HydroPen installed on entire CMA CGM fleet

The group has been using the HydroPen on its larger containerships since 2020 and this order will now see the system rolled out to more than 270 ships.

The deal also includes Viking’s online training package, which ‘particularly impressed’ judges when they awarded the HydroPen a recent ‘Innovation in Safety’ award.

“CMA CGM wanted to make sure that its crew got the best possible prerequisites for successfully deploying the HydroPen system in a critical situation,” said Dorte Moeskjaer Hansen, Viking vice president sales regions.

“Even the most careful and safety conscious of owners and operators are at more at risk of container fires today than ever before, but fires discovered at an early stage can be extinguished quickly and easily if the right tools are available in the hands of well-trained crew,” she added.

Suitable for use with water, foam or CO2, HydroPen is attached to the deck hose as a combined drill and spray unit which penetrates the door of the box before extinguishing the fire at source.

Working on or below deck, HydroPen is put into position by a crew member using a telescopic device to fight fires from a distance at any level, with the drilling action driven by pressure in the hose.