Self-Managed Man Overboard Locating Systems…

Rapid Alert and Locating of your own crew when 1 minute can mean the difference between life and death...…with the added advantage of integrating with Coast Guard Search & Rescue on 121.5MHz
 
 
Man Overboard Rescue – Fishing Vessel Sinks.

Crew members wearing lifejackets with Sea Marshall® Alerting Units fitted are located and rescued.

Vessel Cordero registered in Spain. The fishing vessel, with a crew of 8, had purchased 5 lifejackets with Sea Marshall PLB8-LR’SOS®’ units fitted for the deck crew. Only four crewmembers where found, three were alive, one died due to hypothermia. All of the four located individuals were wearing lifejackets with Sea Marshall® AUs fitted. Un-officially it was confirmed that the SAR helicopter received the PLB8-LR’SOS®’ signal from 30 miles. The remaining crew members were never located, it can only be assumed they were not wearing any type of lifejacket. One jacket with a Sea Marshall® AU fitted was found afloat with nobody wearing it. The vessel went down at 0139CMt off the Spanish coast in a force 10 storm with waves over 10 metres, details of exact location to be confirmed. It is believed from eye witness reports that the vessel hit a container in the middle of the storm as a loud crashing noise was heard and the vessel subsequently sank in less than 3 minutes. The ships GPS 406MHz beacon did not function correctly when automatically deployed, it did not send out a GPS position only a general alert that the vessel was sinking. SAR arrived on the scene some two and a half hours later because of this failure, despite this the SAR helicopter was able to immediately track and recover the crewmembers wearing the lifejackets with Sea Marshall AUs fitted.

Advantages of the Sea Marshall System…

• No Satellites = no unnecessary time delays & no false alarms,
• No Proximity Alert fields = no restriction to vessel size/no false alerts,
• No re-charging of Alerting Units = 24/7 coverage 365 days a year (AUs have a 5 year user replaceable battery + battery test indicator)
• No Airtime Contracts = no hidden costs,
• Fully automatic = once installed you leave it to do its job,
• Gives Immediate Alert of MOB (5 seconds)
• Precise Tracking of MOB in the water, both by Fishing vessel and Coastguards, (not possible with proximity alert systems)
• Easy to install, easy to use, highly Robust, easy to service and maintain
• Tried and tested systems…we have systems that have been in operation in the North Sea for over a decade
• Fulfills all the risk assessment criteria for Man Overboard scenarios for commercial operators

Which is why the Sea Marshall system is used by these people, amongst others…

• Most of the Oil & Gas operators in the North Sea (including helicopter transit)
• UK Coast Guard MIRG/Danish Coast Guards/ Canadian Coast Guards/Spanish Coastguards…amongst others
• Deep Sea & River Pilots around the UK
• The Spanish Fishing Fleet…Due to the extreme environments faced by fishermen the Spanish Government have taken the step of passing a law requiring every Spanish fishing vessel to have a Man Overboard system fitted, we are pleased to say that the Sea Marshall® system satisfied the in-depth risk assessment and approvals process for fishing vessels undertaken by the authorities (proximity alert systems and satellite based systems were deemed unfit for purpose for Man Overboard for Fishing Vessels!)

For sales the following are approved distributors of the Sea Marshall® MOB systems

Scotland

Blue Anchor Fire and Safety
100 Shore Street
Fraserburgh
Aberdeenshire
AB43 9BT
Tel 01346 511050
Mob 07875 552702
Fax 01346 511050
e-mail: scott@blueanchor-fs.co.uk

England

- Devon & Cornwall

Western Training Association
Crownhill Fort, Crownhill Fort Road,
Crownhill,
Plymouth,
PL6 5BX
Tel: 01752 770 589
Fax: 01752 774 809
e-mail: swifta@btconnect.com
Website: www.swta.co.uk

- Southcoast

Southern Fish Training Assocation
81, Old Farm Lane,
Stubbington
Hampshire
PO14 2BY
e-mail: asandham@sfita.co.uk

For other regions in England contact your local Training Association (see below) or MRT ltd. direct on…

Marine Rescue Technologies Ltd.
(1st Floor) 35, North Bar Within, Beverley,
East Yorkshire,
HU17 8DB
Tel: 01482 475 850
Fax: 01482 475 855
e-mail: sos@seamarshall.com

