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What lifeboats and life rafts are provided on the vessels?

April 26, 2017life lifeboats provided rafts vessels

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What lifeboats and life rafts are provided on the vessels?

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There are two totally enclosed self- propelled davit-launched, lifeboats, capacity each 100. There are two “Marinark” marine escape systems (MES) having a total capacity of 860 persons (430 each side of the ship). Passengers evacuate via a chute directly into the totally enclosed life rafts Additionally there is one 50 man life raft, transferable to either side of the ship. The reason for this is that should one complete MES fail to deploy the full ships complement can still be evacuated. The Marinark system is the most up to date lifesaving system and is so-called dry shod evacuation. It is the most modern available, fitted in excess of MCA regulations. The fast rescue craft are for marshalling the life rafts or effecting off ship rescue. They are not intended for passengers.