BOATCOSAFE LAUNCHES BOATING CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS CAMPAIGN
Mandatory installation of Carbon Monoxide alarms on cabin boats in UK waterways would save lives. In the last 20 years, 19 boaters have died and another 24 have needed hospital attention from Carbon Monoxide gases.
BoatCOSafe has launched with a petition and news on its website see
BoatCOSafe.uk along with an intense video highlighting the dangers. There is also an online petition available on the website to encourage parliament to make having a CO alarm mandatory on inland waterways.
“Boats are naturally enclosed spaces where Carbon Monoxide can build up very quickly – and as you can’t smell or see it, you can be affected by it before you realise what has happened,” says lead campaigner Niki Molnar MBE
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Image credit: RNLI / Nigel Millard
INAUGURAL DUBAI SUPERYACHT SUMMIT SEES CHALLENGES FOR UAE AS A YACHTING DESTINATION
UK MCA AND RNLI TEST DRONES FOR SEARCH AND RESCUE
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) have run a special week-long event to test the use of drones along a stretch of coastline at St Athan, Wales. The testing took place between 23 and 27 April. A selection of drones were used in four different search and rescue scenarios to explore how they could be used to help save lives in the future.
The scenarios were a shoreline search for a casualty, an offshore search for multiple casualties in the sea, a mud rescue and a communications blackspot where a drone is required to relay information between rescue teams and a casualty on a cliff.
Featuring RNLI lifeboats and an HM coastguard search and rescue helicopter, the scenarios explored evaluated the potential impact of using drones (or Unmanned Aerial Systems) on operations. Particular attention was given on how drones can work together with existing search and rescue teams and assets to enhance lifesaving capability and reduce risk to rescue teams.
Full story:
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The first Dubai International Superyacht Summit saw global industry leaders come together to discuss the opportunities and challenges for the emergence of an “Emirati Riviera” as a superyacht hub and a winter yachting destination.
The summit led to local industry leaders and visitors almost unanimous in acknowledging the vast potential of the region to become a yachting destination and in stressing the improvements needed to realise this potential.
It was noted that to achieve its goals, massive on- going investment is required in infrastructure to allow for the development of the region. A revision of local regulations was also called for to simplify the movement of yachts in the region, and in meeting the needs of multinational superyacht crew intending to cruise in UAE waters.
Full story:
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12 | The Report • June 2018 • Issue 84
Marine News
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