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Safety helmet colour code: who wears which colour
White, yellow, red, blue, orange, green and grey: the helmet colour scheme MM’s brochure suggests, why IS 2925 sets none, and how a site should apply one.
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From the range
What the standards ask for, what buyers check, and MM’s range with the figures as MM lists them.
Life jackets
How to choose a life jacket: five questions
Who will wear it, on what water, under which rules, foam or inflatable, and with what extras: five questions that lead to the right life jacket.
Life jackets for children: sizes, fit and features
How children’s life jackets are sized, the features that matter (lifting loop, leg strap, head support), how to check the fit, and MM’s child sizes.
Life jackets for fishermen: what works on a working deck
What makes a life jacket wearable all day on a fishing boat: freedom to work, no snags, heat, buoyancy, light and whistle, and the season to check them.
Life jackets for kayaking, boating and water sports
Which life jacket or buoyancy aid suits kayaking, rafting, boating and other water sports, how much buoyancy each needs, and how to wear it for the activity.
How to wear a life jacket properly, step by step
Putting a life jacket on, fastening and fitting it, the lift test, jumping in from a height, and what to do once you are in the water.
Why life jackets are orange: colour and reflective tape
Why the LSA Code asks for vivid reddish orange, what retro-reflective tape does at night, and where colour and tape are placed on MM’s jackets.
Inflatable or foam life jacket? How to choose
How inflatable and foam life jackets differ, automatic and manual inflation, servicing, who should wear foam, and where a buoyancy aid fits in.
SOLAS life jacket requirements: the tests behind approval
What the LSA Code asks of a SOLAS life jacket: the 4.5 m jump, turning a wearer face-up in 5 seconds, 120 mm of freeboard, the light, the whistle and the sizes.
Life jacket sizes by weight: infant, child, adult, oversize
How life jacket sizes work: the SOLAS weight and height classes, why buoyancy in newtons is not body weight, and every MM model by user weight and buoyancy.
How long does a life jacket last? Inspection and replacement
Foam life jackets carry no fixed expiry date. What SOLAS asks for inspection and servicing, a checklist for each jacket, and the signs it must be replaced.
Buying life jackets in bulk: what to check before you order
For fleets, ports, agencies and tenders: eight checks on a life jacket quote, from the approval and certificate to user weight, sizes, marking and documents.
Yoke-type life jackets for commercial vessels: how they work
How a yoke-type life jacket is shaped to improve self-righting and fold flat for stowage, with MM’s MMLJ and the child-sized MMLJC as the example.
Work vest or life jacket? The MMWV and MMWVCG explained
The difference between a work vest and a life jacket, and what MM lists for the MMWV (100 N, Type III) and the MMWVCG coast-guard vest (78 N, Type V).
Lifebuoys, lights and lifelines
Man overboard: what to do in the first minute
Shout, point, throw, mark, turn and call: the first actions when someone falls overboard, and the lifebuoy, light and line that make a recovery possible.
The LSA Code, chapter by chapter: life-saving appliances
What the International Life-Saving Appliance Code covers, chapter by chapter, from lifebuoys and lifejackets to signals, survival craft and rescue boats.
Radar reflectors: why a small boat should carry one
Why wooden and plastic boats are hard for a ship’s radar to see, how a radar reflector fixes it, and how to mount one in the catch-rain position, and how high.
Lifebuoy ring specification: size, weight and SOLAS rules
SOLAS lifebuoy rules in plain terms: size and weight limits, the 30 m drop, how many rings a ship carries, and the lights and lines that go with them.
Life jacket and lifebuoy lights: what SOLAS requires
A life jacket light must give 0.75 cd for 8 hours; a lifebuoy light 2 cd for 2 hours. The SOLAS rules for both, how they switch on, and MM’s two lights.
Safety helmets
Parts of a safety helmet: shell, harness, headband, strap
The parts of an industrial safety helmet and what each does: shell, suspension harness, headband, sweatband and chin strap, with MM’s CH01 as the example.
Safety helmet types and classes: ANSI, EN 397 and IS 2925
What Type I and II and Classes G, E and C mean under ANSI Z89.1, the optional markings of EN 397, and how both sit beside IS 2925 in India.
