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VIKING Service Best PracticeVIKING Container cleaning and repairing

Our containers spend their lives in harsh and sometimes dangerous environments. When leaving our production, the contai-ners are all shiny, clean, and have no trace of neither wear nor tear. To keep this state maintained throughout multiple years at seas would be unrealistic.

Wear and tear can be described as ine-vitably damage that naturally occurs as a result of normal wear and aging. Wear and tear is a form of depreciation which is assumed to occur even when an item is used competently and with care and proper maintenance.

The container is designed to protect the inflatable liferaft against UV rays and sea-water, but still to allow condensation water to exit the container and therefore not 100% watertight. Inside the container the liferaft is wrapped in either plastic or aluminum pack-ing bags, so unless the container has open holes the liferaft is still well protected until the next annual service.

Smaller cracks or scratches in the surface (gelcoat) are not putting the functionality nor the lifetime of the liferaft at risk. These smaller cracks or scratches can occur during transportation and handling onboard and they will be repaired at the next annual service. All service stations and service technicians are trained and equip-ped to repair the containers, even if it is larger damages.

Still, we need to ensure that the containers returned to our customers possess a certain level of standard. Most ship owners, class, port and flag surveyors are viewing the appearance of the container as an indicator of the quality of service.

The VIKING service kit contains new labels and container closing bands to ensure thatall labelling are renewed at each service, as well as the container closing bands.

Unfortunately, from time to time, we still receive customer complaints deriving from container not cleaned or repaired to a satis-factorily level. This is very disturbing to our reputation and customer satisfaction and should of course be avoided.

By following these guidelines, technicians will always be sure to comply with VIKING’s container cleaning and repairing standards, and hence avoid any cases of customer dissatisfaction and complaints from container issues.

Service stations using the VIKING iPad electronical check list should take pictures of the container after service is completed to document conditions in case of transportation damages.

Finally please note that best practice is to keep a smaller quantity of containers in good conditions from condemned liferafts in stock to replace heavily damaged or misco-lored containers on older liferafts still in good conditions.

1/7HHM2021-11-01 Edition 1Service Best PracticeAppropriate use of Service Best Practice

No Type Size Action

1 Surface hole (glass fiber level) 0-10 cm (diameter)

Repair surface according to manual (17.1.1.A)

2 Hole (gone through container) <10x10 cm (diameter)

Repair hole according to manual (17.1.1.A)

3 Hole (gone through) >10x10 cm (diameter)

Change container

4Container slot

Any sizeThe areas around container slots are not allow to be repaired. If area damaged the container has to be replace

5 Scratches (surface) >5 cm Repair scratch according to manual (17.1.1.A)

6

Hair line cracks

All sizes

No action – Further documentation required for ship owner, class or authorities - Use the letter dated May 2017 issued by VIKING Engineering Department, which has been attac-hed to these cleaning and repairing standards

7Miscolors from ship deck or painting

>5 cm in lengthUse grinder, VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273), and sponge to remove paint (12.1.2.A)

8 Miscolors: Paint spills <2 cm in length Use grinder and VIKING container cleaning gel

(item nr: 1060273) to remove paint

9Miscolors: Ship name and home port painted on container

Use grinder and VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273) to remove paint. Print out stickers with vessel name, and home port and attach to container

10Miscolors: Corrosion residue on container

Clean container with VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273) and remove as much as practically possible

11Miscolors: Gelcoat turns yellow

Clean container with VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273). The yellow miscoloring is coming from below the gelcoat, so there is no repair possibilities


Cleaning and repairing of containers


• Surface hole (glass fiber level)

• 0-10 cm (diameter)

• Repair surface according to manual (17.1.1.A)

• Hole (gone through container)

• <10x10 cm (diameter)

• Repair hole according to manual (17.1.1.A)

• Hole (gone through)

• >10x10 cm (diameter)

• Change container

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• Container slot

• Any size

• The areas around container slots are not allow to be repaired. If area damaged the container has to be replace

• Scratches (surface)

• >5 cm

• Repair scratch according to manual (17.1.1.A)

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Let cleaning gel stay on container for a few minutes, otherwise it will not work!

• Hair line cracks

• All sizes

• No action – Further documentation required for ship owner, class or authorities. - Use the letter dated May 2017 issued by VIKING Engineering Department, which has been attached to these cleaning and repairing standards

• Miscolors from ship deck or painting

• >5 cm in length

• Use grinder, VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273), and sponge to remove paint (12.1.2.A)

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• Miscolors: Paint spills

• <2 cm in length

• Use grinder and VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273) to remove paint

• Miscolors: Ship name and home port painted on container

• Use grinder and VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273) to remove paint. Print out stickers with vessel name, and home port and attach to container

• Miscolors: Corrosion residue on container

• Clean container with VIKING container clea-ning gel (item nr: 1060273) and remove as much as practically possible

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• Miscolors: Gelcoat turns yellow

• Clean container with VIKING container cleaning gel (item nr: 1060273). The yellow miscoloring is coming from below the gelcoat, so there is no repair possibilities

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