Safety & Training

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine safety equipment firm Survitec has launched a life jacket that it says is comfortable enough to be worn all day when technicians are out on the wind turbines.

6th September 2023

Survitec launches ‘wear all day’ life jacket

6th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Two container ships have run aground in recent days in separate incidents, one off the coast of Finland when the captain fell asleep, reports say.

6th September 2023

Two container ships run aground in separate incidents

6th September 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An explosion at a Turkish shipyard in the well-known shipbuilding area of Tuzla killed one worker and injured another on Monday, Turkish and other media have reported. According to the Bianet media…

23rd August 2023

Explosion kills worker at Tuzla shipyard

23rd August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Wales-based rescue equipment manufacturer Ruth Lee has launched a remote-controlled life buoy that can be sent to a person in trouble and autonomously bring them back to shore or to a vessel.

10th August 2023

Remote-controlled life buoy launched in UK

10th August 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

UK marine safety equipment maker Seago has met the criteria for standard ISO 9650-1 Type 1 across its entire liferaft range.

9th August 2023

Seago adds ISO standard to liferaft range

9th August 2023

SAFETY & TRAINING

SAFETY & TRAINING

While there is no question that fire poses a huge threat to ships and boats at sea, the risks ashore are perhaps less known. As with any active construction site, there are…

31st July 2023

Fire danger lurks in shipyards as well as vessels

31st July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

As the burning cargo ship Fremantle Highway is towed to a temporary location, reports have come out that as many as 500 electric vehicles were on board.

31st July 2023

Smoking cargo ship towed to temporary location

31st July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

One crew member has been killed and several hurt in a massive ongoing cargo ship fire in the North Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.

26th July 2023

One dies, many injured as fire ravages car carrier

26th July 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

German press has reported that a car carrier in the port of Bremerhaven tore lose from its moorings and crashed docks before knocking over a crane, causing hundreds of thousands of euros’…

14th July 2023

Car carrier causes thousands of euros’ damage

14th July 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Personal and vessel safety beacons that were unveiled at Seawork have now been launched on the market.

7th July 2023

Ocean Signal launches equipment unveiled at Seawork

7th July 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Star International has partnered with Tarmac Marine to provide the annual maintenance of the fire, safety, and life-saving equipment on board its fleet of suction dredgers.

26th June 2023

Star and Tarmac Marine in safety equipment service deal

26th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The dangers of lithium battery fires and a lack of awareness of how to deal with them has been brought under the spotlight again, with suggestions that regulations will soon be needed…

22nd June 2023

In the spotlight: lithium battery fire risk

22nd June 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Marine Fire Safety has capitalised on a successful Seawork with its first order for a new 14 person ISO life raft.

21st June 2023

First order for Marine Fire Safety life raft

21st June 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Robosys and SEA.AI have created a first of-its-kind machine vision-based maritime autonomous surface collision avoidance system.

20th June 2023

Pioneering machine-based surface collision avoidance

20th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

DP World Yarimca says it is the first port in the world to use remote-controlled, electric cranes in a bid to improve safety during operations.

20th June 2023

Turkish port in first with remote-controlled cranes

20th June 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Failure to look at the whole picture of seafarer shortages could have disastrous consequences in both the short and long term, maritime industry insiders are saying.

30th May 2023

Shortage of skilled seafarers could spell disaster in maritime

30th May 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

A new 14-person liferaft will be showcased at Seawork this year by exhibitors Marine Fire Safety.

24th May 2023

Marine Fire Safety to show new liferaft at Seawork

24th May 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Boskalis will join forces with the UN and take measures to stop an oil tanker exploding after it has been decaying off the coast of Yemen for more than 30 years.

22nd May 2023

Boskalis steps in to avert oil tanker disaster

22nd May 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

In what has been called an industry first for ship evacuation, Viking’s LifeCraft system is bound for installation on its first series of newbuild ferries.

16th May 2023

Landmark evacuation order for safety-first ferries

16th May 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

German maritime casualty investigators say time will tell whether the collision of a cargo ship into a North Sea wind turbine could become a more regular occurrence given the growth in offshore…

3rd May 2023

Cargo ship crashes into North Sea wind turbine

3rd May 2023