The topics of marine engineering and safety are intrinsically linked. No clearer is this connection than in the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), which celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. Throughout its storied history women in the organisation have been crucial to this both on land and at sea and are still driving change to […]
To coincide with Women in Maritime Day on 18 May, RINA historian Mark Barton looks at the life of one of the Institution’s first women members One of the first three female naval architects to be elected to member at the 1919 AGM. Eily Keary graduated from Cambridge with a degree in Mechanical Sciences. In […]
Women often lack the opportunities to pursue technical careers in maritime, believes WISTA International President Elpi Petraki Across the entire maritime sector women account for 29% of the overall workforce, but as data published in the 2021 IMO-WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association) Women in Maritime Survey Report revealed there are enormous disparities not […]
Growing up at Pembroke Dockyard where his father worked, Bernard Waymouth served a shipwright apprenticeship before moving to London. In 1846 he joined the firm of Money, Wigram and Sons which had premises at Blackwall on the Thames and was one of the companies experimenting with iron construction. In 1853 he went to work for […]
New deal extends reach into the important Greek market UAE-based Gulf Turbo Solutions (GTS) – an affiliate of MAN Energy Solutions – has taken an important step towards broadening its geographic coverage by signing an agreement with Euploia Drydocks & Services of Greece. GTS has its own facilities in Dubai, Sharjah, Singapore and Bahrain, and […]
Commercial diving company’s ongoing focus on training and skills development has enabled it to execute several notable, and highly challenging projects in recent months Over the past few years, Subsea Global Solutions (SGS) has seen a steady growth in enquiries and 2023 continued that trend with a healthy mix of underwater maintenance and repair projects. […]
Around 30% of all LR surveys are now being carried out remotely The Covid-19 pandemic saw a huge shift in the attitudes towards remote work, with the capability to conduct remote surveys becoming an essential part of classification services to the maritime industry. Lloyd’s Register (LR) has continued its drive towards this tech-driven future with […]
No sign of any slowdown as the yard experiences healthy demand across a wide range of vessel types Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock enjoyed a very positive year in 2023, sustaining the heathy growth in repair and maintenance activity seen the year before. Managing director Richard Beards says: “It was an extremely good year for us […]
Late March saw the ‘end of an era’ of sorts – not to mention, a new beginning – as UK offshore wind CTV operator Tidal Transit purchased what it intends to be its last ever diesel-powered crew carrier, in line with its plans to transition to a fully electric fleet. The 27m x 9m newbuild, […]
A decade-long programme of upgrade work on the UK Royal Navy’s ageing Type 23 frigates is nearing completion, with one ship left to complete the process. At the end of February 2024, the UK Royal Navy frigate HMS St Albans returned to sea after what the Royal Navy described as a “massive revamp” at Devonport […]
In February 2024, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) confirmed that its Newport News Shipbuilding division (NNS) had initiated topside testing of the electromagnetic aircraft launch system (EMALS) on the US Navy’s aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79). EMALS, first integrated into USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78), replaces the existing steam catapults currently in use on the US Navy’s Nimitz-class […]
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence has provisionally selected Naval Group – offering its Black Sword Barracuda design – to deliver a replacement submarine capability to succeed the Royal Netherlands Navy’s current Walrus-class boats. Announcing the decision on 15 March 2024, State Secretary for Defence Christophe van der Maat said that the French naval shipbuilding, support […]