The New Year has begun with celebration as long-serving Workboat Association ally and previous Secretary to the Maritime Skills Alliance Iain MacKinnon’ is awarded an MBE in the UK New Year’s Honours list 2023. The award citation reads; ‘For services to the Maritime Sector’. Iain has provided a large amount of time, effort and experience to […]
The British Tugowners Association are pleased to release to industry is latest guidance release, Recovery of Persons in Water (PIW) Guide to Good Practice for Small Vessels. The Guide to Good Practice is available as a free pdf for use across the industry. The BTA Chairman, Scott Baker from Svitzer, when releasing the Guide at the […]
Mark Ranson has this weekend, on International Merchant Navy day (Sep. 3rd), been awarded the 2022 Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service. The award was made to Mark for his services to workboat safety standards and training, he will be 1 of a group of 14 persons who collectively have been awarded the 2022 award, […]
Harvey Tebay caught up with Taras Pavlyuk of AST Applied Telematics to find out more about his background and his role within the organisation What is your career background? I completed a degree in Business Computing and took a year travelling in 2009. I started my sales career working for an insurance broker Adrian […]
[spacer] New Guidance Notice Created by the WA together with the MCA, this poster explains the UK Administration’s implementation of the IMO tier III recommendations for Coded Workboats, Application as of Jan 1st 2022. Download the Guidance here
14th September 2022 @ 11:00 – 12:00 UK time MS Teams: Click here to join the meeting Instances of cyber-attacks on ships are now happening at the rate of more than one per day and operators and owners of vessels must consider how they can improve their cyber security and protect their assets. The IASME Consortium […]
The UK’s first Maritime Safety Conference specific to the Aquaculture Industry Join regulators, experts, influencers and industry leaders for 2 days of interactive training, development and networking. Subjects to be covered include; Maritime Regulation, Best Practice, Challenges and available help/solutions. This is a strictly not-for-profit event, all registration fees are used to cover the […]
Today the Workboat Association launches the second edition of its guidance on the control of alcohol and drug misuse within the workplace. The Good Practice Guide can be viewed via our WA On Demand site or downloaded freely via the Training and Good Practice webpage. Special thanks goes to the UK MAIB for […]
What is your career background? After two years in farming after leaving school, I joined John H Whitaker (Tankers) who operated twenty-five tanker barges on the river Humber involved in the transportation of fuels and bunkers. After ten years I moved to the JR Rix Group selling fuels, then routing and planning the barge […]
The Workboat Association is proud to announce that Clémence Barbey of the Port of London Authority has won the 2022 John Percival Memorial Award. The Award was announced by Workboat Association Chair, Mark Meade. during a surprise ‘hybrid’ presentation ceremony held at the Port of London Authority‘s Headquarters alongside the River Thames. This award was […]
The Workboat Association is pleased to announce their attendance at Seawork, 21 – 23 June 2022 in Mayflower Park, Southampton. The Workboat Association Pavilion is situated in Hall 3 (C). A number of members are showcasing within the Pavilion, they are: Acta Marine Everards Insurance Green Marine Hoylake Sailing School/JPMA Mainprize Offshore Mainstay Marine Marshall Jakeman […]
The Workboat Association launches its new* on-demand service. An online catalogue containing; Training Videos, Safety Tools, Meeting Recordings, Good Practice Guides, Safety Notices and Premium feature content. Access to the new on-demand library is free to members and options are available for non-members to gain access (excluding meeting recordings). “The new on-demand services allows members to catch-up […]
