Leading global marine distress signal supplier Chemring Marine is launching new Pains Wessex Manoverboard MK8 and Buoysmoke MK8 lifebuoy markers in Europe.
The updated products boast a number of important features and benefits, including:
- Sturdy, robust and far exceeds SOLAS requirements
- Drop-tested to 60m (SOLAS only requires 30m and MOB 360 was 50m)
- Reed-switched lights, not water-activated
- Universal two-piece stainless steel mounting bracket makes fixing to inaccessible bridge wings easier
- Retaining clip aids security and helps prevent
- Ideal for large tankers and oil and gas rigs
accidental loss of the signal in very bad weather conditions
Pains Wessex product manager Keith Bradford says, “The new Pains Wessex Manoverboard MK8 day and night Lifebuoy Marker produces fifteen minutes of dense orange smoke and a self-activated lighting system that far exceeds SOLAS requirements for light output of two candela and two hours duration.
“The new Pains Wessex Buoysmoke MK8 is identical, except that it does not feature the lighting system, so is an orange smoke daytime marker only.”
The new Manoverboard and Buoysmoke products will be initially available through Pains Wessex’s European distributors before being sold in other global markets. They replace previous MOB 360 and Buoysmoke MK2 models.
Chemring Marine, based in Fareham, UK, is part of the Chemring Group PLC and is the world’s leading supplier of SOLAS, MED and USCG-approved marine distress signals.
The products will be on display at the influential SMM trade show at Hamburg, Germany, from 7-10 September where it will be exhibited by Pains Wessex’s German distributor, Hygrapha, on stand B5/461.
Available through over 200 distributors in more than 80 countries, Chemring Marine’s comprehensive range of products has been helping to save lives for more than 100 years and is specified by the world’s navies, merchant fleets, fishing vessels, rescue services, airlines and leisure craft.