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Seafarers Awareness Week
Seafarers UK, the leading charity for the UK’s maritime community has announced that the Annual Seafarers Awareness Week will run from 24th/30th June this year. This campaign is primarily aimed at raising the awareness of the UK’s dependence on seafarers. As an island nation, the UK is dependent upon the…
Search and Rescue maritime training begins in the Inverness Firth
Last week (Tuesday, 26 March 2013) Bristow Helicopters’ Search and Rescue (SAR) crews began six weeks of special maritime training on the Inverness Firth. The exercises are part of three months of training being undertaken by Bristow’s SAR teams in preparation for the start of the UK Gap SAR contract…
Report Highlights Importance of Ports to Scottish Economy
A recent report undertaken by Oxford Economics highlights the importance of the maritime sector, and in particular the role of ports to the economic wellbeing of Scotland. In total the maritime services sector supported an estimated £3.8 billion of Gross Value Added in Scotland, equivalent to 3.5% of the country’s…
