As big as a two-room flat. This is the size of the most recent VIKING liferaft now being marketed. It is the largest-capacity liferaft ever sold: a 150 person automatically self-righting liferaft, type throw-overboard.
The liferaft has been approved to the latest international standards and requirements as set out in the European Council Directive 96/98/EC on Marine Equipment. The size of the liferaft represents the absolute limit so far prescribed by the authorities in terms of liferaft capacities.
Areas of application
The large-capacity liferafts are available in an open, reversible version, too. They are meant for installation on board passenger ferries. They have already been fitted on a couple of vessels, one of them being m/v Frisia IV built by Cassens Werft, Emden, for Reederei Norden, Wattenmeer. The vessel takes 1500 passengers and has had 14 liferafts fitted thus ensuring an extra capacity since they total 125%.
Direct boarding
The liferafts are equipped with remote release. Applicable as direct boarding from ship, they ensure dry-shod evacuation directly from deck into the liferaft.
VIKING is an international group with a global mind. The VIKING group is represented in every corner of the world: Global VIKING representation is ensured by a distribution network of 16 subsidiaries with sub-branches plus about 25 distributors/agents and a servicing network of approx 300 VIKING authorized servicing stations.
Meanwhile Viking has also announced a further expansion to its world-wide activities by the takeover of Gummibatapjonustan Reykjavik, Iceland.
As a result of the takeover a new VIKING subsidiary has been established to continue VIKING's activities in Iceland. VIKING LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT Iceland ehf, is the 15th subsidiary of the VIKING group.
The staff of authorized service operators has accepted to follow the new company, thus ensuring VIKING continued proximity to customers on the Icelandic market and keeping the expertise and knowhow of servicing life-saving equipment within VIKING.
VIKING Iceland will be focusing on both sales and servie.
The company will be headed by Einar Haraldsson who has long experience of selling VIKING's life-saving equipment in the Icelandic market.
VIKING's head office is located in Esbjerg, Denmark.
The VIKING group is represented in every corner of the world:
A distribution network of subsidiaries and agents and a servicing network of a couple of hundred servicing stations authorized by VIKING ensure VIKING representation across the world.
The expansion of the VIKING group is a result of a determined and increased effort to be close to our customers all over the world. In the light of this global presence, VIKING provides optimal procurement and servicing opportunities to our customers.
On taking over from Gummibatapjonustan, Reykjavik and moving the facilities to Hafnarfjordur VIKING also announces the establishment of a new 'SAFETY -- ONE-STOP SHOP' in Hafnarfjordur which will be responsible for both sales and service on a direct basis.
