Hard at his labour Suddenly he reels Death came behind him And struck up his heels – Unknown author The above rhyme was not found in a Christmas cracker, but can be seen on a gravestone in the village of my birth. The poor unfortunate interred there was not, sadly, named Achilles, but died when […]
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The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) recently published its investigation report into the mishap involving a lifeboat on Sir David Attenborough, a research vessel operated by British Antarctic Survey on behalf of the National Environment Research Council, over two years prior. On March 4, 2021, the port lifeboat from Sir David Attenborough fell into […]
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This week was a great week for Transocean – the company announced it had secured a three-year award for the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Deepwater Aquila with Petrobras for work offshore Brazil starting next year on a day rate of around US$443,000 plus 90 days’ worth of mobilisation fees. In 2021, Transocean bought the rig for […]
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Venture II Fishing Company in the UK recently took delivery of a new trawler built for operations off Scotland’s west coast. Designed by Macduff Ship Design in complian ..
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A UK court has fined towage company Svitzer Marine £2 million (US$2.4 million) for unsafe work practices that resulted in the death of a crewman in an incident that occu ..
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The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has worked on The Ship Safety – Merchant Shipping (Safety Standards for Passenger Ships on Domestic Voyages) (Miscellaneous Ame ..
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The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report detailing a fishing vessel capsizing incident that occurred off Cairnbulg in nort ..
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The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its investigation report into a flooding and sinking incident involving a survey vessel in Lynmouth, Engla ..
Safehaven Marine of Ireland recently delivered a new pilot boat to Williams Shipping based in Southampton, UK. Named Willfreedom, the new boat joins two other vessels in ..
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The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) recently took delivery of a new pontoon workboat designed to support operations at its naval installations. Built by UK-based WorkFloat, t ..
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