New partnership in liferafts

Two major players in the safety business are joining forces to help customers simplify their life raft compliance issues. Through this agreement with the Survitec Group, Wilhelmsen Ships Service is introducing Unitor-branded life rafts to the maritime market.

From October 2008 the Survitec Group will manufacture the ?Unitor? brand life raft for Wilhelmsen Ships Service for sale in their worldwide network and for their life raft leasing programme. Customers will be supplied with high quality life rafts from a large survival products manufacturer, and will benefit from a global servicing network supported by both companies? networks.

“Our partnership with Survitec is a logical step in our strategy to become the shaper of the maritime service industry through our strong brand names. This partnership will further enable us to improve our customers? operational efficiency,” says David Tandy, President of Wilhelmsen Ships Service.

Uel McChesney (CEO of the Survitec Group) welcomed the agreement with Wilhelmsen Ships Service. “This is an important strategic alliance which will serve to further improve marine safety standards. This gives ship owners and operators greater access to high quality safety and survival equipment backed by Survitec?s design and manufacturing technology, supported worldwide by the Unitor and Survitec service networks.”