The Markusnet is a revolutionary rescue device that
enables one person to react immediately and effectively to a man overboard situation
anywhere along a ship side or quay and two rescuers to lift the victim in seconds, despite
freeboard height of vessel, thereby greatly increasing the casualty's chances of rescue.
It is also ideal teaching tool to prevent man overboard hazards and tragedy as well as to
train your crew to become professional in-water mob rescue team.
The Markusnet
can also be used with crane. It provides possibility to lift/hoist casualty standing in
the net, sitting in with legs facing ship or sitting out with bottom in the net. It can
also be used to lift/hoist unconscious man overboard in horizontal position. It has also
proven to provide realistic and safe ways to move people between liferaft and small boat
or sinking aeroplane onto a larger ship in extreme situations at sea.
The Markusnet
was originally developed and tested in co-operation with the Icelandic Lifesaving
Association, the Danish Coast-guard and the Robert Gordon Institute of Technology in
Aberdeen and is recommended by them for use onboard vessels and harbours. The third generation of this unique rescue device
was developed as an Eureka/Halios Development Project and tested by the Icelandic
Directorate of Shipping, Maritime Safety Centre in Iceland and the Royal Navy of
Netherlands.
The Markusnet
is mandatory equipment on decked vessels in several countries. It is also standard
equipment in all harbours in Iceland and is now the model for international standards. It
is manufactured in six standard versions, depending on type and size of vessel and heigt from water to rescue deck. |