Ball-release lifeboat from box ready to make splash

Craig Eason - Tuesday 9 February 2010

THE Danish company behind a novel lifeboat launch system using a container has teamed up with a German boatmaker to promote and develop the concept, writes Craig Eason.

Copenhagen-based Nadiro has been testing and developing its new launch davit, which uses a patented ball design instead of a hook to release the lifeboat from the launch wires, a...