View the March news bulletin in full: IIMS News Bulletin March 2023 (pdf format) or click to read it in eReader format.
Well, 2023 has certainly got off to a busy start at IIMS and the team is beavering away on a number of exciting projects. We are pleased to be finally hitting the road again and have plans to deliver some meaningful training events and a Conference too – most offering both the possibility of a face-to-face experience, but with the option to join online via Zoom. I do hope that across the year we will meet some members in real-time. It has been far too long! Click to view the calendar of events.
Lithium-ion batteries remain one of the hottest topics of discussion in the marine world right now, and justly so given there has been a spate of accidents last year linked to this rapidly emerging technology. So, it is interesting to learn that Havila Kystruten, the specialist Norwegian cruise ship operator, has recently decided that only cars and motor vehicles that use fossil fuel can be transported on board the company’s ships in selected ports along the Norwegian coastal route.
