Southern Ocean Safety Equipment Southern Ocean Safety Equipment has been steadily growing over recent years due to its longevity in the marketplace and reputation for reliability and expertise. This will see it move into a new premise in the future to cater to growing demand and it has recently taken on new agencies to further improve its o ering to clients, says company director Steven Sargeant who owns Southern Ocean Safety Equipment with wife Kirstin. Southern Ocean Safety Equipment was originally established in 1974 by Blu Engineering &Welding and known as the Blu Engineering Life Raft Division. Steven started working in the life raft service area in 1994 and in 2008 he and Kirstin purchased the company and started trading as Southern Ocean Safety Equipment Limited. In 2011, Southern Ocean Safety outgrew the Blu Engineering life raft site and moved to 300 Foreshore Road. Southern Ocean Safety Equipment caters to both the commercial industry and also the pleasure boat market across New Zealand. It supplies equipment and o ers servicing to a range of clients including Work for port companies, tourismmarine operators, commercial operators, overseas shipping and government departments such as the Department of Conservation, Ministry for Primary Industries and NIWA. Products include life rafts, lifejackets, in latable boats, lares, beacons and VHFS, irst aid kits and other safety equipment such as lifebuoys, gloves, spill kits, lifejacket lights, oars and associated marine equipment. The company has developed into a recognised service provider for Marine and Aviation Safety throughout New Zealand. Southern Ocean Safety Equipment is approved by various manufacturers to carry out the servicing and testing of their brands of life raft. Its employees attend national and international revision courses to enable a continued high standard of servicing. Southern Ocean Safety Equipment is approved to service life rafts from 4 to 150 persons. It is also approved to sell and service many brands of marine lifejackets, in latable life vests, and pilots’ jackets, which are required to be serviced annually. Southern Ocean Safety Equipment uses a Telarc Quality Management System, is a New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority Maintenance License Holder and is also approved under Maritime New Zealand. Steven says a key point of di erence is that Southern Ocean Safety Equipment is a family owned and operated company. He is service technician on the loor working alongside head service technician Watihana ‘Dude’ Eruera. Kirstin takes care of o ice administration and Steven’s sister Jayne works as a lifejacket technician. Steven says this means a more personal and responsive service for clients with great service and backup when they need it. He says new products are constantly coming on the market and Southern Ocean Safety Equipment aims to o er the best available to its clients. For example it has just taken on the New Zealand agency for Fibrelight man overboard (MOB) and recovery systems and will o er SeaSafe in latable lifejackets as Steven says that the design, quality and large range opens up yet more options for Southern Ocean Safety Equipment customers. 300 Foreshore Road, Bluff 03 212 8893 www.southernoceansafety.co.nz
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