Safety & Training

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Continuous vigilance, enforcement and safety cultures are critical to avoid injuries or worse, with internal waters such as ports the scene of more than half of marine incidents last year, says Lars…

2nd May 2024

OPINION: Port operations must be made safer

2nd May 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A construction worker has been killed in the portal area at the site of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel in Puttgarden, officials have announced.

30th April 2024

Tunnel worker killed at Fehmarnbelt

30th April 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wescom Group’s new first aid kits have received Certificate of Type Approvals from Lloyds Register.

30th April 2024

Wescom first aid kits get the Lloyds thumbs-up

30th April 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

For a people known for their sailing expertise, the fact that no Viking had sailed single-handedly around the world simply couldn’t go unaddressed by Danish Lopolight CEO Jan Møller. 

26th April 2024

PROFILE: Viking-inspired safety from Lopolight

26th April 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A formal partnership has been struck between Hefring Marine and SAFE Boats International with a focus on crew welfare and vessel lifecycle management, the new partners say.

10th April 2024

Hefring Marine partners SAFE Boats

10th April 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The rails installed on most pilot vessels can now be serviced by Marine Fire Safety, a UK life-saving equipment firm that has three service station sites in England and Scotland.

9th April 2024

Marine Fire Safety wins service approval for rails

9th April 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that hydrodynamic forces between vessels in a channel and speed during harbour-assist manoeuvres were lessons learned following the collision between a tug and…

7th March 2024

Tug collisions and lessons learned

7th March 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Norwegian specialist marine insurance group Gard has published a study examining container stack losses when ships in this rapidly growing sector encounter bad weather at sea.

5th March 2024

Container losses at sea: Report

5th March 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Engineering specialist Spencer Group has completed work to create a new permanent home for an iconic vessel, with some of its emerging young talent playing a key role in the project.

4th March 2024

Safeguarding the future of the Spurn Lightship

4th March 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Viking Life-Saving Equipment has appointed Henrik Helsinghof as its new chief executive officer effective from 1 June 2024.

27th February 2024

Henrik Helsinghof takes the helm at Viking A/S

27th February 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue (ICE-SAR) has formed a commercial partnership with Hefring Marine, in order to increase its fleet safety and operational efficiency.

19th February 2024

SAR partnership will increase Icelandic fleet safety

19th February 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Irish vessel builder Safehaven Marine has revealed its latest pilot vessel, which came into her own during Storm Isha - see photographs and video.

12th February 2024

VIDEO: How ‘Baia’ beat the waves

12th February 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Naval architects at Darley H2NA have been working to make inland waterways - and those who work on them - safe.

5th February 2024

Safety standards and sail training ships

5th February 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

A joint project to use artificial intelligence to save lives at sea has been set up with a focus on for floating wind farms.

1st February 2024

Pilot project launched to use AI to save lives

1st February 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The shipping industry needs to act now to ensure seafarers are ready for the energy transition, says e-learning provider OneLearn Global.

18th January 2024

Act now to prepare for energy transition, shippers told

18th January 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Following demanding evaluation trials, KNRM (The Royal Dutch Lifeboat Association) has ordered 12 class 50 DuroWipers for the latest four hulls of its newbuild KNRM 18m RIBs.

16th January 2024

KNRM orders DuroWipers for Valentijn class RIBs

16th January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

2024 is the 200th anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, and the occasion will be marked with a service of thanksgiving at London’s Westminster Abbey in March.

16th January 2024

RNLI celebrates 200 years of life saving

16th January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

A £12 million (€14 million) shipbuilding academy is to be built in Glasgow, Scotland in an effort to help secure the shipbuilding sector in Scotland ‘for generations to come’.

15th January 2024

£12m shipbuilding academy earmarked for Scotland

15th January 2024

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first broadcast of the Shipping Forecast, the well-known and often joked about BBC service that is still in existence…

10th January 2024

The Shipping Forecast broadcast turns 100

10th January 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Storms in European waters have kept the Netherlands-based Multraship Towage & Salvage busy both at sea and also in somewhat calmer inland waterways.

4th January 2024

Salvage and rescue teams battle in stormy seas

4th January 2024