the lifeboat hatch....
https://mfame.guru/mechanical-failure-during-lifeboat-testing/
Global Info Research announces the release of the report “Global Cargo Ship Lifeboat Market 2023 by Manufacturers, Regions, Type and Application, Forecast to 2029”, says an article published on Openpr.
Company profiles and product examplesThe report is a detailed and comprehensive analysis presented by region and country, type and application. As the market is constantly changing, the report explores the competition, supply and demand trends, as well as key factors that...
https://mfame.guru/cargo-ship-lifeboat-market-competitive-landscape-and-forecast-to-2029/
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For more than 60 years, KiwiRail ferries have provided a connection for 800,000 annual passengers between New Zealand’s North and South Island. To futureproof the country’s main link across … |
https://maritime-professionals.com/a-gamechanger-in-ship-evacuation/
After years of seafarers being injured or killed during lifeboat evacuation drills, the Container Ship Safety Forum e.V. (CSSF) has called for a revolution in the lifeboat design on cargo…
https://gcaptain.com/liner-industry-safety-group-calls-for-reinvention-in-lifeboat-design/
The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) has completed its examination of a lifeboat accident that had reportedly left two members of the crew injured in English Bay off Vancouver about two years ago. The men were inside the lifeboat on the cargo vessel named Blue Bosphorus for an exercise in 2020 (1 December). The lifeboat broke off the ship suddenly and plunged into the water.
For the crew members inside, the free fall was about 14 meters — almost three floors.
On Tuesday, the TSB mentioned that...
Transport Malta issued an investigation report on the fire on a lifeboat while carrying out tests onboard the Maltese-flagged tanker. The investigation identified a very high short circuit current within the batteries as a probable cause of the incident.
IncidentWhile the oil/chemical tanker was moored at the Oil Tanking Terminal in Antwerp, Belgium, the electrician onboard stepped inside the enclosed, freefall lifeboat to carry out tests on the batteries.
During the tests, a fire broke out...
https://mfame.guru/fire-in-lifeboat-while-testing-batteries/
Lifeboats are designed to save lives, but over the years there have been many serious casualties that have occurred during drills, routine maintenance operations and inspections of davit suspended boats fitted with on-load release hooks. These accidents have also resulted in seafarers losing confidence in the lifeboat launching systems, says in article published on gard website.
Causes of lifeboat accidentsLifeboat accidents have a variety of causes. Some of the more frequently occurring ones...
https://mfame.guru/lifeboat-release-hook-failure-leads-fatal-accident/
The U.S. Coast Guard accepted the Birdon America Inc., Denver, 47C MLB SLEP First Article Vessel at the National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) in Ilwaco, Wash., completing the first significant milestone in the Motor Lifeboat Service Life Extension Program (MLB SLEP).
The First Article boat will undergo a four-month Operational Assessment by members of NMLBS (U.S. Coast Guard). The West Coast shipyard is Fred Wahl Marine Construction Inc., Reedsport, Ore. The $190 million contract involves...
A rescue operation involving Bourbon Offshore’s tug/supply vessel Bourbon Rhode that was caught in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean has recovered a lifeboat with three crewmembers on board, the lifeboat having been identified by a Falcon 50 aircraft especially equipped for this type of mission and sent by the French Navy. The three crewmembers are currently under the care of the medical staff of a cargo ship (possibly the SSI Excellent) that reached the tug’s last known site on Friday.
It has...
https://www.workboat.com/news/offshore/offshore-tug-sinks-hurricane-three-rescued-11-missing/