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Freefall Lifeboats - Is there a safer way?

Started by gcaptain · 11 months ago

Eide Marine Tech brings us a new Freefall lifeboat design. In a press release they write:
The lifeboat has a new superstructure design in order to get the water off the superstructure faster than earlier designed freefall lifeboats. And together with the bow, which EMT has used for several ... Continue reading »

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  • tim

    1 year ago

    Looks like a wild ride.
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  • Kennebec_Captain

    1 year ago

    With the exception of passenger ships, standard lifeboats on merchant ships should be eliminated. Instead merchant mariners should rely on some sort of RIB style rescue boat and life rafts. The so-called "rescue boat" on my ship is 90 feet from the water, it rough weather it would be very risky to attempt any kind of rescue if the ship was rolling more then a few degrees. Same goes for abandon ship. The situation regarding lifeboat/rescue boats today is unacceptable.
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  • John

    1 year ago

    Agreed, especially aboard ships on coastal trades or supporting the oil and gas industry close to shore.
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