A new maritime engineering recruitment platform has been launched to help boost efforts to keep the industry moving amid the economic challenges presented by COVID-19. Part of Smart Engineering Alliance, SeaJobs.pl aims to help companies to grow their business by matching them with top talent in the industry, while encouraging employees to land the best
A UK harbour board has put a service together to help ease the welfare of crews on lockdown waiting at anchorage outside the port. Aberdeen Harbour Board has launched a special scheme to run during COVID-19 aimed at supporting crews. The scheme allows vessels to book a four-hour ‘welfare visit’ slot for their vessel in
The maritime industry remains active during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in a bid to ensure the future of the industry. Safety is a major concern and the British Safety Council has backed a joint statement from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the CBI and the TUC calling for employers to enable safe working conditions
A new COVID-19 Good Practice Guide for Workboats has been issued to help minimise the spread of COVID-19, protect people's health and maximise efficiency when responding to an COVID-19-related emergency situation. The Workboat Association's guide includes a number of controls that it recommends workboat operators implement . These include designation of a COVID-19 action plan
German hydraulic engineering concern Colcrete-von Essen has won court approval for management efforts to restructure after posting insolvency. Colcrete, international specialists in coastal protection and harbour and breakwater construction, reported “liquidity problems due to massive difficulties in the execution of a large project in Scotland”. It applied successfully to a court in Oldenburg, North Germany