New mini-chute and mini-slide installations from Viking

摘要

For smaller vessels with evacuation heights between 1.5m and 20m, Viking Life-Saving Equipment has designed two rapid escape systems. These are the Viking evacuation mini-chute (VEMC) and the Viking mini-slide evacuation system (VEMS). A VEMC installation is claimed to be able to evacuate 354 people within 30 minutes and is SOLAS approved according to IMO resolution MSC 81 (70). The basic system consists of a chute and a 101-person liferaft, which are suitable for evacuation heights between 5m and 20m. A recent installation featured in this journal was that on the Spanish ferry Volcan de Tindaya.