Ship evacuation system
MARIN ARK 430 RFD Beaufort

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RFD has manufactured and installed over 1000 Marin Ark liferafts across the globe. There is no doubt that RFD Marin Ark is now renowned as the system of choice for large passenger vessels.

Marin Ark is the world's safest and fastest method of transferring passengers and crew from the vessel into liferafts. In the case of an emergency, no other system is as efficient or effective. One simple release action activates the deployment of the system, which is fully inflated and operational within 90 seconds of deployment.

The liferafts are fully reversible, ensuring Marin Ark inflates upright each and every time, and evacuation chutes are fully enclosed ensuring no passenger is exposed to the elements at any time during evacuation. Once deployed the system is uniquely designed to ensure utmost stability in even the toughest heavy sea conditions.

Why Marin Ark?

Safety First

The RFD Marin Ark MES makes safety a priority. Fully reversible liferafts, suspended floor, multi redundancy liferaft chambers & dual chute evacuation (rapid & dry shod) are just some of the Marin Ark features which make it the safest MES in the world.

Easy to deploy

Marin Ark is the easiest MES to operate on the market. One simple release action deploys the full system, with no bowsing of additional liferafts required. This reduces the number of crew required to operate the system, hence reducing owner costs.

Fast and efficient servicing

RFD operates a 'swap-out' service during Marin Ark servicing, to ensure minimum vessel downtime.