Trouble free upgrades and retrofit
VIKING is a proven and trusted provider of retrofit solutions for both conventional and freefall lifeboat installations. Our extensive experience allows us to generate engineering solutions which are manufactured and installed to aggressive timescales.
Operators can upgrade or replace obsolete equipment (due to age or out of date compliance) with minimum working impact and confidence that VIKING will meet project objectives.
Installations are completed both onshore and offshore, with our site specialists working along-side operator personnel every step of the way.
Take a look at some of the upgrade and retrofit projects we have carried out.
ProjectConventional lifeboat offshore replacementAn efficient replacement of a conventional lifeboat on a fixed platform in Norway. |
ProjectReplacement of conventional lifeboat davitsIn this project, we replaced conventional lifeboat davits on a Norwegian jack-up vessel.
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ProjectAddition of free-fall lifeboat and davitOn this offshore FPSO we added a free-fall lifeboat and davit to increase capacity onboard. |
ProjectReplacement of free-fall lifeboat in existing davitOn this UK offshore fixed platform, we replaced a free-fall lifeboat in an existing davit.
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ProjectFree-fall lifeboat replacementReplacement of a free-fall lifeboat on a Norwegian offshore fixed platform.
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