VIKAND—the maritime medical operations and public health provider—has signed a medical management agreement with small ship expedition cruise company, Heritage Expeditions. The company will manage all medical operations on board its new exploration vessel, ’Heritage Adventurer’. Holding records for the most northern and southern Arctic and [Read more...]
Survival technology solutions provider, Survitec has won a contract to supply firefighting systems to two 48,000 grt LNG dual-fuelled ropaxes They are currently under construction at Finland’s Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for Australian shipowner, Spirit of Tasmania (TT-Line Co Pty Ltd). “This is a major [Read more...]
Newcastle, UK-based occupational health and wellbeing company, NPH Group, has won a contract to supply onsite and offsite COVID-19 testing services to Virgin Voyages. This contract comes ahead of the launch of two new vessels, ‘Valiant Lady’ and ‘Resilient Lady, in the UK and [Read more...]
This week, the UK Government outlined plans to bring in legislation to address seafarer wages in response to P&O Ferries’ firing of 800 seafarers and replacing them with a lower paid agency workforce. Nearly two months after the company suddenly sacked its seafarers, the main [Read more...]
VIKAND, the public health and medical solutions provider has signed a deal to be the exclusive global distributor of the first US government-approved device capable of detecting coronavirus infections in patients’ breath. The InspectIR Systems PNY-1000 Covid-19 Breathalyzer has recently received ‘emergency use authorisation’ by [Read more...]
Survitec’s Seahaven, claimed to be the world’s largest inflatable lifeboat, has completed the IMO A.520 physical tests as required by class society Lloyd’s Register (LR). It was officially launched to the cruise industry during Seatrade Cruise Global this week. The 1,060-capacity inflatable lifeboat system for [Read more...]
Nautilus International and the ITF have called on the UK Government to intervene, after inspectors seeking to ensure the welfare of seafarers were denied access to P&O Ferries vessels at the Port of Dover on 19th April. In what was claimed to be an almost [Read more...]
Last week, class society DNV published a guidance paper to support the prevention and mitigation of blackouts on passenger vessels. With blackout incidents on cruise ships on the rise, DNV has created a new guidance entitled ‘Managing the risk of blackouts’, which addresses the main causes and [Read more...]
Global Healthcare specialist VIKAND has partnered with Meritech to promote its automatic handwashing system, the patented Cleantech. “We’re really pleased to be representing Meritech’s automated handwashing system, as it has a proven track record of improving on board hygiene for both passengers and crew, particularly [Read more...]
The Canadian St Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes Pilots and Viking Ocean Cruises’ Masters are preparing for the first season of the ‘Viking Octantis’, at the Maritime Simulation and Resource Centre (MSRC) facilities. Following the Great Lakes Pilotage Authority (GLPA) initiative and with Viking Ocean [Read more...]