Archives journalières : 5 janvier 2016

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VIKING Acquires Edge in Offshore Evacuation

With recent type approval of an 81-meter-high evacuation system, VIKING has answered the needs of offshore fixed and jack-up rigs to handle extreme heights. Leading maritime safety equipment and servicing manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment A/S has received type approval from Lloyd’s Register for its new offshore evacuation chute system, certified to operate at an unprecedented evacuation height of 81 meters to sea level. “The system’s certified evacuation capacity is 146 people in just 10 minutes, comfortably beating the threshold required […]