AMI Marine (UK) Ltd

The Costa Concordia disaster has captured the news headlines recently but another incident has occurred in the form of two cargo ships colliding in Istanbul’s Bosphorus strait. Despite the collision the busy waterway remains open to traffic, GAC shipping agency says. The M/V Kayan-I, a 5,644 tonne Sierra Leone-flagged general-cargo vessel,...

RFA Fort Victoria, a British Royal Navy vessel, was patrolling in an area around 420 nm  from the Seychelles and 350 nm from the Somali coast last week as part of NATO’s counter piracy task force 508. Information was received that a Spanish fishing vessel, operating to the north of its...

Exhibiting for the first time at Marintec, AMI Marine (UK) Limited are very proud to introduce their BNWAS and SMIDS to the Asian market. Martin Cox (Sales Manager) and Steve Houseman (Product Development Manager) will be present at the British Pavilion in Hall W3 –Booth 3G51D throughout the exhibition and would...

AMI Marine (UK) Ltd are delighted to announce that we have received CCS approval for our KW810 BNWAS and KW919 SMIDS systems. The BNWAS is the latest mandatory carriage requirement for all vessels over 150gt, being phased in over the next three years. The AMI KW810 BNWAS now carries the MCA...

Salvage crews are back on board the troubled cargo ship Rena today, but pumping the oil off will not resume until tomorrow at the earliest. Very bad weather is continuing to thwart recovery efforts. Svitzer Salvage spokesperson Drew Shannon explained that the four salvors onboard today would come disembark the ship...

We are pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at INMEX in India on 29th September 2011 to 1st October 2011 and we would like to invite everyone along to our stand to take a look at our products and meet us in person. Attending the show will be our...

The Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) will officially report that RS Hellas Ltd, the former RS agent in the Republic of Greece, has issued false classification certificates using  documents similar to those used by RS, having no authorization to carry out ships’ surveys and to issue the...

According to the Deepwater Horizon’s flag state the main factor leading to the fatal explosion and sinking of the oil rig last year was flawed well engineering – in a report contradicting some US Coast Guard findings. The Republic of the Marshall Islands, which flagged the Transocean rig that was leased...

1st July 2011 saw the introduction of the first phase of the amendment to the SOLAS regulation V/19 meaning that all vessels of a certain category will require carriage of a BNWAS - “Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System” This first phase category includes “all ships of 150 gross tonnage and upwards...

Following the successful management restructuring of AMI Marine (UK) Limited three years ago, we are very pleased to announce three new appointments. Martin Cox has been working with AMI on new product development for some months but his enthusiasm and communication skills has propelled him from the workshop into the sales...