By Eilidh Smith, Marine Manager, Marex Marine and Risk Consultancy When in my capacity as marine assurance surveyor, often the first thing that I hear on boarding a vessel is, “my vessel is fully certified, I have a valid OVID and eCMID, why do I need another survey?” Marine assurance is the process by which charterers assure themselves that a vessel is fit for their purposes and that any potential failings, defects or peculiarities are noted beforehand. Consider hiring a car

This year started with a bang for Zwanny-Ltd, as they were involved with heavy fuel spills in 2 major UK ports, one each side of the country. Zwanny Ltd supplies high quality products and were contacted to supply the Marine Oil Boom 20 (MOB20 oil boom), which is 100% polypropylene including the centre core and is manufactured in Manchester. Each MOB20 has a large percentage of recycled polypropylene in the centre core and is easy to use and to handle, normally normally suppli

While they can’t guarantee sightings of its most famous inhabitant, Jacobite Cruises Limited has been delivering on its promise to provide visitors to Scotland’s largest loch (by water volume) with memorable water-borne experiences for more than 40 years. Today, with almost 300,000 people a year opting to explore ‘Loch Ness by Jacobite’, (as the company brands its tours), Jacobite Cruises is one of the Highlands great success stories. The firm operates an impressive five-stro

Baltic Workboats is a modern, well-equipped shipyard with a highly skilled workforce of over 200 people. During the last 17 years they have delivered more than 190 highly versatile vessels. Designed and built for the demands of governments, research institutions and multinational companies in over 20 countries worldwide. Baltic Workboats worldwide customers of marine professional have come to depend on Baltic Workboats to deliver highly capable, reliable and durable workboats

Sister-ships Oceanic Sirius and Oceanic Vega have completed a round-the-clock, 10-day maintenance programme at Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm). For eight of those days the two 106-metre vessels were in the yard’s 250-metre drydock no.4 in a tandem arrangement, to maximise the efficient use of resources. The twin SX120 type seismic research vessels are stateof- the-art and owned by CGG Eidesvik Ship Management AS, a joint venture between Eidesvik Offshore and CGG. The builde

Thuraya VSAT+ combines Ku-band and L-band in one integrated solution, opening a new frontier for maritime service partners, focusing on value creation Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), has partnered with ITC Global to set up Thuraya VSAT+, the ground-breaking maritime satellite service. ITC Global is a subsidiary of Panasonic Avionics Corporation. The partnership gives Thuraya access to Panasonic’s global

The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association (LEEA) is encouraging any member in the world to send in any technical question they may have by email to: technicaladvice@leeaint.com. This is the first port of call for the LEEA Technical Triage system, which aims to deliver a final resolution to a question within 48 hours. LEEA has been fine-tuning the helpful Technical Triage system to better monitor and control the technical support it provides to members. All LEEA staff have b