Kahlenberg UK Ltd is the European distributor for Kahlenberg Industries, Inc. providing full European support and local stock for Kahlenberg marine and industrial air horns, sound signals, controllers, air compressors and the company's other products.
Please contact us for further assistance at enquiries@kahlenberg.co.uk or on +44 (0)1635 35353
While countries across Europe will have local laws that apply to ship and boat navigation, there is a common requirement worldwide for all leisure, commercial and military vessels to conform to the IMO International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea. As Steve Austin, Senior Policy Lead at the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) explains: "The COLREGs apply to all vessels, there is no differentiation between coded and non-coded vessels. Should the whistles prove not to conform then they will need to be modified or changed."
"Whistles should conform to the performance in COLREGs, Appendix III and the appropriate parts of IEC 60945 to EN60945 which deal with the marine operating environment."
All Kahlenberg products meet or exceed these requirements. Many other new and currently installed sound signals are non-compliant and might be breaching maritime law and invalidating insurance cover.
About Kahlenberg UK
Kahlenberg UK Ltd is the European distribution arm of Kahlenberg Industries, Inc; it provides full support for Kahlenberg marine and industrial air horns and the company's other products across Europe.
Based in the south of England, Kahlenberg UK Ltd offers a full sales and support facility of Kahlenberg IMO approved marine air horns for Leisure and Commercial vessels of all lengths, as well as Industrial and wide area mass notification horns.
Having been the preferred choice for yachts and megayachts for many years, Kahlenberg has launched a new range of competitively priced air horns for the less than 20m leisure market, in 2011, all of which are fully IMO approved and available in brass, chrome or powder coat white.
Kahlenberg commercial marine air horns are used extensively on commercial and military vessels, from tugs to freighters to tankers to destroyers to aircraft carriers.
The distinctive sound of Kahlenberg air horns is unmistakable and recognised the world over.
As well as air horns, Kahlenberg marine propellers are renowned for their strong reputation for extreme durability on workboats.
Kahlenberg Industries, Inc
Kahlenberg was founded in 1895 in Wisconsin, USA, and has operated from the same building with a 45,000 square feet of factory floor ever since. It remains a family-owned business and it is run by the great grandsons of the founder.
The U.S. Navy uses Kahlenberg Triton Piston Horns on its aircraft carriers; megayachts use multi-trumpet air horns at over 140 decibels, and oil refineries in the Middle East use Kahlenberg horns for evacuation alarms.
Kahlenberg Industries, Inc. is ISO 9001-2008 Certified for the design and manufacture of sound signalling equipment, propellers, marine equipment, and the manufacture of custom metal products.
All Kahlenberg marine sound signalling equipment is certified by ABS, British MCA, Canadian DOT, and numerous other national authorities and classification societies.
Further information
Call Kahlenberg UK now on +44 (0)1635 35353 or email enquiries@kahlenberg.co.uk