RNLI celebrates 200 years and over 146,000 lives saved. Today 4 March 2024, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) celebrates 200 years of saving lives at sea – thanks to volunteers […]
Fish farm barge fire quickly brought under control. A fire broke out on Monday morning, 8th of January, on a feed barge that serves Cooke Aquaculture Scotland’s West Fara salmon farm, […]
New inshore fisheries research vessel for Canada. The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has announced the contract award for the construction of the […]
Survitec expands UK servicing capability with new service centre at port of Southampton. Global Survival Technology solutions provider Survitec has completed a major expansion of its UK servicing capability with […]
Mowi’s Salmon Wagon set for second summer tour of Scotland to raise vital funds for communities. After the success of 2022 – when Mowi’s fundraising ‘Salmon Wagon’ raised thousands of […]
Four remarkable stories of skill and gallantry at sea have been recognised and rewarded at a national awards ceremony held in London last week. The Coxswain of RNLI Padstow lifeboat, […]
Survitec’s Seahaven receives Lloyd’s Register Type Approval Certification. Survitec’s Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, is now ready to be installed on cruise vessels, having received full type approval certification […]
Seahaven nominated for safety technology award. Survitec’s revolutionary Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, has been shortlisted in the safety technology category of this year’s Safety4Sea awards. Seahaven launched in […]
Seafarers’ Charity announces Maritime Safety Week competition winners. A competition launched by The Seafarers’ Charity to mark Maritime Safety Week (4-8 July), invited everyone who works at sea to practice […]
Survitec’s Seahaven, the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, has completed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) A.520 physical tests as required by classification society Lloyd’s Register and will officially launch to the […]
Isle of Skye Half Marathon sets out to be the most sustainable yet. Top tips for runners getting ready to train. Registrations for the famous Scottish Salmon Company Isle of […]
New Cleopatra 36 delivered to Norway Skipper Otto Harold Williassen from Lofoten, Norway, recently received a new Cleopatra 36 constructed by Trefjar Ltd of Iceland. The new boat is called […]
Salmon sector installs dozens of life-saving defibrillators in communities around Scotland. Scotland’s farm-raised salmon sector is helping save lives by installing defibrillators in local communities where companies operate. Several companies […]
Delivery of final SC Innovation built Shannon Launch & Recovery System marks 20 year collaboration with RNLI. This week, the RNLI received the final SC Innovation built Shannon Launch & […]
Flooding and sinking of the fishing vessel Diamond D: MAIB Report. Report on the investigation of the flooding and sinking of the fishing vessel Diamond D, 16 August 2020. Summary: […]
Galwad-Y-Mor, subsea explosion, near Cromer, Norfolk. MAIB Report on the investigation of subsea explosion, resulting in crew injuries and damage to the crab potting vessel Galwad-Y-Mor (BRD 116), 22 nautical miles north […]
New partnership to save endangered sawfish. The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) has begun an exciting new partnership with the Northern Land Council’s Malak Malak Rangers, and Charles Darwin University (CDU) to support a long-running and unique […]
£18k Christmas ‘lifeline’ for good causes hit by Covid. Community groups and good causes facing uncertainty or hardship because of the coronavirus are to share in a Christmas gift of […]
RNLI Lifesaver Podcasts Returns – While 2020 has been so uncertain, there’s still one thing that we’ve all been able to depend on in one form or another: family. And […]