The UK Dorset Police Marine Section’s new 11m patrol boat 'Buccaneer' has been making waves since it was delivered in August....

A fully-functioning prototype safety release mechanism for dipping sonars has been 3D printed by Dynamic Load Monitoring UK) Ltd (DLM). The product, which is approx. 211mm high and 85mm in diameter, weighs just 466 grams....

Damen Shipyards Group is delivering an ASD Tug 2813 to Cititug in Ecuador. The vessel, to be named ASD Mater, in honour of the Virgin Mary, will operate in the bunkering terminal of the Port of Esmeraldas....

A fleet of nine new state-of-the-art pilot boats has been commissioned from Goodchild Marine Services, representing an investment of around £9 million by Associated British Ports (ABP)to further enhance port operations across its network....

Turkey’s first Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle (AUSV) program has been launched by Antalya-based ARES Shipyard working together with Ankara-based METEKSAN Defence on the first platform of the ‘ULAQ’ line....

Approached by a leading provider of floating production solutions to the offshore energy industry, Manuplas® has successfully designed and manufactured subsea buoyancy modules to be used on an offshore repair vessel, with lifting equipment, as supports for pipeline repair....

The IMO's global sulphur fuel cap has not eradicated the potential threats from cat fines, sludge, compatibility issues, asphaltene and fuel stability that can damage the health and maintenance of diesel engines....

Engine dealer and custom engine builder Barrus has signed acceptance of a new seven-year contract with the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), ‘for the delivery of engine support to maintain the capability of MoD boats’....

With the new electric Voith Schneider Propeller (eVSP), Voith is pushing ahead with the continuous electrification of its drive technologies....

Two water jet manufacturers, Hamilton and Doen, have almost coincidentally announced that they can offer water jets from their range adapted for hybrid diesel and fully electric operation writes Dag Pike....

Howard Arneson, the powerboat legend who gave his name to his famous surface drive system also used extensively in high speed commercial craft has died at the age of 99....

A programme of major developments at the Italian Adriatic port of Ravenna has been announced that will include dredging and quay development....

A €500 million widening project just inaugurated on Germany’s Kiel Canal is but one part of an extensive €2.6 billion upgrade of the world’s busiest man-made waterway, writes Tom Todd....

A recent emergency bridge scour repair has shown the range of concreting competencies at the disposal of a Welsh marine civil engineering specialist....

M&CCE exhibitor Arch Henderson has filled us in on its key parts in the long-running £350 million Aberdeen Harbour expansion project....

Associated British Ports is to open a new next-generation-ready and open access cruise terminal for the 2021 cruise season in Southampton....

Testing has confirmed the Geometrics MagArrow magnetometer to be efficient at low altitude flights....

The world’s first 5G ocean-based marine testbed will benefit from a 5G mobile private network built by Vodafone using Nokia equipment....

IEC Telecom has joined forces with a global satellite operator to bring affordable quality satcom technology to smaller vessels that have limited onboard space....

The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced BMT as the winner of the first Admiralty Marine Innovation Programme challenge....

The Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF) has released a new information paper: ‘Recommendations on Usage of ECDIS and Preventing Incidents’....

The US Ocean Exploration Cooperative Institute (OECI), funded by NOAA’s Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) recently signed a purchase contract to acquire a DriX Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) from high-tech company iXblue....

An impressive new Norwegian Police patrol boat benefits from a state-of-the-art navigation and communications package from Raymarine....

The second meeting of trade body The Workboat Association’s new technical working group, which would have formed a key part of the Seawork schedule has taken place virtually instead....

Mercator Media Ltd has confirmed that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd edition of Seawork and sister event the M&CCE Expo will now be held 15-17 June 2021. This also affects and applies to Speed@Seawork, now to be held 14 June 2021....

Seawork International commercial marine exhibition and conference, along with the Speed@Seawork sea trials event and Marine & Coastal Civil Engineering Expo (M&CCE) are all to be rescheduled until a later date, to be announced in due course....

Following years of research, development and testing, Barrus is adding a new range of electric outboard motors to its Marine line-up....

A company which operates tourist vessels to one of the most famous natural attractions in the US is investing in a more sustainable future with new zero-emission electric vessels....

Seakeeper, the major producer of gyro stabiliser systems for boats and long-time Seawork exhibitor, has launched its smallest ever stabiliser that should bring new levels of stability to smaller workboats writes Dag Pike....