Security bulwark, perimeter protection system and method of protecting a perimeter

摘要

A security bulwark 1 for mounting outside a perimeter railing (20, Fig 13) of a vessel or marine installation has a front face 2 with a projecting mound 3a, 3b. The mound has an underside 4a, 4b which provides the bulwark with an overhang. The mound is also convex in a direction A-A' of the breadth of the bulwark. Also disclosed is a perimeter protection system comprising a plurality of such security bulwarks arranged side-by-side and adjacent to each other. A method of protecting a perimeter of a vessel or marine installation is also disclosed and comprises positioning a plurality of security bulwarks side-by-side and adjacent to each other along a perimeter railing of a vessel or marine installation, attaching some of the plurality of security bulwarks to the railing, and connecting remaining ones of the plurality of security bulwarks which are not attached to the railing to ones of the plurality of security bulwarks which are attached to the railing.