New lightweight high performance chain boosts ship arrestor project

摘要

Norway's Miko Marine reports that progress with the European Ship Arrestor Project has been boosted following the development of a suitable lightweight chain. The two-year Ship Arrestor project is aimed at introducing a technique that will enable a tow line and sea anchor to be attached to an unmanned vessel with engine failure. The sea anchor will reduce the ship's drift and create more time for it to be reached by rescue tugs before grounding. It is designed to be deployed by a conventional search and rescue helicopter that will drop the tow line around the winch gear on the foredeck of the abandoned vessel. The helicopter then lays the line upwind and releases it attached to a sea anchor.