Feature 2 | LIFESAVING & SHIP SAFETY Schat-Harding pushes safety further
Norwegian-based Schat-Harding has been keeping busy with the development of its FF1200 lifeboat and training hooks
lifeboat earlier this year. Te tests on lifeboats including trim/list have previously been done by the use of model testing only, but the latest DNV OS-E406 requires this to be tested full scale. Along with this Schat-Harding also broke the record for a freefall lifeboat. A full test programme which started from
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29 May to 3 June included tests with trim or list only and combinations thereof. With the use of the crane barge Uglen, tests including trim/list up to 17degs and heights up to 40m were conducted. In August Schat-Harding also set a new
freefall lifeboat record with the FF1200. Te boat was successfully dropped from a freefall height of 60m. “Te FF1200 managed this height in an excellent way,” says Geir Arne Veglo, CEO of Umoe Schat-Harding Equipment AS.
“Te FF1200 entered the
water cleanly and made excellent headway.” Te boat was loaded with seven tonnes to
simulate the full capacity of 70x100kg people. As part of the test, the engine was started immediately and was leſt running for four hours along with different manoeuvring tests. Te FF1200 is the only lifeboat that has
completed the full-scale tests set by the new requirements for freefall lifeboats on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, DNV-OS- E406 standard. Aſter the freefall test, the FF1200 is now the highest certified freefall lifeboat, claims Schat-Harding. The ability to drop safely from greater
heights is required as offshore installations get larger. The FF1200 was designed for that purpose and to meet stringent new standards for performance in heavy seas, which will facilitate the evacuation of rigs and installations in the Norwegian North Sea. “Tis lifeboat has been well received in the
market. Schat-Harding has already secured orders for 47 systems and is now receiving more requests for new projects. We have exciting times ahead as the Norwegian and global offshore markets develop,” says Veglo. Te FF1200 boat can carry 70 persons
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Schat-Harding has completed all compliance tests for the Secondary Safety System (SSS) fitted to its new IMO-complaint SEAcure hooks. Known as a Training Lock, it consists of a heavy yellow metal pin which locks the cam of the hook and prevents accidental release of the hook system. David Bradley, vice president operations for Schat-Harding Service says: “These are not covered by the new IMO regulations, but we know that some parts of the shipping and offshore industries would like to incorporate these SSS into their new hook systems. Seafarers tell us that seeing a thumping great yellow pin securely in place on the hook will make them much more confident during lifeboat drills. That is why Schat-Harding has invested in the development and testing of its unique Training Lock arrangement which can be used during training of boat crew The Training Lock’s advantage over other systems is that if it is inadvertently left in position during a real time evacuation it can easily be removed as there will be no load on the Training Lock mechanism at any point in the launch cycle, unlike some other strop or pin systems.”
Schat-Harding’s Secondary Safety System passes tests
The Naval Architect October 2012
secured in special seats with five point harnesses. After dropping into the water the boat momentum carries it clear of the rig, aſter which a high power 280hp engine speeds the boat clear of the rig.
Hooking up
moe Schat-Harding Equipment AS (USHE) started a full scale test programme on its FF1200
FF1200 breaks boundaries with latest testing
The FF1200 successfully passed all
tests for full scale trim/list testing for DNV OS-E406. Arild Lokøy, VP engineering in USHE, is
thrilled about the performance of the FF1200 and the execution of the tests: “Of course we were nervous about these tests that have never been done before. Our confidence level rose however throughout the week when the boat calmed us all down by its excellent performance. The boat shows superior positive headway even in the most extreme of tests it was challenged to.” NA
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