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LED searchlights for cruise ships and ferries

JNLED supplies LED searchlights for cruise ships and ferries, along with the deck floodlighting and linear lighting that works alongside them. Passenger vessels run tight port turnarounds and long service hours, so a fitting has to reach full output the moment it is switched on and hold that output through the season. Our marine range is built on Philips Lumileds and Nichia LEDs with Mean Well drivers. Housings across the catalogue are specified from IP65 to IP68, and rated life runs between 50,000 and 100,000 hours depending on the product. We have manufactured from Hong Kong since 2010 and ship worldwide.

Five things a searchlight has to do on a passenger vessel

Passenger operations put a specific set of demands on a light fitting. These are the five we design and specify against.

Come up to full output immediately

LED sources reach working output the moment power is applied. There is no warm-up and no restrike delay, which matters on a ferry making several berthing approaches in a single shift.

Light the search and the working area to different beams

Bridge-wing search work needs a narrow, long-throw beam. Mooring stations, ramps and open decks need wide, even coverage. Beam angle is published per product across the catalogue, so you can separate the two rather than compromise with one fitting. For the searchlights, confirm the beam with us.

Take load off the ship’s supply

Replacing traditional lighting with LED cuts lighting energy by up to 70%. Efficacy runs up to around 100 lm/W, quoted per product, so you can hold light levels while reducing installed load.

Survive salt, vibration and washdown

Fittings on exposed decks face saltwater, hull vibration and marine weather continuously. Housings across the catalogue are specified from IP65 to IP68, with the ingress rating and the IK impact rating published per product. Confirm the rating for the searchlight model with us.

Stay out of the maintenance schedule

Rated life of 50,000 to 100,000 hours means fewer lamp changes at height, over the side, or in areas passengers occupy. LED sources also contain no mercury, which simplifies disposal of what you remove.

Where the light is needed on cruise ships and ferries

Passenger vessels carry a wide mix of lighting duties. Searchlights cover navigation and safety: hazard identification from the bridge wings, man-overboard search, pilot and tender boarding, and the approach into unlit or partly lit berths. Deck floodlighting covers the working side of a turnaround, including mooring stations, ro-ro ramps, vehicle deck approaches and gangway areas, all of which crew and passengers use at the same time and which need even coverage without hard shadows. Interior and open-deck areas use linear lighting, where consistent colour temperature between decks and between sister ships usually matters as much as the light level. We can quote the searchlights alone or the full lighting scope for a vessel.

Cruise ships

Long service hours and large deck areas, with refit windows that reward specifying once across a fleet.

Ro-pax and coastal ferries

Frequent berthing cycles, ramp and vehicle deck lighting, and turnarounds too short to allow any warm-up.

Expedition and small passenger vessels

Extended operation in low light, with search capability that has to work from a small deck footprint.

What the catalogue publishes per product

Power and luminous flux

Watts and lumens are both published, so you can match an existing fitting by output rather than by wattage.

Efficacy

Quoted in lm/W: up to around 100 lm/W, quoted per product. Check the figure for the model you are specifying.

IP rating

Housings across the catalogue are specified from IP65 to IP68. Confirm the rating for the searchlight model with us.

Beam angle and CCT

Published per product, so you can select the beam for the task and hold colour temperature consistent between decks. Searchlight beam data comes from us on enquiry.

IK rating and voltage

Impact rating and operating voltage are published per product, so a fitting can be matched to the vessel’s supply and to its mounting position.

Rated life and warranty

Rated life between 50,000 and 100,000 hours depending on the product. Warranty terms are confirmed with the quotation.

Support from specification through installation

Light simulation reports

Send deck plans and intended mounting positions and we return a simulation of the predicted light levels before anything is ordered.

Cost-saving calculations

We calculate the energy and replacement cost difference against the fittings you run today, so the case reaches your finance side with numbers attached.

Project design and production

We take OEM projects and customise a fitting where a standard part does not suit the mounting or the duty. New standard lines usually start as a customer’s special.

Logistics and installation support

We handle logistics including customs clearance and warehousing, support installation, and ship worldwide to yards, refit facilities and vessels in port.

Send us the vessel and we will come back with a specification

Tell us the vessel type, the mounting positions you need to cover, the supply voltage and what is fitted today. We will come back with product options, a light simulation and a cost comparison. JNLED, Unit G, 15/F TAL Building, 49 Austin Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR. Email info@jnled.org or call +852 6123 9127.