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Uber on the water! 10/07/2020Thames Clipper have teamed up with Uber to launch a new commuter service in London, this will be launched later this summer - you will be able to travel along the Thames network with access to 23 ...
Autonomous Offshore Wind Guard Vessel Introduced 08/07/2020Further developments in the introduction of automated vessels - Click here to see more: https://www.offshorewind.biz/2020/07/07/autonomous-offshore-wind-guard-vessel-introduced/...
Nautiterm – (Nautical terms Explained): “Learn The Ropes” 07/07/2020To learn the ropes is to gain a skill. Young sailors were taught what each rope, rigging and knot was for aboard a ship. After ‘learning the ropes’, sailors would then 'know the ropes'....
Schottel Awarded Contract 06/07/2020Schottel supplies rudder propellers for Port of Aarhus tugboat. Schottel, a German propulsion manufacturer have been awarded a contract to supply rudder propellers to a tug being built by Turkish ...
Celebrating 25 years! 06/07/2020It’s not often we have an opportunity to celebrate and recognise someone’s longstanding work achievements. Here at WRS Tech, we feel the need to point this out. Elaine is our accounts/finance ...
Seafarers Awareness Week 06/07/2020Seafarers Awareness week starts today! This year the charity is keen to highlight the challenges faced by seafarers and their families as a direct result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now more ...
Floating Lido 02/07/2020A proposal has just been submitted to turn a 60M Dutch Barge into a floating Lido to be located in East London. This pool will be the first of its kind based in the UK and will have an open ...
Automated shipping 02/07/2020Automated shipping “Imagine a ship sailing into port, only with no captain on the bridge, and nobody to be seen on board. In the past such a vessel might have been known as a ghost ship, but in the ...
Nautiterm: (Nautical Terms Explained) – “First Rate” 30/06/2020Implies excellence. From the 16th century on until steam powered ships took over, British naval ships were rated as to the number of heavy cannon they carried. A ship of 100 or more guns was a First ...
HMM Oslo 29/06/2020Southampton’s largest vessel docked last week. HMM Oslo arrived in Southampton Friday the 26th - The container ship is 399.9 metres long, and 61.5 metres wide. After leaving South Korea, ...
