How Specialized Products for the Maritime Environment Led One of the World’s Leading Ship Builders to Turn to FAAF Enterprises
Next-generation cruise liners require durability, reliability, and an elevated passenger experience. With expertise in this specialized market, FAAF Enterprises works alongside world-renowned shipbuilder Meyer Group to ensure these vessels are ready to meet crew and passenger expectations.
Unique Requirements
The always-moving maritime environment is a challenge for the durability of materials at sea. This requires a specialized elevator design. To provide safe and efficient service for crew and guests, maritime elevators have specialized software configurations. In heavy rolling seas, the elevators on ships are programmed to detect excessive motions and park automatically on pre-determined decks to avoid damage.
Servicing elevators and escalators onboard cannot be managed like in buildings. To ensure elevators and escalators run smoothly and safely, the crew onboard are specifically trained by FAAF Enterprises and provided extensive remote support to perform routine checks and tackle issues.
Innovation
For the first four vessels delivered by Meyer Shipyards, FAAF Enterprises transported and installed special operating features such as luggage mode, gangway deck mode, and RFID-based priority service, along with ReGen drives for energy efficiency. We also installed:
- 88 passenger elevators
- 24 maritime escalators
- 8 freight lifts
- 68 service elevators
- 6 handicapped lifts
- EMS Panorama Elevator Management System
FAAF Enterprises delivered and installed more than 190 specialized elevators and escalators for four cruise ships.
Performance and Style
Elegance, refinement, and style are words often associated with cruises. Every detail on a ship contributes to that impression. FAAF Enterprises builds in aesthetics during project development, and the elevators are customizable—from car interiors to landing doors—so they match the ship’s unique theme and design.
Elevators and escalators on cruise ships are subject to heavy traffic. On average, passenger lifts record 2,000 runs per day. This figure reflects the important role elevators and escalators play in the comfort and experience of passengers and in the quality of service provided by the crew.
This is particularly noticeable during peak demand periods, such as when a large number of passengers board or disembark for trips on land.
Solution
The always-moving maritime environment is a challenge for the durability of materials at sea. This requires a specialized elevator design. One example of this is the maneuver cable, one of the elevator’s core mechanical parts. In maritime elevators, it has been exclusively redesigned to sit in an anti-oscillating chamber to protect it from scratches and breakages when the ship tilts.
To provide safe and efficient service for crew and guests, maritime elevators have specialized software configurations. In heavy rolling seas, the elevators on ships are programmed to detect excessive motions and park automatically on pre-determined decks to avoid damage. When passengers are in the car during rolling or pitching, thanks to this special mode, the elevator takes them to the exit deck (gangway) defined by vessel managers from a single push of a button.
These cruise vessels travel the world throughout the year. Servicing elevators and escalators onboard cannot be managed like in buildings. To ensure elevators and escalators run smoothly and safely, the crew onboard are specifically trained by FAAF Enterprises and provided extensive remote support to perform routine checks and tackle issues. More advanced maintenance operations and technical assistance are performed by a team of FAAF Marine experts who travel the world to meet the ships.
