Marine News

BNWAS, VDR, S-VDR and SMIDS Training 2011 / 2012

Friday, May 27th, 2011
We are pleased to announce our two day training course dates for the remainder of 2011 and 2012. Training courses will be held at AMI Marine (UK) Ltd main office in the UK and will cover the VR2272B VDR and S-VDR systems, the KW919 SMIDS and the KW810 BNWAS system. 2011 Monday 11th...

Japan nuclear crisis

Friday, March 18th, 2011
AMI Marine (UK) Ltd would like to express our deepest sympathies to all those caught up in the tragic recent, and on-going, events in Japan. Latest news at time of print is that the Japanese government has raised the alert level at its quake-damaged nuclear plant from four to five on...

AMI BNWAS – Marine Electronics & Communications Magazine

Monday, February 21st, 2011
Marine Electronics & Communications magazine have published an editorial, in their February/March 2011 edition, on the BNWAS, which features our KW810. Included within the editorial are statements from our very own David Clutterbuck and the feature picture being of our equipment. Editorial is as follows: WATCH ALARMS BECOME MANDATORY IN JULY Rules coming into force...

VDR, S-VDR and BNWAS Training Dates

Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
We are please to announce our two day training course dates for 2011. Training courses will be held at AMI Marine (UK) Ltd main office in the UK and will cover the VR2272B VDR and S-VDR systems, the KW919 SMIDS and the KW810 BNWAS system. January: Monday 24th – Tuesday 25th April: Monday 11th -...

MV Hannibal II seized by pirates ‘nearer to India than Somalia’

Friday, November 12th, 2010
The chemical tanker MV Hannibal II was hijacked approximately 900 nautical miles off the Horn of Africa, in waters closer to India than Somalia. According to Navfor (European Union Naval Force) the Panamanian flagged vessel was boarded whilst carrying vegetable oil, along with 31 crew, from Malaysia towards the Suez Canal. A...

HMS Astute runs aground off coast of Skye

Friday, October 22nd, 2010
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed that the Royal Navy’s largest sttack submarine has run aground off Skye. An MoD spokeswoman stated that “This is not a nuclear incident and there is no indication of any environmental impact.” She added “We are responding to the incident and can confirm that...

Ship Owners With Poor PSC Records To Be Named And Shamed!

Friday, October 1st, 2010
New port state control (PSC) rules will be implemented by the European Union (EU) from 1st January 2011. The European Commission reports that the EU countries have already harmonized PSC inspection standards, but from January 2011 there will also be a full coordination of all PSC safety inspections carried out...

SMM 2010 – AMI Marine (UK) Ltd Attending

Friday, August 27th, 2010
AMI Marine (UK) Limited are pleased to announce that we will be attending the forthcoming SMM exhibition in Hamburg from 7th -10th September. Our popular KW810 ”Bridge Navigational Watch Alarm System” (BNWAS) will be available for demonstrations on Stand B6/140 by kind permission of Telemar or on Stand B6/122 by courtesy of...

Collision Closes India’s Biggest Container Port

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), India’s largest port, was closed (at the time of publishing) following a collision between a cargo vessel and a container ship. The vessels involved, according to officials, were the Panamanian flagged MSC Chitra and cargo ship Khalijia III. The vessels collided approx 8km off the Mumbai shore...

Illegal Immigrants Prevented From Entering The UK

Friday, August 6th, 2010
Five men, from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq, have been prevented from entering Somerset, England, after they were found by the UK Border Agency hidden in a lorry carrying grapefruit. The would-be illegal immigrants were first detected in Dunkirk, France by a sniffer dog while the lorry was preparing to board a...