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RNLI Riggers Learning the Ropes
01 Feb 2004
The UK's RNLI and training provider ITE have worked together to provide a formal accreditation for the RNLI's boat riggers. No specific formal qualification had previously existed for marine riggers.
Rescue Frame From Ocean Safety
01 Feb 2004
Southampton based Ocean Safety Ltd has announced that it will be supplying the Dacon Rescue Frame within the UK.
BSIF Launches Spill Response Training Standard
01 Feb 2004
A new training initiative has been launched to improve and standardise the way workers first respond to potentially hazardous liquid spills in marine and industrial environments. The training is the idea of the British Safety Industry Federation 's Sorbent Manufacturer's Group whoidentified that the critical aspect of dealing with a liquid spill was the action taken by the first person on the scene.
SOLAS Approval for New SeaSafe Jacket
01 Feb 2004
The Port Authority at the Port of Leixoes in Portugal has placed a large order with Isle of Wight UK based SeaSafe Systems for their new SOLAS TC180 all in one foul weather coat with integrated lifejacket.
Chinese Lifeboats Cross to Europe
01 Feb 2004
In a recent visit to China, where they lectured on fast rescue at Shanghai Maritime University , researchers from Sweden's Landsort Maritime visited an emerging cluster of lifeboat and rescue boat builders in the city of Jiangyin, some 150km up the Yangtze River.
LNG Port Warns of Customs Withdrawal
01 Feb 2004
An influential group of visiting MPs has been warned that the security of Pembroke Port in Wales UK could be compromised if a decision to withdraw customs officers from the port is implemented.
Lloyds' List International Rescue at Sea Award for 'Stolt Capability'
01 Feb 2004
The crew of the Stolt-Nielsen SA ship S tolt Capability hasbeen named recipient of the 12th annual Lloyds' List International Rescue at Sea Award for 2003. The award was presented this month at the Lloyds' List Awards 2004 Gala in London.
MCA Approval for SSAS
01 Feb 2004
Marine telematics company MarineTrack Ltd has had its SeaGuard Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) UK flag approved by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .
Approvals for S4 SART and MT-1 UAIS
01 Feb 2004
McMurdo 's new 4th generation SART, the S4 Rescue , is smaller and lighter than earlier SART models, enabling it to be easily carried in a liferaft or lifeboat.