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Shetland Fisheries Training Association Caroline Hepburn Training Coordinator Port Arthur Scalloway Shetland ZE1 0UN Tel:   01595 772 000 Fax:  01595 772 001 E-mail: caroline.hepburn@nafc.uhi.ac.uk Website: www.nafc.ac.uk	Fish Industry Training Association (Highlands & Islands) Lachie Paterson Training Coordinator 20 Tormhor Carradale By Campbeltown Argyllshire PA28 6SD Tel/Fax:  01583 431570 E-mail: lachie.paterson@btinternet.com
Western Isles Sea Fisheries Training Association Duncan MacInnes Training Coordinator Craigard New Valley Isle of Lewis HS2 0DW Tel/Fax: 01851 702 385 E-mail: duncan@craigard.co.uk	North East Fishermen's Training Association Moyra Patience Training Co-ordinator Suite 4 2 Port Henry Pier Peterhead AB42 1ZY Tel: 01779 478 751 Fax: 01779 478 288 E-mail: moyra@nefta.info Website: www.nefta.info
Anglo-Scottish Sea Fish Industry Group Training Association Dennis Osborne 2 Clifford's Fort North Shields Tyne & Wear NE30 1JE Tel:  0191 2961925 or 01665 581310 Mobile: 07702 042551 e-mail: dennis@osborne44.freeserve.co.uk Website: www.seafoodtrainingcentre.co.uk	Sea Fish Industry Training Association (Northern Ireland) Maritta Culley Training Centre Manager c/o John Warnock Centre (off Princess Anne Road) Portavogie County Down Northern Ireland BT22 1EA Tel/Fax:  02842 771 556 Mobile: 07803 607178 E-mail: sfitaportavogie@btinternet.com
North West Sea Fish Industry Training Association Arthur Brecknell Training Coordinator Siding Road Fleetwood Lancashire FY7 6NS Tel: 01253 779220 Mobile: 07736 941434 E-mail: northwestgta@cs.com www.northwestgta.co.uk	Hull Fishing Industry Training Association Kim Wood Training Coordinator and Secretary c/o J Marr Buildings St Andrews Dock Hull East Yorkshire HU3 4PN Tel: 01482 228385 Fax: 01482 228374 E-mail: training@hfita.karoo.co.uk
Eastern Sea Fish Industry Training Association Clive Monk Training Coordinator 12 Windsor Park Dereham Norfolk NR19 2SU Tel: 01362 699067 E-mail:  clivemonk@esta.wanadoo.co.uk Website: www.eastern-seafish.org.uk	The Yorkshire and Humber Ports Group Training Association has ceased business. For training in that area, contact Seafish on 01482 327 837 or email training@seafish.co.uk
Southern Fish Industry Training Association Alan Sandham Training Manager 81 Old Farm Lane Stubbington Hampshire PO14 2BY Tel/Fax: 01329 311371 E-mail: asandham@sfita.co.uk Website: www.sfita.co.uk	Western Training Association Crownhill Fort Crownhill Fort Road Crownhill Plymouth PL6 5BX Tel:  01752 770589 Fax: 01752 774809 E-mail: swifta@btconnect.com Website: www.swta.co.uk
Welsh Sea Fish Industry Training Association Jim Williamson Training Coordinator PO Box 20 Llandeilo SA19 6XD Tel:  01558 824099 Fax: 01558 823125 E-mail: welshsfi@aol.com	Scottish Seafood Training Association Charlie McBeth Training Coordinator c/o AFCAMA South Esplanade West Aberdeen AB11 9FJ Tel:  01224 897744 Fax: 01244 871405 E-mail:  charlie@aberdeenfish.co.uk
Greater London Seafish Training Association Adam WhittleTraining Coordinator Office 36 Billingsgate Market Trafalgar Way London E14 5ST Tel:  0207 517 3545 Fax: 0207 517 3535 E-mail: info@london-seafish.org.uk Website: www.london-seafish.org.uk	Midlands Sea Fish Industry Group Training Association Michael Pili Training Coordinator 58 Dower Road Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield West Midlands B75 6TX Tel/Fax: 0121 308 0229 E-mail: mikepili@blueyonder.co.uk Website: www.midlands-seafish.org.uk
Orkney Fisheries Training Association Jeff Temple Training Coordinator Gaudiesback Innertown Stromness KW16 3JW Tel:   01856 850103 E-mail: jeff@stromness.fsbusiness.co.uk	West of Scotland Seafish Training Association Shona McBean Training Coordinator Rockallhead House Collin Dumfries DG1 4JW Tel:  01387 750420 E-mail: wossta@aol.com Website: www.wossta.co.uk