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The C-Hero story:

Harken Industrial to manufacture and distribute C-Hero Man

Overboard Rescue System.

he USCG (SubM) option boats are required to per- that quickly attaches to any bitt on a boat. The radial form a MOB drill for the USCG at the time of COI. In winch in this system provides mechanical assistance that

T 137.215 (4) a surveyor has to examine systems in sup- allows a rescue to be performed by a single crewmember. port of drills and training to ensure that it operates as intend- The crane’s boom is long enough to clear tires and fenders.

ed. In response, the C-Hero MOB system can be an incred- Harken Industrial recently announced a manufactur- ibly simple and affordable solution to that challenge. C-Hero ing and distribution agreement for the complete C-Hero founder Shane Smith, worked for more than 30 years as a tug Man Overboard Rescue System. The system will be manu- captain performing coastwise towing, pushing barges on the factured to ISO 9001standards by Harken Industrial in rivers, and ship docking on San Francisco Bay. He has oper- Pewaukee, WI, and distributed by C-Hero, a California- ated push boats, conventional, and tractor tugs. Importantly, based company, in the United States. Harken will sell the

Smith spent the next part of his career training captains and system through its industrial products network in the rest helping companies go through internal and external audits of of the world. For workboat operators in domestic waters, their marine safety management systems (SMS). that’s especially important in light of the new subchapter

Designed for work boats and barges, the Rescue Davit M rules that now speci