MARSS MOBtronic man overboard technology achieves phase 2 ISO21195 certification

In 2010, the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act (CVSSA) was signed into US federal law, requiring cruise ships to install systems to detect, or capture images of, man overboard incidents. ISO21195:2020 was born out of CVSSA, setting the standards for what detection systems should be designed to achieve and how they should perform.

Specifically, ISO21195:2020 requires that acceptable man overboard detection systems should have a minimum 95% detection probability and generate no more than one false alarm per day on average. Having completed Phase 1 (a documentation and design test) in early 2023, MARSS has now also completed Phase 2 that involved the testing of a detection sensor.

While Phase 2 requires a minimum of 100 detections with a 95% detection success rate, MARSS MOBtronic completed 120 tests, achieving a 100% detection success rate.

Mike Collier added, “Without man overboard detection systems, it might take a ship’s crew many hours to realise a passenger is missing, at which point they will have to search the ship, and root back through the footage of tens of cameras to try to determine whether an individual has gone overboard. Even if footage is found, it leaves search and rescue crews with a huge expanse of ocean to scan for signs of the missing person.”

“With MARSS’ MOBtronic system, crew will be alerted immediately that a person has gone overboard, automatically enabling a rapid response time and dramatically improving the opportunity of a successful rescue.”

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