During the mandatory training, a lifeboat is filled to capacity with crew members and maneuvered in the water to familiarize them with lifeboat operations. Sep 20, 2012 The Cruise Lines International ...

ILWACO, Wash. – With the Pacific Ocean churning around him, Chief Petty Officer Scott Lowry cranks the steering wheel, barrels full-throttle toward a cruise ship – and slams into it. Without leaving a ...

Cruise ships around the world will hold a drill with a fully loaded lifeboat at least once every six months as part of a new safety policy announced today by groups representing the industry. The new ...

Among awards at the event, attended by sixty six crew, their families and friends, was a long service medal for Garry Gibbs, ...

In the commercial maritime and offshore industries, where worker safety and competency are crucial, effective training practices are an absolute must. While hands-on, in-the-field learning will always ...

Lifeboats will be fully manned during training exercises under a new policy adopted by the Cruise Lines International Association and the European Cruise Council. Effective immediately, lifeboats will ...

Each individual member received a set and it will now be their responsibility to maintain and take care of them. The only equipment that will be shared in future will be lifejackets, to the delight of ...

Harry Chichester has dreamed of following in his father’s footsteps and volunteering on the lifeboat since he was 10 years ...

Abersoch, Pwllheli, and Porthdinllaen RNLI stations collaborated in a complex training exercise simulating a cliff fall and ...

A FISHERMAN saved from death after being swept out to sea by soaring waves was rescued by lifeboat volunteers on a training exercise. He owed his life to the crew who pulled him from icy waters before ...