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integrity of the product or system cies, corresponding to Beaufort 6 completely, not to mention the lives winds and over 3m signi? cant wave of those depending on it should heights. This is in addition to Sur- disaster strike,” said McCormick. vitec’s own in-house tests. “It is therefore imperative that all “Survitec is also the only MES critical safety equipment is cor- manufacturer to hold ISO9001, rectly installed, regularly serviced, MED Mod B & D and AS100 Aero

Seahaven in? ated looking down slide.

maintained and regulatory compli- certi? cation,” said McCormick. ant. Crew training is also essential “This is an aviation industry ap- to ensure correct use of the equip- proval standard, which is very dif- ment.” Survitec’s MES equipment ? cult to achieve due to the extensive is robustly engineered, comprehen- approval requirements.” sively tested and approved to the Extra quality measures are taken latest standards. All told Survitec in the manufacturing and packing has installed and deployed more process to ensure reliability. “We than 2,500 MES units on over 800 visit our stowage subcontractor vessels worldwide. weekly to witness the build and all testing activity and our manufactur-

The Survitec Range ing process is overseen by indepen-

Seahaven slide into a lifeboat.

Survitec offers an extensive range dent quality personnel who perform of bespoke MES solutions to suit in- in process inspection and testing, dividual vessels, offering capacities as well as end of line testing,” said of up to 860 persons, using slide or McCormick. “To mitigate risk of chute-based technology, as appro- human error once a system has been priate, from evacuation heights of manufactured, Survitec employ ex- up to 33m. The largest single sys- perienced packers and, as an addi- tem, for example, the Marin Ark 2, tional measure, adopt a buddy sys- is designed to evacuate 860 people tem to ensure conformity. Another

Images: Survitec in less than 30 minutes. additional measure is that we have

Seahaven sailing away.

One of the latest references for an independent marshal process in

Survitec’s MES is the Stena Es- place for our packing and stowage

SEAHAVEN trid, the ? rst of Stena Line’s new loading activity.”

E-Flexer class of RoPax vessel, Once a MES is installed and

The Future is Now which was delivered from the AVIC commissioned, Survitec takes re-

Survitec’s latest innovation is the Seahaven yard in China at the end of 2019 and sponsibility for training customer’s

Advanced Evacuation System (AES) designed entered service on the Irish Sea be- personnel. Servicing and testing for large cruise vessels. The AES is a slide- tween Dublin and Holyhead in mid- are carried out by the company’s based evacuation system designed speci? -

January 2020. Stena Estrid is ? tted approved service stations, each of cally for cruise ships, a system based on in? at- with the 100th Marin Ark 2 MES which undergoes periodic, rigorous able lifeboats served by multiple slides. With unit. auditing to ensure that every MES

Seahaven, each lifeboat can accommodate

To start the process, Survitec en- is serviced to the same standards us- 530 persons, a total of 1,060 in each system. gineers carry out a thorough evalu- ing the exact procedures regardless

The multiple slides are designed for quick ation of the ship’s design, its areas of location. evacuation for both able bodied and mobil- of operation, and the pro? le of the The company’s service network ity impaired people, permitting groups to de- crew and passengers likely to use includes more than 500 service sta- scend together. It is designed to be deployed the system. Each system undergoes tions, and its online servicing plat- in less than four minutes courtesy of its ergo- testing to the MSC 81(70) Para- form is designed to enable fast and nomically designed launch system that does graph 12.6 performance standards, easy access to the full service and away with conventional davits.

which simulate real-life emergen- operational records of every system.

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