Miko Marine AS of Oslo has signed on as one of the founding members of the Paris-based Maritime Passive Safety Association (MPSA). It has joined the fledgling organization to support its aim of encouraging the shipping industry to build ships that include features that will enable them to cope better in an environmental crisis. Miko Marine's products include the ShipArrestor, a sea anchor designed to turn a supertanker into the wind and halve the speed of its drift in the event of engine failure. The ShipArrestor project is also designed as a helicopter-delivered salvage tool whose anchor creates more time for a ship to be put on-tow before grounding with disastrous consequences for the environment and those onboard.
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