Tag: Vessels

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  New guidance published to mitigate serious injury on small vessels

  

  The United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency has published new guidance on mitigating the risk of serious injury from whole-body vibration on small vessels. Whole Body Vibration (WBV) and Repeated Shock (RS) injuries are a known issue of travelling on small vessels at high speeds. When they occur, they can be life-changing or even fatal.

• Monday, January 6th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Royal Navy to escort UK-flagged vessels through Strait of Hormuz

  

  Britain's navy will accompany UK-flagged ships through the Strait of Hormuz to provide protection after the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani by US forces.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Vessel linked to Falklands' history and turned into Bristol museum competing for the EU Museum of the Year

  

  A vessel closely linked to the Falkland Islands' history and which was later to become the heart of the SS Great Britain in Bristol museum, is one of three British museums nominated along with the British Motor Museum and the D-Day Story at Portsmouth which have been shortlisted for the prestigious 2019 European Museum of the Year, (EMYA) Award. Last year’s EMYA winner was London’s Design Museum.

• Friday, June 8th 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Friend of the Sea remembers “ship strikes” between vessels and cetaceans remain unnoticed and unreported

  

  On occasion of the World Oceans Day, international NGO Friend of the Sea calls both the shipping industry and consumers to take actions to prevent ship strikes