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  >>>>View the Workboat Association July 2019 newsletter here<<<<      

This month we hear from the Director of Strategic Marine Services   When did you first get interested in the maritime sector? I always had a keen interest in the sea and boats, first learning to sail in the Sea Cubs; on a local fishing lake.  When I told my school Careers Master that I […]

Document share > Click below to read the Department for Transport’s freshly published UK Maritime Report 2018/ 2019 Maritime_Annual_Report_2018_to_2019

Following the actions from the NWA Safe Access Safety Forum held earlier this year at Seawork; We are pleased to announce that the British TugOwners Association (BTA) and the British Ports Association (BPA) have invited us to discuss our findings with them, with intention to develop a cross-industry awareness to the necessary improvements related to Safe Access in Port […]

This week the MCA have published both the UK Clean Maritime Plan and the MIN592 (Differences between Workboat Code IWGTS and Workboat Code edition 2).   Though the scope of the documents is reasonably self explanatory here are some preambles; UK Clean Maritime Plan was launched on Thursday 11th July by Minister Nusrat Ghani in […]

Click here to view the presentation on the brief outcomes of the event; Presentation Safe Access   For more information, or to inform us of  your interest to participate in raising Safety of Access to Workboats in Port contact us here

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]