Norsafe enters passenger vessel market with new lifeboat

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(ARENDAL, Norway) — Norsafe has recently developed a modern partially enclosed lifeboat (PELB) providing a secure and protected means of escape for people on board passenger vessels. The SOLAS-compliant Minima 88 is a compact 29-foot long boat with a width of 12 feet for 150 people.

With its signal colored canopy, white hull and streamlined exterior, this fresh design brings some exciting new features. A spacious cockpit in the middle of the boat provides excellent visibility during embarkation, with a good view for the helmsman. The forward visibility is excellent and a roof hatch in the cockpit provides vertical visibility toward the davits during launching/retrieval.

The large side doors aid the fast and efficient embarkation of the crew. Seats are arranged on two levels and a mechanical steering nozzle offers optimum maneuverability and increased bollard pull.

Norsafe has received an order from Xiamen Shipyard in China for a Finland-based operator, Viking Line, for six Minima-88 lifeboats with compatible LHD-200 davits. This new build ferry is due to come into service in 2021 on routes across the Baltic Sea between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.

For more information, visit www.norsafe.com.

By Professional Mariner Staff