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  • The Italian-owned 'Ievoli Black' serves as the UK's Emergency Towing Vessel (Marnavi)

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    Busy winter for Scottish tugs

    2021-03-30T10:02:00

    As the UK gradually emerges from winter we look back at activities that have kept the country’s northern towage fleet busy.

  • 'Kaami' ran aground off the Isle of Skye (MCA)

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    Towing round-up

    2020-04-15T11:15:00

    A number of towing reports are worthy of mention, four highlighted here including three involving Emergency Towing Vessels.

  • During the visit the Minister was given a tour of the buoy yard and had a go at some cleaning Photo: NLB

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    Minister visit for Northern Lighthouse Board

    2018-08-16T10:44:00

    The UK Shipping Minister has paid a visit to The Northern Lighthouse Board’s (NLB) Oban base to experience first hand the vital work it does to keep mariners safe.

  • The training exercise took place at Eilean Glas Lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides and involved a Search and Rescue aircraft with HMCG and NLB rescue teams

    News

    Rescue training carried out at Scottish lighthouse

    2018-02-21T17:41:00

    The Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) has joined forces with Her Majesty''s Coastguard (HMCG), a section of Maritime & Coastguard Agency, to practice vital casualty rescue training that could save lives in an emergency.

  • The close cooperation between ship and aircrew allowed the operations to proceed even though they were at the limit of feasibility due to the sea state

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    Keeping a lonely vigil

    2015-08-21T15:49:00

    There can be few Aids to Navigation (AtoN) as remotely located as the three Rigwatcher units marking the decommissioned Frigg Field on the UK/Norwegian median in the North Sea.

  • The bridge of the Galatea, where eloran was trialled

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    A new alternative to GPS

    2014-11-24T17:42:00

    The UK''s General Lighthouse Authorities have launched a land-based alternative to vulnerable satellite-based GPS.

  • Successful installation was completed safely by a range of specialists under the supervision of SgurrEnergy and the Northern Lighthouse Board

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    Lidar for the Bell Rock

    2014-11-18T16:28:00

    Inch Cape Offshore Limited has successfully deployed a ZephIR 300 lidar on the historic Bell Rock lighthouse, 17km off the Angus coast, Scotland. ZephIR 300 has been mounted on a platform on the north east of the lighthouse using a specially designed support frame measuring wind direction and wind ...

  • New CEO for Northern Lighthouse Board

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    New CEO for Northern Lighthouse Board

    2014-05-16T12:00:00

    The Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses have announced that Mike Bullock MBE took up appointment as chief executive of the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB).

  • The AtoN had to be lowered onto a 2m steel pillar mounted onto a 20m tower in the sea, which was not visible to the pilots.

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    First for Frigg – a Rigwatcher change-out

    2011-11-21T10:15:00

    There can be few Aids to Navigation (AtoN) as remotely located as the three Rigwatcher units marking the decommissioned Frigg Field on the UK/Norwegian median in the North Sea.

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