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 ...

Knowing how to deploy lifeboats quickly and safely from a ship or yacht can mean the difference between life and death. A Fort Lauderdale school has opened a new facility to train and certify crews to ...

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 ...

Gareth Roscoe qualifies as a full RNLI crew member at Lyme Regis after 15 months’ training, passing rigorous tests on the Atlantic 85 lifeboat.

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 ...

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 ...

Lough Swilly RNLI launched its new Atlantic 85 lifeboat for the first time on Tuesday evening after a motorboat got into ...

The weekly 'on the water’ training session for a Lough Ree RNLI crew became the real thing on Tuesday last when the volunteer ...