Innovative life-saving appliance wins Danish Maritime Authority approval
DMA has officially approved the survival craft
21. March 2019
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
Viking’s new system is made of two main elements: four inflatable Viking LifeCraft survival craft, each with capacity for 203 persons, and a fully self-contained stowage and launching appliance which can be placed on deck or built into the ship’s side.
The approval of what the DMA has defined as a ‘Novel Life-Saving Appliance’ follows successful trials of the hybrid lifeboat/life-raft system in heavy weather late last year. In a statement, Viking claimed that the DMA approval marks the first time that a truly ‘novel’ life-saving appliance has been approved anywhere in the world.
