“The prime causal factor in nearly all shipping accidents can be attributed to human element issues occurring at some stage in the ship life cycle. Addressing technological failures alone will lead only to a limited improvement in safety. In order to make significant improvements in safety performance much greater attention must be paid to human […]
Plan your time at Seawork 2019, the NWA schedule is out now! See you all there * Download the poster here: NWA Seawork dates 2019
Register now for your seats at the NWA ‘Dinner at Seawork’ 2019! kindly Sponsored by The Ship Owners P&I Club. (For more information on what the Club offers its members watch a short video including the NWA Chairman Mark Meade here) This year the event will take place onsite at the Golden Arrow restaurant (at the top […]
This month: NWA Safety Forum Chairman – Jim Paton. Jim tells us about his interests, career and his aims in his new role as chair of the safety forum. – How did you personally become involved in the maritime sector? What are the notable jobs you […]
“Procedures Writing- with Nippin Anand, 14th May, Manchester By popular request we have arranged for Nippin Anand to run another workshop for NWA members at the Chancellors Hotel, Manchester on Tuesday 14th May. Many of you will recall Nippin addressing previous meetings on various Safety-related topics – or attended his workshop on Safety Culture a couple of years ago […]
NWA will have stand PB 128 at Seawork this year – almost the same spot as last year. In addition on Wedsnesday 12th, 10:30 – 12:00Hrs, we will be holding an open Safety Forum, on the theme of “Unsafe Access for Workboats – How to Address an Industry Problem”. We will also be holding our […]
Willem van der Val form Windcat and I attended this workshop, hosted by DfT as part of their development of a Clean Maritime Plan which will be published later this year. With attendees from across the maritime industry they painted a fairly stark picture that as part of an international move to achieve Zero emissions […]
We held another successful Safety Forum in late February, kindly hosted by Siemens Gamesa at their Newcastle offices. With contributions form Trevor Johnson, HSE Hd of Wind Energy team and Julie Carlton, Hd of Seafarer Safety & Health at the MCA and very good level of participation from the 35 attendees this was another very […]
Kerrie Forster, Safety Forum Chair On Thursday 17th January 2019, NWA members travelled to Windemere Lakeside Hotel to attend the 1st NWA Safety Forum of the year, prior to the annual Dinner and AGM. Notably, due to the combination of events, we saw a strong turnout, with around 50 members present to air their views […]
In March, Scottish Offshore Wind is hosting 3 events relating to offshore wind (OW). These are for companies in OW, thinking of diversifying into it, or simply curious. 6th March – International opportunities in offshore wind. In partnership with SDI, delegates will understand all the relevant offshore wind markets across the globe. Afternoon event. Central Glasgow. Free To book […]
Thursday 31st January 2019 – The National Workboat Association (NWA), the trade, skills and safety standards association for the workboat industry, is celebrating the launch of Edition 2 of The Workboat Code, a document that will redefine working practices and standards for vessel operators across numerous maritime sectors. This much-anticipated Code of Practice, published […]
