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Hoylake Sailing School will run the first specialist Workboat module for the STCW Master, Workboat, less than 500GT at Hoylake next month.  The two week course will run from Monday 11th April – Friday 22nd.  Hoylake staff have worked hard to produce the first syllabus for this course to be approved by the MCA, utilising course […]

Full Press Release 21.09.15 In early 2014 the workboat industry recognised the need for better cooperation on safety matters, and through their trade organisation, the National Workboat Association (NWA), the Workboat Safety Forum was established. Since then, the Safety Forum has attracted a wide and active membership, which has initiated and reported on workboat Safety […]

After several rounds of consultation both internal and with our external stakeholders, we have now finalised our Good Practice Guide for Offshore Energy Service Vessels, which can be downloaded here.  It is anticipated that this guide will also be made available via the IMCA and Energy Institute websites.  If required, hard copies can be obtained […]

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We recently took a stand as part of the IMCA pavillion at the European Wind Energy Association exhibition in Copenhagen last month. This gave us the opportunity to gauge levels of interest in the NWA, particularly from European workboat operators. There was considerable interest from several European operators as well as visits from numerous UK […]

After months of drafting and discussion we have virtually reached agreement with the MCA on the text of the revised Workboat code. – There are still some contentious areas which we will have chance to comment and amend before the final version is published, particularly with reference to Towing and the Carriage of Dangerous Goods. […]

Leask Marine Limited from Orkney, Newhaven Port Authority and Wyre Maine Services based in Fleetwood are the latest operators to join the National Workboat Association, bringing another 9 coded vessels within our membership. 2014-02-04 09:00:00.0

The NWA was one on several bodies asked to comment on the Government's approach to regulating the Windfarm service vessel industry, and in particular our role in the process. The full response can be viewed in the Members Secure Area of the Web Site 2014-02-04 09:00:00.0

Yvonne was concerned at the negative light in which the offshore windfarm vessel operators were portrayed at this conference. Please go to the Members secure area of the web site to see her report. 2014-02-04 09:00:00.0

The MCA has now published the following two Marine Guidance Notes;- MGN 490 – MLC Requirements for vessels less than 200gt, and MGN 491 – MLC requirements for vessels more than 200gt but less than 500gt ​Please follow this link to the MCA web site – http://www.dft.gov.uk/mca/mlc   – to view and download these M notices. 2013-08-19 09:00:00.0

A specialised time charter party designed for the offshore wind farm sector and based on the SUPPLYTIME form has been published and is available for use now. WINDTIME is designed for the small high speed craft used to transport technicians to and from offshore wind farm sites. Up until now the wind farm sector has […]

Norman Finlay Wins Lifetime Achievement Award at Seawork All members will be delighted to learn that Norman Finlay was presented with a special Lifetime Achievement award at the Mercator Media awards at Seawork this week.  Norman got by far the biggest round of applause all evening when his award was announced, supported by a good […]