Lifeboats

VESSELS

VESSELS

UK heating oil supplier Certas says it has powered an RNLI lifeboat with Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) for 200 nautical miles.

28th October 2024

Lifeboat makes 200nm voyage on vegetable oil

28th October 2024

VESSELS

VESSELS

Dutch shipyard Stormer Marine will build 11 RIBs for the Royal Dutch Rescue Society (Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij - KNRM), which is now In its 200th year.

17th July 2024

12 RIBs ordered to replace Dutch rescue boats

17th July 2024

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

Lives at are risk if operators try to ‘cut corners’ on davit inspection, says the boss of Vestdavit.

17th May 2024

Cutting corners on davit checks risks lives

17th May 2024

SEAWORK

SEAWORK

The newly dedicated independent lifeboat for Caister Volunteer Lifeboat Service (CVLS) was seen on her way out of the Solent in style on Sunday by a small parade of local independent lifeboats.

16th May 2024

Solent independent lifeboats bid fair winds to new Caister boat

16th May 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

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

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

There’s an innovative range of lifeboats and davits avilable which are looking to set new standards for compact and lightweight evacuation solutions.

22nd November 2023

The changing face of the lifeboat market

22nd November 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

An advanced evacuation system has passed heavy weather seatrials

9th February 2022

Evacuation system seatrial success

9th February 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Diverse Marine have signed a new vessel construction agreement for a first of class 14m ‘Medina Class’ lifeboat for a UK volunteer lifeboat service.

22nd December 2021

First of class 14m lifeboat

22nd December 2021