Humber Staff Top of the Class

01 Nov 2004

Crews at Adsteam Humber have landed a number of professional qualifications recently, and are among the first in the UK to achieve them. 

First Survey Vessel Simulator

01 Nov 2004

The official trial of the world's first Survey Vessel Simulator, manufactured by Transas for the Russian Ministry of Defence's Directorate of Navigation and Oceanography 's Kedr development project has been completed successfully. 

RNLI's Lifeboat College Opens

01 Nov 2004

Continuing its commitment to providing the highest possible level of training, and subsequently saving the highest possible number of lives, the RNLI has opened the unique and purpose built Lifeboat College near its Poole headquarters. The project, which cost a total of £25m and has an estimated annual running cost of £1.1m, was funded by donors and supporters of the RNLI. 

Training Goes to mars2 at SMM Exhibition in Hamburg

01 Nov 2004

Following the split of STN Atlas Elektronik last year, much of the operation remained in Bremen with Rheinmetall Defence Electronics GmbH , which launched its new Maritime Safety and Security Training Environment (mars2) at the recent SMM Exhibition inHamburg. 

Drop Tested SART Meets New SOLAS Regs

01 Nov 2004

The S.701 SART being used by Viking Life Saving Equipment claims to be the first in the world to use non-hazardous battery packs and meets SOLAS requirements for liferafts.