Marine Access and Loading Solutions

What is a Marine Gangway?

A marine gangway is a safe way to access barges and ships, which is critical to improving workplace safety and preventing accidents. These gangways are typically made of aluminum because of the material’s resistance to corrosion and lightweight properties. Gangways for marine applications are commonly used by a ship’s crew or passengers to enter or exit a ship.

What are Common Features for an Above Dock Marine Gangway?

Aluminum marine gangway with self-leveling treads, flat ramp walk surfaces, or curved treads
Hot dipped galvanized platform and track with bar grating walk surface.
Float mode (powered gangways only) allows for the gangway to move with the vessel as its freeboard changes during loading/unloading operations as well as changes to tide or river stages.

SafeRack is committed to safe marine access and loading workplace safety. This is why we manufacture durable and long-lasting safety products including:

Barge gangways can be fixed to a static structure like a complex platform system or to a mobile platform to allow easy operation and storage.
Ships’ brows that can be stand-alone and are put into place when necessary, and then picked up and stored on the dock or vessel when not needed
Barge bridges to allow for safe travel between barges
Custom dock ramps for safe marine access to and from barges and ships.

The Ultimate Aluminum Dock and Ship Gangways

Dock gangways (also known as a ship brow or accommodation ladder) are the last thing an operator comes into contact with before stepping onto a vessel and the first thing they come into contact with when going back to shore, so they need to be rugged and dependable, but most importantly, they need to be safe. SafeRack’s aluminum gangways for barge access and ship access deliver precisely that. Our advanced, corrosion-resistant aluminum marine gangways are designed for OHSA-compliant worker safety, durability, and reliability in marine environments and are built-to-order to your required length and specifications.

Built to Last

Constructed of durable marine-grade aluminum or galvanized or stainless steel, our vessel gangways are available in sizes up to 50’ in length and 5’ in width. Special-purpose gangways exceeding those measurements can also be built. Whatever your need, SafeRack’s MarinaStep personnel can engineer the perfect product for your unique needs.

Learn more about MarinaSteps Aluminum Gangways.

No matter your needs, we have a way to solve your issue. We have dedicated engineers to design to your specific situation. Call us today to see how we can help.

With SafeRack’s aluminum ship gangway by MarinaStep, you get your choice of power options to raise and lower your fixed gangways. Choose from:

Manually with counter-balanced springs
Manually with a hand-winch
Electric winch
Pneumatic cylinders
Hydraulic cylinders
Pneumatic winch
Pneumatic over hydraulics
Explosion-proof power options.

With a long history of building gangways, our patented brows and ramps are custom designed by our engineering staff to meet your application needs and built for durable and long-lasting performance in harsh marine conditions.

Standards and Regulations

SafeRack’s MarinaStep gangways, ramps, bridges, and other products are manufactured to meet OSHA and OSHA Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) standards, as well as Coast Guard, International Maritime Organization (IMO) and ANSI standards for the product categories.

For more information about Coast Guard and maritime standards:

If more stringent requirements are required, SafeRack will gladly engineer something specific to your needs.

SafeRack is committed to providing you with a safe solution for access between your vessel and dock and will work to design and manufacture a gangway that will meet your exact requirements and perform for many years. SafeRack supports its products with superior customer service and will ensure you are satisfied with your MarinaStep product.