Marine Blackout Screens
Privacy Shade Solutions for Ships, Ferries and Cruiseliners
Are you looking for practical maritime blind solutions for your ship, cruise liner or ferry? Solarglide pride ourselves on new and innovative ways to regulate the amount of light entering your cabins and public spaces onboard seagoing vessels. With IMO FR approval, our range of blackout screens will keep your crew and passengers safe and comfortable during voyages.Solarglide blackout screens provide privacy for crew and passengers, create ideal sleeping conditions night or day, and help moderate the interior temperature when travelling between different climates.
Proven to eliminate up to 99% of incoming light, you’ll love the control our blinds give you. Here is a concise overview of our IMO flame retardant blackout screens including features and benefits. Please follow the link –
Everything you need to know about our Marine Blackout Screens
Solarglide offer two unique and distinctive fabric choices, which can be viewed below in the ‘Colour Collections’ section. The DART collection is a PVC based fabric that is hard wearing, easy to clean and mould resistant. The CARNIVAL collection is made from recycled polyester yarns and is also suitable for moist marine environments. Both Fabric ranges are FR approved to standards BS5867, Part 2: Type B 2008 and specifically designed for offshore usage.
Solarglide blackout screens are available as cassetted or non cassetted blind solutions; they can be manually operated, battery operated, hard wired or motorised. Standard manual operating mechanisms include single or double pulley system, centre pull handle, level pegs, sidewinder chain or cable guides. The Solarglide team will always recommend the best solution for your vessel’s requirements
Solarglide’s blackout fabrics eliminate up to 99% of incoming light and can reduce internal temperatures by up to 10°C in warm climates – perfect for keeping cabins cool. Dart and Carnival fabrics are IMO FR approved and are available in 23 fabric colours.
Providing privacy and security, our blackout blinds are robust and durable, ensuring better sleeping conditions for crew and passengers alike. Powder coated profiles in white and grey come as standard. Specific interior RAL colours are available on request.
Colour Collections:
Options Available:
Cassetted
Non-Cassetted
Motorised
Solar Powered
Vessel Type
Solarglide retractable cassetted manual roller blinds are enclosed in a reinforced aluminium casing, making them extremely durable onboard all vessels.
- Durable, marine tested type approved screens
- Standard light grey or white cassette profiles
- Powder-coated options available to match your interior
- Cable guides, sidechannels, level pegs, pulley systems
- 67mm or 90mm cassette sizes
Where space is a premium, our non-cassetted blackout screens provide privacy and security without the necessity for a cassette covering.
- Cost effective
- Lightweight
- Perfect for limited space areas
- Cable guides, sidechannels, level pegs, pulley systems available
- Available with back bar for fast installation
Integrated into a ship’s power supply, our motorised screens are ideal for windows in hard-to-reach areas or cabins, passenger areas and public spaces.
- Operate individually or all together
- Low maintenance and quiet operation
- Ideal for windows that can’t be reached manually
- 67mm or 90mm Cassette sizes
- Somfy or Ellard motors & accessories
Our eco-friendly, solar powered screens with battery help reduce onboard power requirements by providing their own solar energy.
- Operate individually or all together
- Continue to charge even out of direct sunlight
- Plug and play solution – no electrician needed
- Rechargable battery enclosed inside cassette
- Somfy or Ellard motors & accessories
Commercial and Military Ships
Blackout privacy screens for commercial ships and military ships help to keep crew quarters cool whilst creating perfect sleeping conditions for seafarers. Perfect sleeping conditions lead to improved productivity during working hours at sea.
Cruise ship and Ferries
Maritime blackout blinds are an essential window solution for cruise ships and ferries. They offer solar protection for both passengers and crew, whilst creating essential cabin privacy where needed. Solarglide blackout screens are installed on vessels worldwide including DFDS Crown Seaways and MV Norwegian Star
Oil Rigs and Offshore Modules
Privacy blackout blinds are used on oil rigs, accommodation blocks and offshore modules globally to control outside light conditions. They keep the interior space cool during daylight hours and create ideal sleeping conditions 24/7; perfect for crew working dayshifts as well as nightshifts. Improved sleep means safer working conditions onboard.
