Sealift is operable by one man from a secure location on board such that the rescue crew is exposed to a minimum of danger.

STORAGE / ADVANTAGES

Sealift can be customized for the individual vessel with regard to size, freeboard, roll frequency, storage facilities, pick-up load etc. Sealift can be adapted for storage on any vessel in such a way that it does not lay claim to otherwise useful space.

DEVELOPMENT / ADVANTAGES

Sealift can lift a life raft complete with occupants, or personnel from covered lifeboats direct from sea to deck. It can also raise objects that would otherwise be difficult to handle, for example a foundered MOB boat.

Sealift can be designed with a landing edge capable of picking up the reception float of the Selantic skyscape directly from the sea, emptying the stocking and then disposing of it before going on to the next stocking, rescue float, etc, or performing other pressing tasks. It is also capable of being connected directly to the reception float and thereby complete a “dry evacuation”.

Sealift can be equipped with a stainless wire net beneath the nylon net. This enables Sealift to be used even when the ordinary net is destroyed by a fire on the sea surface or damaged by intense heat.

Sealift satisfies the criteria of ss. 17.6 and 23 in the NMD’s regulations on stand-by vessels of 16 October 1991.

 

EFFECTIVENESS

Rogalandsforskning has completed a project which had the aim of documenting and evaluating Sealift’s qualities and limitations in lifting people from the sea. The report’s results are based on experiences and assessments from personnel on stand-by vessels equipped with Sealift.

Compared with Sealift’s major alternatives, the results indicate that:

• Sealift is least hampered by adverse weather conditions.

• Sealift exposes the crew to a minimum of risk and requires only one person during the rescue operation.

• Sealift is by far the most effective rescue equipment in adverse weather and more than doubles rescue effectiveness in comparison with the use of an express MOB boat by itself.

SEALIFT TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

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