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SafeRack is the #1 Selling Aluminum Gangways in North America.
Our ship gangways are designed for worker safety and can be fixed to a static structure like a complex platform system or to a mobile platform to allow easy operation and storage. Using aluminum alloys, our ship gangways are corrosion and saltwater resistant. SafeRack can customize ship gangways to meet your unique technical requirements while meeting your budget and deadline.
In some situations, the ship already has an accommodation ladder, but your dock or work barge may not have a good place for it to land. We have cantilevered and counterbalanced platforms of different heights that allow you to go over any curbing or side rail to provide a safe landing zone for the accommodation ladder and give personnel a safe access point to get on and off.
Safe Marine Access and Loading
SafeRack provides equipment and solutions for safe access and loading in the marine industry.
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View Full TextWhat 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 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 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 marine dock ramps for safe 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.
Preventive Maintenance
Eliminate unplanned downtime and lost productivity with preventive maintenance.
SafeRack MAUI Replacement Parts
- Winch Assembly – includes cable & handle
- Leveling Jack with plate and hardware
- Hand-Retractable Spring Plunger – includes locking pins with hardware
- Fixed Rear Wheel Assembly
- Front Swivel Wheel Assembly with Handle – includes gooseneck
- Change in vehicles being accessed – 1014 to 1216 includes ladder and H-frame
- Change or replace MAUI Cage 4x6x4 rail 5x6x4 rail articulating 6x6x4 rail 8x8x2 rail
- MAUI Mover – replacement or change
SafeRack Gangway Replacement Parts
- Spring Assembly
- Top Handrail – Right/Left Standard/Extended
- Self-Leveling Step for a SAS
- Extension Handle for a FRT
- Footlock Assembly
- Midrail
- Pivot Rod
- G4 Gangway Parts Kit
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.
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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.


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