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MARIN ARK Marine Evacuation Systems

THE RFD MARIN ARK HAS CONTINUALLY EVOLVED IN LINE WITH MARKET DEMANDS AND ITS LATEST DEVELOPMENT ALLOWS THE RAPID & SAFE EVACUATION oF up To 860 pASSENGERS IN LESS than 30 minutes.

The world’s largest Marine Evacuation System The RFD Marin Ark2 Marine Evacuation System, has been honoured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2012, specifically for ‘Continuous Innovation and Development’ within the Innovation category. The significance of the Queen’s Award for Enterprise, announced every year on the Queen’s Birthday, acknowledges only an extremely small number of the hundreds of thousands of business applicants. The RFD Marin Ark2 attracted the attention of the honour panel for its global commercial success, innovative design, responsiveness to regulations...

When it comes to safety, the Survitec Group is uncompromising. From the conception of products through to delivery and installation, passenger safety is of paramount importance. This philosophy has ensured that throughout our 160 years of industry experience, the Survitec Group remains the world’s market leading manufacturer of safety and survival products. Simply put, we are the best for you... RFD Marin Ark epitomises everything that the RFD brand stands for - a quality product, offering unparalleled safety coupled with real value for money. No other evacuation system in the world comes...

The RFD Marin Ark story In 1979, after recognising the requirement for fast and efficient evacuation procedures on board large passenger vessels, Survitec Group developed the world’s first Marine Evacuation System, taking passenger safety into completely new territory. This MES consisted of twin track slides evacuating passengers on to a platform, from where they were transferred into canopied liferafts. Whilst revolutionary in that era, Survitec was convinced there was a better solution - and there was: the RFD Marin Ark. When it was first introduced, the world of safety had seen nothing...

RFD Marin Ark2 opens a brand new era for Marine Evacuation Systems, with the largest, safest and most cost-effective dry-shod MES in the world... RFD Marin Ark2 is a completely new design: the liferafts, each with a total capacity of 158 passengers, feature a suspended floor ensuring maximum thermal protection and multiple buoyancy compartments to ensure utmost safety in the toughest sea conditions. The innovative helical slide path integrates the benefits of a fully enclosed evacuation chute with the natural descent of a spiral slide - crew members can even ascend to assist other...

PROFILE VIEW CROSS SECTION VIEW SIX Unit Module (632 + 228 link) 860 PASSENGER CAPACITY FIVE Unit Module (632 +158 LINK) 790 PASSENGER CAPACITY Four Unit Module weights A Pack: 9398 Kg B Pack: 8798Kg LINK weights A Pack: 2 x 1200Kg B Pack: 2 x 1040Kg Four Unit Module - 632 PAX Four Unit Module weights A Pack: 9398 Kg B Pack: 8798Kg THREE Unit Module - 414 PAX LINK weights A Pack: 1200Kg B Pack: 1040Kg 8000mm 16000mm Four Unit Module weights A Pack: 9398Kg B Pack: 8798Kg Three Unit Module weights A Pack: 8248Kg B Pack: 7798Kg Two Unit Module weights A Pack: 7098Kg B Pack: 6798 Kg NOTE:...

Survitec Group has manufactured and installed over 1000 RFD Marin Ark1 liferafts across the globe. There is no doubt that RFD Marin Ark is now renowned as the system of choice for large passenger vessels... RFD Marin Ark1 is the world’s safest and fastest method of transferring passengers and crew from the vessel into liferafts. In the case of an emergency, no other system is as efficient or effective. One simple release action activates the deployment of the system, which is fully inflated and operational within 90 seconds of deployment. The liferafts are fully reversible, ensuring RFD...

Open Deck - Symmetrical Module Tween Deck - Symmetrical Module Open Deck - Asymmetrical Module Tween Deck - ASymmetrical Module Typical MES Deployment Sequence Four Unit Module - 430 PAX THREE Unit Module - 321 PAX Four Unit Module weights A Pack: 6700Kg B Pack: 6220Kg Three Unit Module weights A Pack: 5700Kg B Pack: 5340Kg Two Unit Module weights A Pack: 4700Kg B Pack: 4460Kg NOTE: Weights differ slightly for Open Deck and Tween Deck variants. Open Deck MODULE - DETAIL GRP Housing Sectional View Tween Deck MODULE - DETAIL Door Elevation Door Cut-Out Section through MES Compartment

MARIN ARK 109 109 passenger capacity Smaller operators want the peace of mind of knowing they too have the safest and most effective evacuation system on board. Introducing RFD Marin Ark 109 the logical choice for smaller numbers of passengers at lower freeboards... Using one RFD Marin Ark liferaft together with a slide, the RFD Marin Ark 109 MES can be launched, inflated and bowsed in 145 seconds with a capacity to evacuate 109 passengers in 15 minutes. No compromise has been made to the design already synonymous with the RFD Marin Ark. The RFD Marin Ark 109 uses the same fully reversible...

UPPER DECK VIEW PROFILE VIEW Cross Section view Single Rack Unit Single Rack Unit dimensions and weights Length: 1560mm Height: 661mm Width: 995mm Weight: 262Kg * Typical MES deployment sequence

MARIN ARK OVER-CAPACITY LIFERAFTS Available in 50, 109 and 158 passenger capacities To complement our range of Marin Ark Marine Evacuation Systems, Survitec Group offers a full range of Over-Capacity liferafts to suit any deck area... Maintaining the same high standards already set by RFD Marin Ark, RFD Over-Capacity liferafts are fully reversible ensuring they inflate upright each and every time. RFD Over-Capacity liferafts integrate fully with the RFD Marin Ark MES. The liferafts are deployed and then inflated alongside the primary RFD Marin Ark MES where they are easily and efficiently...

50 person liferaft weights A Pack: 350Kg B Pack: 260Kg Rack: 240Kg 109 person Over-Capacity liferafts - variants Single Rack weights A Pack: 1025Kg B Pack: 840Kg Rack: 240Kg Double Rack weights A Pack: 2050Kg B Pack: 1680Kg Rack: 400Kg Triple Rack weights A Pack: 3075Kg B Pack: 5250Kg Rack: 200Kg QUADRUPLE RACK A Pack: 1025Kg B Pack: 840Kg Rack: 250Kg 158 person Over-Capacity liferafts - variants Single Rack weights A Pack: 1200Kg B Pack: 1040Kg Rack: 240Kg QUADRUPLE RACK A Pack: 1200Kg B Pack: 1040Kg Rack: 250Kg Double Rack weights A Pack: 2400Kg B Pack: 2080Kg Rack: 400Kg Triple Rack...