Safety at Sea
Innovative stability monitor launched that enhances the safety of fishing vessels, is now available for fishermen throughout the UK, Ireland, and other European countries. Developed by Hook Marine Ltd, the Scottish-based safety engineering company, the ...
Safety equipment for Shetland inshore fleet – The Shetland Fishermen’s Association has begun distributing safety equipment to its members in the inshore fleet. It follows the award of a European Maritime Fisheries Fund (EMFF) grant ...
Failure of throw bag rescue line during a capsize drill on an unnamed rowing boat Widnes, UK. On the evening of 24 March 2018, the Warrington Rowing Club was carrying out a boat capsize drill ...
Fishermen encouraged to take free safety training courses while funding is available. Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, is encouraging commercial fishermen across the country to take advantage of the ...
Australian fishers take action to improve safety. In a joint Australian industry and government initiative, the more than 11,000 men and women who work in Australia’s commercial fishing and aquaculture sectors, can participate in a new ...
The health and safety of fishermen gains centre stage at the European Parliament. The European social partners for fisheries, Europêche and ETF, co-hosted a successful conference yesterday evening (7 November) in the European Parliament with ...
MAIB report on fishing vessel North Star fatality. On 5 February 2018, at approximately 1815, Mark Elder, a crewman on the 16.46m creel fishing vessel North Star, was dragged overboard after his leg became entangled ...
Tackling Fishing Safety – Commercial fishing is one of the world’s most dangerous professions yet the internationally-binding instrument which specifically addresses fishing vessel safety, the Cape Town Agreement, is not yet in force – because ...
New Chairman of AIB Tri Branch Management Board. Air Marshal Sir Richard Frank Garwood, KBE, CB, DFC, has been appointed Chairman of the Tri-Branch Management Board (TMB). The TMB was formed to optimise coordination between ...
A new fishing vessel working conditions law will come into force from this November. The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) will require UK fishing vessels to comply with the International Organization’s Working In Fishing Convention. ...
Marine Accident Investigation Branch, MAIB report on dragging anchor by Celtic Spirit, and the general cargo vessel’s subsequent collisions with Atlantic Explorer and Celtic Warrior, River Humber, England on 1 March 2018 At 02461 on ...
Drill and muster requirements are laid out for the fishing industry in the latest Marine Notice from the Irish Government. The Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport advises everyone concerned in the ...
A new chief inspector of Marine Accidents has been appointed by the Department for Transport. Captain Andrew Moll will head of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). He has been the interim Chief Inspector since ...
Marine Accident Investigation Branch, MAIB report on CMA CGM Centaurus. At 1137 on 4 May 2017, the UK registered container ship CMA CGM Centaurus made heavy contact with the quay and two shore cranes while ...
SeaWise stability monitor on a roll as Hook Marine concludes basin tests and sea trials of its safety tool, which has been developed to give fishermen advance warning of any potential risks to vessel stability ...
Stern Trawler Illustris Accident Investigation Report has just been released by the MAIB 15/2018 The MAIB investigation report into marine accident on the stern trawler Illustris, including what happened, safety lessons learned and recommendations has ...
A good news story for the Welsh fishing industry: Over 80% of the Welsh fishing fleet have taken up the offer of state-of-the-art kit thanks to a safety initiative from an industry forum of Fishermen’s ...
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