Viking launches the Viking YouSafe™ Vanguard lifejacket
Viking Life-Saving Equipment has developed a new lifejacket, designed to overcome longstanding safety challenges facing offshore crews and maintenance...
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Wilhelmsen partners with Klüber for marine lubricant sales
Norway’s Wilhelmsen will begin to take over sales, logistics and consulting for Klüber Lubrication’s maritime portfolio for its seagoing...
Contract awarded for new pontoon to service Scotland’s largest windfarm
Montrose Port Authority has awarded a contract to Inland & Coastal Marina Systems for the supply and installation of...
New technical assurance director at BMT
BMT, the international design, engineering, science and risk management consultancy, has appointed Catriona Savage to technical assurance director, responsible...
TSA orders Damen Transshipment Crane Barge
Damen has received an order for a Transshipment Crane Barge from Transhipment Services Australia (TSA). As it is able...
Covid-19 vaccination rates are a “threat to marine insurers”
Covid-19 poses an intensifying threat to supply chain resilience, warns Property Claim Services (PCS), and marine reinsurers and insurers...
Wavestream launches mobile surface oil spill system
Wavestream, which specialises in environmental protection filter technology, has developed the DuoCart, a standalone, portable system for fast action...
Japanese firms join forces to decarbonise shipping industry
Three of Japan’s leading marine engine manufacturers, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Yanmar Power Technology, and Japan Engine Corporation have joined...
WATCH: Over 350kg of cocaine seized in Greek port
A massive shipment of cocaine, weighing 351kg, has been intercepted and seized by police in the Port of Piraeus,...
Oil tanker hijacked off UAE by armed men
A Panama-flagged ship was the victim of a suspected hijacking in the Gulf of Oman by unidentified armed men...
Study finds ‘evolutionary trap’ causes young sea turtles to ingest plastic
The large amount of plastic in the oceans means that evolutionary adaptations which previously helped aquatic creatures live, are...
