Tag: Scotland

Scotland has withdrawn quarantine exemptions for cruise crew, stating that seafarers must comply with its coronavirus isolation guidance.

Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Norwegian firm Gen2 Energy AS to create a commercial pathway to import green hydrogen from Norway into the UK energy market.

The Scottish government exempted seafarers returning home to Scotland, from hotel quarantine measures. In fact, the change came into effect on 20 March.

Scotland revealed its proposals for a new model of green ports focused on inclusive growth, fair work practices and delivering a net zero economy.

Scotland, a major player in Europe's offshore industry, is seeking proposals in order to install wind turbines, an investment of more than $10.2 billion, Crown Estate Scotland reported.

ION Geophysical Corporation successfully retrofitted from manual operations to Marlin™ SmartPort optimization software for the initial project at Montrose Port Authority in Scotland.

Scotland’s largest agricultural products hub is now fully operational at the Port of Rosyth with the arrival of the Baltic Mantis bulk cargo ship and its load of over 30,000 tonnes of animal feed from Argentina.

On Firday 14 February, the "MV Caledonian Isles" ferry vessel owned by the CalMac Ferries, faced rough weather conditions as it was struggling to berth at the Ardrossan harbor. Namely its crewmembers had to deal and operate under the storm Dennis' high winds.

Following the rough weather conditions of the Storm Ciara in the UK and Ireland, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) crewmembers faced strong winds during their rescue operation upon a fishing boat that was stranded without power, on Sunday 9 February in Edinburgh, Scotland.

According to the Peterhead Sheriff’s Court, a Scottish skipper has been found guilty for assaulting and racially-aggravating harassment upon five non-European crewmemebes, during a six-year period.