This week is Maritime Safety Week!

This week is Maritime Safety Week!

Maritime Safety Week This week is the 2nd annual Maritime Safety Week (1st – 5th July 2019) The campaign instigated by the UK DfT in 2018 received fantastic response in its inaugural year. Objectives for the week are: •       to recognise and highlight all the excellent safety work that already goes on across […]

Mark Ranson wins Maritime Professional of the year 2019!

Mark Ranson wins Maritime Professional of the year 2019!

Did you know that a week ago today – Mark Ranson was celebrating becoming the European Maritime Professional of the year?! The European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs) winners were announced during a packed ceremony held at the Golden Arrow Marine Restaurant on site at Seawork on the evening of Tuesday 11th June. The Maritime Professional […]

CTV Good Practice Guide 2 – Official launch at Seawork 2019

CTV Good Practice Guide 2 – Official launch at Seawork 2019

Join us from 11th to 13th June to celebrate the launch of our ‘Crew Transfer Vessel Good Practice Guide revision 2′.   Visit the NWA on stand PB128 to register for your copy of the newly revised CTV GPG, all registrations for the guide at Seawork will be automatically entered into our celebratory ‘Launch Competition’ with […]

MCA act as Mild Steel welding fume gets classed a Carcinogen

MCA act as Mild Steel welding fume gets classed a Carcinogen

New scientific evidence, from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), advises that exposure to mild steel welding fume can cause lung cancer and possibly kidney cancer in humans. There has been endorsement and reclassification of mild steel welding fume as a human carcinogen. The MCA has this week launched this Safety Information Notice […]

Member Profile: Jacqui Bruce, NWA Treasurer and Administration

Member Profile: Jacqui Bruce, NWA Treasurer and Administration

Jacqui Bruce has been on the end of the phone for over 15 years to many of the NWA members and the wider industry, now she works part-time directly for the NWA as Treasurer and organising administration.    How did you personally become involved in the maritime sector? My Son had just started school and […]

Tremors In Non-Levy Apprenticeship Funding

Tremors In Non-Levy Apprenticeship Funding

Concerns and Celebration in the Apprenticeship world   – If you are a Non-Levy paying (less than 3million turnover per annum [SME]) company and thinking of possibly taking on an Apprentice(s) this year, please let us know by Friday 24th May. Due to low National funding availability for Apprentices within this bracket we must ensure our training providers have made sufficient […]

MCA launch ‘Human Element Assessment Tool’ – HEAT

MCA launch ‘Human Element Assessment Tool’ – HEAT

“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 […]

NWA Dinner at Seawork 2019

NWA Dinner at Seawork 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 […]

Member Profile: Jim Paton, Safety Forum Chairman

Member Profile: Jim Paton, Safety Forum Chairman

                 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 […]