IS 2925 safety helmets: what the ISI mark means, how to check it
The tests IS 2925 sets for an industrial safety helmet, how to verify an ISI mark’s licence in the BIS Care app, and when a helmet should be replaced.
Ratchet or nape headband? Choosing a safety helmet headband (CH01, CH02)
How MM’s two safety helmet models differ: the CH01 with ratchet push-and-pull adjustment and the CH02 nape type, each with or without ventilation.
Fishing
Purse seine, gill net and trawl: how each one works
How purse seining, gill netting and trawling catch fish, how floats and sinkers set each net in the water, and which floats each method uses.
Fishnet floats: hard plastic, EVA foam and pipe floats
How hollow plastic floats, solid EVA foam floats and pipe floats differ, what each is good for, and the buoyancy MM lists for its floats.
Safety equipment for a fishing boat: a practical checklist
A practical checklist of life-saving and navigation kit for a fishing boat: life jackets, a lifebuoy ring, lights, radar reflector, bilge pump and fire blanket.
Net mending needles, pulleys and hand casters for fishing boats
The fishing hardware MM lists beside its floats: nylon and PP pulleys, the well pulley, net mending needles, the hand caster and the Scorpio flashing light.
Boat equipment
How to use a fire blanket, step by step
How to put out a pan fire with a fire blanket, how long to leave it, the mistakes that spread a fire, and where to keep one on a boat or in a kitchen.
How to read a wind sock: direction and speed
A wind sock shows where the wind blows from and roughly how strong it is: how to read the stripes, where to mount one, and what to check in use.
Sizing a bilge pump: GPH, lift and float switches
Why a bilge pump never delivers its rated GPH, how lift, hose and voltage cut the flow, and how a float switch runs the pump when no one is aboard.
Choosing a boat steering compass: bracket, surface or flush mount
How a boat steering compass mounts and is lit at night, with the Ritchie bracket and surface mounts and the Navtech 35 and 65 that MM lists.
Tubs, buckets and baskets
Tubs, buckets and baskets: every size MM lists
MM’s plastic tubs from 14″ to 24″, mesh baskets from 11″ to 21″ and the 23″ fishing bucket, with their virgin and eco grades and handle options, in one place.
Buying & tenders
How to choose a life jacket: five questions
Who will wear it, on what water, under which rules, foam or inflatable, and with what extras: five questions that lead to the right life jacket.
Buying life jackets in bulk: what to check before you order
For fleets, ports, agencies and tenders: eight checks on a life jacket quote, from the approval and certificate to user weight, sizes, marking and documents.
Testing & approvals
The LSA Code, chapter by chapter: life-saving appliances
What the International Life-Saving Appliance Code covers, chapter by chapter, from lifebuoys and lifejackets to signals, survival craft and rescue boats.
Safety helmet types and classes: ANSI, EN 397 and IS 2925
What Type I and II and Classes G, E and C mean under ANSI Z89.1, the optional markings of EN 397, and how both sit beside IS 2925 in India.
Lifebuoy ring specification: size, weight and SOLAS rules
SOLAS lifebuoy rules in plain terms: size and weight limits, the 30 m drop, how many rings a ship carries, and the lights and lines that go with them.
SOLAS life jacket requirements: the tests behind approval
What the LSA Code asks of a SOLAS life jacket: the 4.5 m jump, turning a wearer face-up in 5 seconds, 120 mm of freeboard, the light, the whistle and the sizes.
Life jacket and lifebuoy lights: what SOLAS requires
A life jacket light must give 0.75 cd for 8 hours; a lifebuoy light 2 cd for 2 hours. The SOLAS rules for both, how they switch on, and MM’s two lights.
IS 2925 safety helmets: what the ISI mark means, how to check it
The tests IS 2925 sets for an industrial safety helmet, how to verify an ISI mark’s licence in the BIS Care app, and when a helmet should be replaced.
Inspection & care
How long does a life jacket last? Inspection and replacement
Foam life jackets carry no fixed expiry date. What SOLAS asks for inspection and servicing, a checklist for each jacket, and the signs it must be replaced.
Looking for the standards behind a specification? The buyer guides explain PFD types, buoyancy, SOLAS approvals, floats, navigation lights and GeM.