Everything you need to know throughout the week of SEAWORK 2025…
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WA Armed Forces Reception
Inviting all currently serving and ex-serving personnel to a reception on our Pavilion at SEAWORK to celebrate the signing of the Armed Forces Covenant.
WA Seawork Pavilion Opening Reception
Join us at SEAWORK for nibbles, drinks and entertainment, including an Isles of Scilly rum tasting experience – all welcome.
WA Newsletter – April 2025
Our monthly newsletter, featuring bespoke content handpicked from: The Workboat Association, its Members, Regulators and Workboat Industry Stakeholders. Read the latest issue here:
New Master 500gt Apprenticeship Launched
Via the Maritime Skills Alliance, we are pleased to announce that the STCW II/3 Master 500gt Near Coastal CoC Apprenticeship is approved for delivery in England. Achieving the highest possible apprenticeship funding level of £27,000 per candidate. A further £6,000 per candidate may be awarded to the employer via the Maritime Education Fund, to help […]
Ensuring compliance with nis2: (EU Cyber Security Law)
A Guide for the Workboat Industry Official information from the European Union can be found here. (Written by Kerrie Forster on behalf of the Workboat Association, March 2025.) Introduction The NIS2 Directive, introduced by the European Union, aims to enhance the resilience of critical infrastructure against cyber threats. This guidance outlines the key requirements of […]
New Customs Rules for those working between the UK and the UK Continental Shelf
Official information from the UK Government can be found here. (Written by Kerrie Forster on behalf of the Workboat Association, March 2025) Changes to the way customs declarations must be made for goods travelling in/out of the UK from the UK continental shelf come into effect as of the 1st June 2025. Goods which exit […]
WA Live in Rotterdam
Get Set for Workboat series 5! Join us at Get Set for Workboat 2050 in Rotterdam The Workboat Association is partnering with Seawork and the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners for the Get Set for Workboat 2050 conference on 27th March in Rotterdam. VIEW PROGRAMME HERE Chairing this 1-day event is Workboat Association CEO, Kerrie Forster who will […]
TugTechnology 2025
The Workboat Association is pleased to partner once again with TUGTECHNOLOGY, the towage industry’s premier technical event, bringing together the global tug owning and operating community, alongside key stakeholders from the international supply chain, industry associations and regulators. This two-day gathering, held biennially, features a dynamic conference programme, an exhibition, and a prestigious awards ceremony. […]
WA AGM 2024
This years event will take place once more at the Oulton Hall, Leeds on 18th/19th November 2024. Find everything you need to know, right here in this handy event newsletter:
30 years on – Association Revisited: The Conception of the Workboat Association
This is a re-published interview, originally created February 2020. Norman Finlay passed summer 2020. Norman Finlay MBE, FCMS: First Secretary of the Workboat Association gives his story on how the Association was conceived and some of the challenges it has overcome. “Tom explained what they wanted to do, we were to create a Code that […]
The Workboat Association Celebrates it’s 30th Anniversary
On 9th September, 165 members and guests of the Workboat Association boarded the City Cruises vessel ‘Erasmus’ at Tower Bridge London, to enjoy a celebratory sunset cruise of the Thames. Established in 1994, following the suggestion for a code of practice for Workboats in the UK, the Workboat Association was formed of 6 members, to […]