Ship Repair Safety Initiative

01 May 2004

The 50th meeting of the UK's Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Health and Safety Consultative Committee (SSHSCC) late last month at Fleet Support Ltd (FSL) discussed how the industry might work together to tackle five causes of accidents and ill health. These are: work in confined spaces; slips, trips and falls; workplace transport; 

Polish Yard Bulges With Lengthening Work

01 May 2004

Ship lengthening projects are coming in thick and fast at Poland's Stocznia Nauta Shiprepair Yard , which has just finished the last of three Norwegian jobs and taken two more for Norway and Sweden. 

Germany's SET Delivers New Ships For Old

01 May 2004

Germany's SET-Werften Group in Tangermunde on the River Elbe has created a pair of modern new double-hulled inland tankers from the bow and stern sections of two old ships and one new ship section.