Eide Marine Tech brings us a new Freefall lifeboat design. In a press release they write: [Continue Reading →]

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Noresafe Lifeboats aboard AWILCO GM4000 series offshore oil rigs.

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Aboard ship one always hopes they never need to take a sleigh ride into an unfriendly sea but Ship Happens. When it does you’re going to be very pleased the guys at Petrofac and SurvivalTech are running boats through extensive tests. The following is video of their facility and a few design drawings from lifeboat engineers. [Continue Reading →]

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Here’s the arial view;

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Finally, here’s how they test these boats:

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For more info on the history behind these types of lifeboats visit NOVA’s “Pioneers of Survival – An Interview with Martin Verhoef“.

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