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The Markus Lifenet moves to Scotland.

The manufacture and sales of the well known Markusnet man-overboard recovery system has recently been moved from Iceland to UK. The company responsible for the production now bears the same name, Markus Lifenet (UK.) Ltd. The designer of the product Petur Th. Petursson moved with the product and is now responsible for the quality and sales. "We moved to be in a better contact with the international marine market and to be able to provide a better service to our customers and to be able to provide our man-overboard safety expertise not only to the operators of large vessels, but also to the small workboat and leisure boat users", said Petur.

Our main product, the Markusnet and the Markus Lifenet man overboard rescue technique was invented and developed in Iceland, by the late captain Markus B. Thorgeirsson.

After experiencing the limits of the traditional life-buoy ( Life-ring), when loosing several of his friends through 30 years at sea, captain Markus B. Thorgeirsson decided in 1979, then retired, to challenge the life-buoy and find out if he could develop realistic means to enable quick, safe and effective man overboard rescue equipment. The result of his pioneering work was the now well known Markus Lifenet or Markusnet as named in his honour by the late Captain Hannes Hafstein, then the Managing Director of the Lifesaving Association in Iceland.

Captain Markus made the first design and introduced the basic idea in 1981. In November 1984 the pioneer died, after he had proved the need for his equipment in the Icelandic society, where the Markusnet has been used to rescue numerous lives and where the Markusnet is anonymously accepted and required on every vessel and quay, due to its excellence. His son-in-law Petur Th. Petursson, who is a former seaman, sailing instructor and teacher, had been working with Capt. Markus for about an year when he died, took over the project, to pass the experience and know-how to the future generations and to the marine world outside Iceland.

In the end of the year 2000, Petur and his wife Katrin decided to move the manufacturing and their location to Scotland to be in position to introduce the Markus Lifenet man overboard safety and rescue technique to the International marine society and to launch several new man-overboard products for the workboat and leisure boat users. In January 2001 they established the Markus Lifenet (UK.) Ltd. and have since then manufactured the Markusnet and developed the new products in Scotland.

Our main product is the Markusnet type MS packed in glassfibre container. We make this type in 4 standard Lloyd's Register approved versions for commercial boats, ships, offshore installations and landbased facility near water, such as quays, canals and dams.

Further information about the Markus Lifenet products are available on their internet web: www.markuslifenet.com or from Markus Lifenet (UK.) Ltd. P.O.Box 3215, Cumbernauld, Glasgow G67 2YN, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 (0)1236 735588 Fax: +44 (0)1236 735544. Email: petur.petursson@btconnect.com.

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