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PFD types explained: which life jacket for which work
What PFD Type I, III and V and the ISO 12402 buoyancy levels mean, and how each MM life jacket and work vest is listed against them.
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Buyer guides
Short answers to the questions a specification raises, with the figures drawn from our own catalogue data.
SOLAS vs non-SOLAS: what the approval actually means
What SOLAS, the LSA Code and IRS type approval are, why two life jackets that look alike are priced apart, and what to ask a supplier before you buy.
Buoyancy explained: what a newton rating means for a wearer
Why a life jacket is rated in newtons, how 150 N relates to a wearer’s weight, and how MM’s jackets are listed by buoyancy and user weight.
Choosing fishnet floats: purse seine, gill net and trawl
Which MM fishnet float is listed for purse seine and gill nets, which for trawling and breeding, and how the virgin and regular grades and sizes are named.
Navigation light configurations for 12 m and 20 m boats
The lights a power-driven vessel shows under the COLREGs, the visibility ranges for boats under and over 12 metres, and MM’s 12 and 20 series lights.
GeM procurement guide for marine safety equipment
What the Government e Marketplace is, what a procurement officer needs from a supplier of life jackets and lifebuoys, and the GeM registration MM states.