The company’s new thermal lifejacket, PV9720, has been tested and approved according to new lifejacket performance standards, as well as existing thermal requirements. It is the first on the market to comply with both, the company claimed.
Protection against hypothermia is essential when operating in cold waters. The PV9720 lifejacket is specially designed to protect against loss of body temperature with a built-in neoprene torso covering the core body, head and crotch area. It has high turning capabilities, high face freeboard and superior field of vision and reach, for example, when entering a liferaft.
Finally, a new slim profile design ensures easy donning – while reducing storage space by about 20%, VIKING said.
The company claimed that the new SOLAS-approved thermal protective lifejacket is the only one on the market designed, tested, verified and approved to both the latest lifejacket performance requirements described in MSC 200 and the thermal protection performance standards of MSC/Circ. 922.
VIKING explained that in a changing market, vessels built in South Korea, sailing under the Panama flag, might now be operating in the Norwegian sector - and thus must adhere to both SOLAS and flag state requirements, as well as local standards.