Mid-June, eight crew members of a Turkish cargo ship, Haksa, were evacuated after the freighter started sinking off of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea. A distress signal was sent around 4 AM once Haksa started taking in water and the ship’s engine room flooded.
Italian and Croatian rescue agencies alerted all vessels in the vicinity of the incident, and Survitec’s DSB Davit Launch liferaft was inflated during the coordinated rescue operation. Eight crew members were evacuated safely, and the captain and four more crew members remained on board to try to keep the ship afloat until rescue units arrived. The evacuated crew were taken to Split, Croatia, and the Haksa was towed to the nearby Brodotrogir shipyard in Trogir for repairs.
Survitec’s DSB Liferaft
Survitec, a global leader in survival and safety solutions, manufactures its products to the highest quality standards. Its DSB range of liferafts optimises stability, insulation, visibility and ease of stowage. Each raft is designed to be deployed on a davit and have all passengers boarded before being safely lowered to the water.
Fully approved ensuring its suitability for any commercial vessel, the DSB liferaft has many key features such as double-coated corrosion and abrasion resistant rubber, semi-rigid easy access boarding ramp, large water pockets to ensure maximum stability when inflated, and a fully insulated floor to ensure thermal protection.
The DSB LR97 utilised during the Turkish cargo ship evacuation was last serviced in Turkey by one of Survitec’s approved network service stations.
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