Saturday 22 November 08
 

After show news

Seawork soundings on jack-up safety code

The Seawork exhibition in Southampton last month showed its serious side, leading a movement towards a Safe Working Practices Code being established for the operators of small road demountable jack-up barges.
There was movement towards a Safe Working Code of Practice for jack-ups at Seawork last month. Photo courtesy of Fugro.
There was movement towards a Safe Working Code of Practice for jack-ups at Seawork last month. Photo courtesy of Fugro.

John Howard of Plymouth based Howard Marine has a passion to unite the industry in a common training programme and industry standard qualification for barge masters - under the auspices of the UK's National Workboat Association.

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There was movement towards a Safe Working Code of Practice for jack-ups at Seawork last month. Photo courtesy of Fugro.

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Seawork International 2009 - 16rd to 18th June 2009