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Practical marine-safety service guidance for captains, engineers and vessel managers working through Sint Maarten.
Liferafts 12
Choose the right liferaft for your vessel
Start with the vessel's actual operation
How to choose a liferaft brand
Product fit comes before brand preference
When is a liferaft service due?
Start with the record, not an assumed interval
What to send before liferaft service
Create one identity set for each raft
Plan a liferaft rental around the voyage
First decide what the rental must cover
Arimar liferafts: identification and service guide
Separate model, market variant and emergency pack
Duarry liferafts: identification and service guide
Use both names correctly: Duarry is the brand; Ausmar is the manufacturer
Eurosafe marine safety equipment: identification and service guide
Begin with a complete equipment identity
Sea-Safe liferafts: identification and service guide
Capture the label and the installation as one record
Switlik liferafts: identification and service guide
Record the complete part number, not a guessed family name
VIKING safety equipment: identification and service guide
Read the VIKING identification plate before reading the service date
Youlong liferafts: identification and service guide
Make the physical label the primary source
Fire 6
Fire extinguisher types and applications
Identify the fuels and credible fire classes
Prepare marine fire extinguishers for service
Reconcile the register with the equipment aboard
Buckeye fire extinguishers: selection and service guide
Read the nameplate, rating and cylinder markings together
Dräger marine safety equipment: identification and service guide
Identify the complete assembly and every pressure vessel
ECOFEX fire extinguishers: identification and service guide
Record medium, rating and approval from the delivered unit
Sea-Fire marine systems: identification and service guide
Record the cylinder nameplate and the complete system architecture
Cylinders 1
Beacons & distress signals 3
ACR emergency beacons: identification and service guide
Record the beacon identity without activating it
Ocean Signal beacons: identification and service guide
Use the exact model and identity label
Comet marine distress signals: identification and readiness guide
Inventory each signal by purpose, approval, lot and expiry