Bridgehill News

VIKING Life-saving Equipment has drawn on its experience as a pioneering supplier of professional-grade structural firefighting equipment to ensure that seafarers can have the same level of firesuit protection as their land-based counterparts. In a direct response to rising shipboard electrical fire numbers, VIKING is offering shipowners the option to specify suits that include both professional-grade outer shells and moisture barrier protection against water penetration and steam burns. Regi...

As part of its ever-intensifying focus on marine fire safety, VIKING has reached agreements to distribute Bridgehill’s fire blankets and the Rosenbauer Battery Extinguisher System (BEST) to maritime customers worldwide. The agreements are key outcomes of a project focusing on fire safety needs arising from the growing electric vehicle numbers moving by ship and more initiatives are to be added in the future. Fires due to EVs All cars carried by ship are classified as Dangerous Goods (DG...