Marine services in Viareggio for safety at sea
Versilia Marine Service offers nautical services in Viareggio dedicated to navigational safety, the inspection, maintenance and management of essential onboard equipment. Its services cover individual and collective lifesaving equipment, emergency location and signalling systems, firefighting equipment, rescue boats, and repairs to RIBs and tenders. Its experience in the sector enables the company to assist customers in choosing and managing equipment, with attention to manufacturers’ technical instructions and key nautical regulations. The aim is to keep equipment that helps protect people and vessels fully operational by correctly scheduling inspections, servicing and maintenance work.
Main marine services
The business provides services and equipment dedicated to safety, rescue and emergency management at sea:
- self-inflating liferafts (liferats);
- dinghy repair service (dinghies repair service);
- emergency and rescue boats (rescue boats);
- man-overboard recovery equipment (man over board recovery modules);
- self-inflating lifejackets (lifejackets);
- immersion suits for survival at sea immersion suits);
- portable fire extinguishers (fire-extinguishers);
- on-board fire-fighting systems (fire-fighting system);
- self-contained breathing apparatus (breathing devices);
- hydrostatic release units (hydrostatic release units);
- emergency release hooks (safety release hooks);
- EPIRBs;
- radar transponders.
The marine services therefore cover different aspects of on-board safety, from equipment for recovery and survival at sea to signalling, locating and fire-protection systems. Versilia Marine Service also handles RIBs, tenders and emergency boats, providing repair and maintenance assistance according to the craft’s condition and characteristics. Coordinating these activities provides a single point of reference for various marine-safety needs, avoiding the separate consideration of devices that, in emergency procedures, are often part of a broader protection system.
U-SAFE
Remote-controlled device designed to assist in the recovery of people in difficulty in the water.
AIRMARKER
Visual signalling system designed to make a person in an emergency situation easier to locate.
Emergency boats
Solutions for inflatable boats, tenders and rescue boats used for lifesaving and support activities on board.
Fire Fighting Equipment
Fire extinguishers, fire-fighting systems and self-contained breathing apparatus for preventing and dealing with fires on board.
SART
Search and Rescue Radar Transponders designed to make location easier during search and rescue operations.
Liferaft servicing station
In Viareggio, Versilia Marine Service has an inflatable liferaft servicing stationequipped with professional instruments and equipment. Inspections allow the condition of the liferaft and its components to be checked and the necessary work to be carried out in accordance with the technical procedures applicable to the various types of equipment. Once servicing is complete, the relevant certification is issued on the manufacturer’s headed paper.
Regular liferaft maintenance is particularly important because it concerns equipment intended for use in emergency conditions. For this reason, work is carried out taking into account the product’s specific characteristics, the manufacturer’s instructions and the applicable deadlines. Where necessary, spare parts supplied by the partners and manufacturers with which Versilia Marine Service works are used. The presence of a dedicated station also makes it possible to combine liferaft servicing with other nautical services in Viareggio for maintaining safety equipment carried on board.
Technical support, regulations and spare parts
Versilia Marine Service staff regularly attend refresher courses on marine regulations and the technical instructions for the equipment they handle, also with support from the manufacturers. These manufacturers are also a point of reference for supplying the spare parts required for servicing and maintenance.
This expertise enables the company to complement its marine services in Viareggio with technical support tailored to the characteristics of each item of equipment and the procedures required to keep it efficient and safe on board.
