Safety & Distress

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marine Rescue Technologies introduced its latest man overboard technology in October, which has been designed and developed to meet new international standards that could be introduced as early as February 2014.

17th October 2013

Life saving the sMRT way

17th October 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A free online health service has been launched to help people working in small businesses in higher-risk sectors in England – including fishing - who suffer from work-related ill health.

18th September 2013

Free health service for fish workers

18th September 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Raymarine’s TH Series handheld thermal cameras have a new safety enhancing software upgrade - InstAlertTM.

13th August 2013

Technology update for thermal cameras

13th August 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

A new cross-departmental safety initiative for the Irish fishing industry has been launched by the Ministry of Agriculture Food and Marine and the Ministry for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

9th July 2013

Ireland launches fishing industry safety package

9th July 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Ocean Safety has won the contract to supply 5,000 lifejackets to the Scottish Fisherman’s Federation (SFF) scheme to offer every commercial fisherman in Scotland a free lifejacket.

27th June 2013

Ocean Safety wins SFF lifejacket order

27th June 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

European Fisheries Fund support has been given to a Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) led project to supply a Personal Flotation Device (PFD) to every fisherman in Scotland.

25th April 2013

A lifejacket for every Scottish fisherman

25th April 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Former Gardenstown (Scotland) fisherman George West has developed the QUIKSLING - an easy-to-use device for man-overboard situations.

16th April 2013

QUIKSLING prototype success

16th April 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Kannad Marine’s SafeLink AIS SART (Automatic Identification System Search and Rescue Transmitter) has achieved MED Wheel Mark certification.

14th February 2013

SafeLink AIS SART receives Wheel Mark approval

14th February 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Drew Marine has completed the acquisition of Alexander/Ryan Marine and Safety Inc., and it will join the organisation under the name Alexander/Ryan Marine & Safety division of Drew Marine.

14th February 2013

Drew Marine acquisition

14th February 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The new iPIRB recently launched by MarineMTS and Telemar UK Limited is said to locate and identify marine casualties fast so that every effort can be concentrated on rescue and saving lives.

13th February 2013

Scottish company develops iPIRB

13th February 2013

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Icelandic man overboard safety company Markus Lifenet is introducing the Markus Man Overboard Scramble Net/Cradle in order to offer a complete set of MOB solutions that can be used in all conditions.

11th September 2012

Markus launches MOB Scramble Net/Cradle

11th September 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

McMurdo has launched its new R5 GMDSS VHF handheld radio, which boasts superior audio quality, rotary volume control and a large clear LED display.

29th August 2012

McMurdo launches new R5 GMDSS VHF handheld radio

29th August 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Pains Wessex has launched its new compact Manoverboard Mark 9.

28th August 2012

Pains Wessex launches compact MOB

28th August 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Marine solutions services specialist Drew Marine has confirmed the completion of its acquisition of Chemring Marine.

6th August 2012

Drew Marine acquires Chemring Marine

6th August 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

This year’s Nor-Fishing sees the return of the Kingfisher Information Service division of Seafish.

26th June 2012

Kingfisher exhibiting at Nor-Fishing 2012

26th June 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Brude has been appointed as the new distributor for Pains Wessex marine distress signals in Norway.

15th May 2012

Pains Wessex appoints Norwegian distributor

15th May 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Kannad Marine has received type approval for its SafeLink R10 SRS (Survivor Recovery System), making it available for sale throughout the USA.

15th May 2012

SafeLink R10 SRS receives USA approval

15th May 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

British marine safety clothing and equipment manufacturer, SeaSafe Systems, has been appointed as the UK distributor for SOS Marine’s SOS Dan Buoy.

15th May 2012

SeaSafe Systems UK distributor for Dan Buoy

15th May 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Last January, the US Coast Guard (USCG) published the fifth edition of its fishing vessel casualty study, U. S. Coast Guard, Office of Investigations and Analysis: A review of lost fishing vessels…

31st January 2012

Safety in US fisheries on an upward trend

31st January 2012

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

Alpha Micro and Ocean Signal have been working together to develop global maritime distress safety systems to ensure super-swift response from rescue services.

7th September 2011

EPIRB gets GPS chip

7th September 2011