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A political reshuffle has resulted in Robert Courts becoming the UK’s latest shipping and maritime minister for the Department of Transport.
Princess Yachts has been awarded a Princess Royal Training Award for its apprenticeship scheme.
MAIB ISSUES URGENT SAFETY BULLETIN ABOUT THE DEATH OF TWO MEN CAUSED BY CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
On 4 December 2019 two men returned to 9.18m privately owned motor cruiser Diversion, which was moored on the river Ouse in York. The diesel fuelled heater had been leaking exhaust fumes into the boat’s cabin while they were ashore, and both men were overcome by a high level of carbon monoxide gas and died shortly after they entered the boat’s cabin.
Safety Issues 1) no carbon monoxide alarm was fitted;
2) the cabin heater had been installed by the vessel’s owner, but the installation had not been professionally checked and no servicing had been carried out.
This accident is still under investigation and the findings will be published by the MAIB in a full investigation report.
A New Zealand court has fined the Ports of Auckland and one of its pilot a total of NZD $432,400 for excessive speeding during thousands of pilot boat voyages in Waitemata Harbour.
Statement from the Chief Inspector of Marine Accidents: “The MAIB investigation into this tragic loss of lives once again highlights the importance of installing carbon monoxide alarms on boats with enclosed accommodation spaces. This is the fifth fatal marine accident investigated since 2014, where a functioning carbon monoxide alarm could have saved lives. Carbon monoxide alarms suitable for the marine environment are readily available, inexpensive and simple to fit, and I urge boat owners to invest in one as soon as possible.
“It is commonplace for marine engines, generators, cookers and heaters to produce carbon monoxide during normal operation; amateur installation and un-serviced appliances can introduce the risk of boat users inhaling lethal levels of this toxic gas. The importance of checking the installation and routine servicing of all such devices by a professional cannot be overstated.”
Download the report at
https://bit.ly/37gy0Cv.
By August 5th observers spotted some minor oil sheen around the vessel Wakashio after she grounded off the coast of Mauritius. The “the risk of oil spill was still low”, the minister argued. How wrong he was.
“As we work towards the decarbonisation of the workboat sector, this latest innovation represents new gains in efficiency. In this way, we have been able to design a CTV that combines optimal performance in challenging conditions with a significantly reduced environmental impact,” said John Cooper, CEO of BAR Technologies.
People in the Welsh village of Porthcawl recently awoke to the news that several large shipping containers full of tissues and incontinence pads could wash up on their beach after the loss of eleven 40-foot long containers from a cargo ship in the Bristol Channel.
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Skeleton Technologies, a specialist in graphene-based ultra-capacitor energy storage, has partnered with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with the aim of completing the development of the SuperBattery, a groundbreaking graphene battery with a 15-second charging time.
The volume of UK port freight tonnage for Q2 fell by 18% on last year at 96.1 million tonnes, according to statistics released by the Department for Transport.
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