Additional Services now available

Additional Services now available

Workboat Safety International has formed working relationships with a number of highly experienced training providers. In addition to small boat operations we can provide services for both onshore and offshore rigging and crane operations. Emergency response services...

Training to a higher standard

Workboatsafety was recently  given the opportunity to participate in Emergency training with Risk Response + Rescue based in Woolongong.It is well worth having a look at their site  www.riskresponse.com.au/training . This crew is both passionate about what they do and...

Use of fall arrest during FRC launch?

Small boat deployment near miss incident – IMCA If you have a look at this report the root cause not uncommon. Manual release wires for FRC’s do occasionally get caught which activates the emergency lowering,this is a controlled decent  and I have done these...

FRC Capsize Number ?

Workboat Safety International The marine seismic industry as a whole has vast experience when it comes to launching small boats at sea, both workboats and FRBs. During my 6 years contracting as coxswain, I estimate the average number of launches I carried out per...

G link for Painter

Reference previous Blog,here is the best option I have found.After thousands of launches and retrievals I have only had this fail on one occasion which was down to operator error. G link Picture