Maritime
Viking Introduces Hybrid
Evacuation And Survival Craft
System At Seatrade Cruise Global
Image Credits: viking-life.com
V
IKING has chosen Seatrade Cruise Global in Fort Lau-
derdale to showcase a host of innovative safety solu-
tions and servicing concepts, proving once again
that the company is closely aligned with cruise line
operators needs and priorities.
Marine and offshore safety equipment leader
VIKING Life-Saving Equipment (VIKING) has a strong
trio of new products in store for shipowners and
operators attending Seatrade Cruise Global. The flagship among these
is the revolutionary VIKING LifeCraft™ hybrid evacuation and survival
craft system. Currently undergoing a comprehensive full-scale test
program, the official launch of this highly anticipated gamechanger is
just around the corner.
During the exhibition, VIKING specialists will be available at Stand
835, to explain how the LifeCraft™ combines all the advantages of
modern lifeboats, such as self-propelled maneuverability, with the
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flexibility, comfort and smaller footprint of liferafts. In addition, they
will offer a glimpse of the LifeCraft™ storage and launch unit that’s ex-
pected to set completely new standards for innovation, functionality
and aesthetics in deckside or hull-integrated evacuation systems.
New efficiencies in evacuation
VIKING will also unveil its new VEC PlusTM evacuation solution, rep-
resenting a complete design upgrade of existing high-capacity marine
evacuation systems (MES) to boost long-term durability and vastly
simplify maintenance. Niels Fraende, Director of VIKING’s Passenger
Division explains how this has been achieved:
“With more than 1300 MES systems in operation, we’ve gained un-
paralleled experience when it comes to their operational and servicing
lifecycle. Recently, we re-examined every aspect of today’s evacuation
solutions, cutting down the number of components and introducing
new access and servicing methods,” he says. “For example, now you
can simply swap part-elements, rather than uninstall the entire system