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Safety Alert Technical 37

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UNITOR EMERGENCY ESCAPE BREATHING DEVICE – UNISCAPE 15H

Further information regarding counterfeited EEBD –sets of the Unitor/MSA type Uniscape 15H

Following Safety Alert No. 19 (please visit http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/safety_alert_tech-19.pdf copy this link into your internet browser) it has been brought to MCA attention that copies of the Unitor/MSA Emergency Escape Breathing Device (EEDB) type Uniscape 15 H are still available on board ships.

MCA strongly recommends that all Unitor Uniscape 15H EEBD’s onboard any vessel are visually inspected to ensure they are authentic Unitor products.

Full details on how to identify counterfeit products can be found in the attached Wilhelmsen Ships Service Technical Notification.

For further information please contact:

Wilhelmsen Ship Service
Strandvelen 20
NO-1366 Lysaker
PO Bob. 33
Norway


For further information please contact Marine Technology Branch, MCA Tel: +44 (0) 2380 329 100 Issued: July 2011