FROG on show
Reflex Marine, a specialist in offshore personnel access by crane, exhibited its production FROG-XT transfer device range, with its advanced design and cutting edge technology, for the first time at Offshore Europe.
Having unveiled the prototype at OE in 2013, Reflex Marine was really excited to show the finished product at this years’ show. Attendees were amongst the first to see and interact with the FROG-XT.
The company is best known for its transfer devices, the FROG and TORO and now, the FROG-XT. The company claims it is involved with more than one million safe personnel transfers annually.
Philip Strong, CEO, said: “Reflex Marine is proud to have set new standards and expectations for the industry. Through changing the perspective of crew transfer from being seen as inherently high-risk, to being accepted as a manageable activity that can be performed safely and cost effectively, we can ensure continuity and safety in offshore operations. The FROG-XT is our latest development to support our mission of raising safety standards offshore.”
More than twenty years’ experience and expertise has gone into the development of the FROG-XT range. With a choice of four, six and 10 person capacity devices, the FROG-XT offers operators a flexible solution to their personnel transfer needs. The device can be converted to MedEvac mode in the case of an emergency to transfer a casualty and accompanying passenger.
Designed to protect from all the key risks associated with crane transfer, Reflex Marine says that the FROG-XT is the safest range of personnel transfer devices on the market. The range has undergone a rigorous testing programme including full-scale immersion, self-righting, impact and free-fall testing. Testing was conducted both at Reflex Marine’s facility at Barcelona Harbour and at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas.
By Jake Frith
