The Vessel Arrest Boom is a lightweight HMPE fibre boom with floats to aid visibility and conforms to IMO & IALA zoning regulations. It is used as a force protection boom to protect assets alongside the harbor wall.
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Vessel Arrest Products
Cortland has developed a range of Vessel Arrest Products designed to protect ships, harbors, ports, offshore-platforms, nuclear facilities, and waterside assets from intrusion and attack from high speed marine vessels including jet powered crafts. The systems are scalable to match the local threat assessment and can be deployed quickly to provide temporary protection, or be permanently installed. The systems can be supplied with integrated tamper and cut detection linked into the local security control room.
The Vessel Arrest Boom is a static propeller entanglement device used to protect assets either within harbors and water inlets, or any offshore complex or asset. The Vessel Arrest Fence stops all maritime drive systems and is often deployed in combination with the a Vessel Arrest Boom to add another layer of protection. The Vessel Arrest Launcher combined with the tactical entanglement net aids Coast Guards and other groups to apprehend fast moving crafts. The UK Government is already engaged in counter-terrorism trials using this technology. See a video of these trials in action.
All of our Vessel Arrest Products are approved and operational resulting from multi-year research and development programs with government agencies. Whatever your protection needs, trust Cortland to deliver.
- Unique lightweight construction for quick deployment
- Temporary or permanently deployed
- Static or mobile
- Creates a clear demarcation line in the water
- Tested and approved by third party government scientific laboratory
- Shapes to fit any port facility
Cortland’s Vessel Arrest Fence provides a layered defense solution to stop a wide range of fast propeller and jet-propelled vessels, including jet skis.
- Vessel Arrest Systems patented technology
- Scalable to suit maritime protection needs
- Stops both propeller and jet propelled vessels
- Tested and approved by third party government laboratory
The Vessel Arrest Launcher is a propeller entanglement device capable of stopping high-speed craft with single or multi-engine setup. Ideal for tactical mobile response applications.
- Deployed with a lightweight hand held compressed air launcher
- Multi-shot capability weighing in at 9.5kgs
- Stand-off distances can range between 5m to 25m
- Tested and approved by third party government laboratory
- Conforms to CE European compressed air pressure directive



