Driving pirates off the rails

摘要

Marine investigations and security consultancy Gray Page has launched an all-plastic, modular barrier system, developed to prevent over-the-side access to vessels of all sizes, either by pirates, stowaways or other illegal boarders. As well as protecting ships and boats, the system, branded DFENCE, could also be used to protect offshore platforms and fixed rigs from unwanted intrusion, Gray Page claims. Managing director James Wilkes says that the company decided to develop DFENCE, its first physical offering to date, "in the absence of a product on the market that did everything we wanted it to do".