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Heavy lift specialist BigLift has just completed its first job with a new super fly jib, equipped with special Twaron stay cables to lengthen the crane to a radius of 55 metres.

Plans for one of the biggest port related construction projects ever undertaken in the Elbe community of Wedel-Schulau on the western outskirts of Hamburg have been outlined by local authorities.

Seawork, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, will be celebrating its 15th year in 2012 and although it will take place a little earlier than usual, it promises to be bigger and better…

The International Salvage Union has appointed Mark Hoddinott to succeed its Secretary General, Mike Lacey, on his planned retirement at the end of 2012.

The Ports Adapting to Climate Change (PATCH) project is joining the Port of Newhaven at the UK’s Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Exhibition this week to promote new business ventures with manufacturers.

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine signed contracts last month with the Faroe Islands Rescue Service to supply an Interceptor 48 self righting lifeboat.

Positive signs for activity at Lerwick Harbour in 2012 point to another busy year in prospect at the Shetland port following increased traffic across various sectors in 2011.

ACE Winches, the Aberdeenshire based deck machinery specialist, welcomed Scotland’s First Minister and local MSP Alex Salmond to its Aberdeenshire premises on Monday.

Australian shipbuilder Austal has secured an order from French Polynesia operator SNC Aremiti Ferry for a medium speed 80m vehicle passenger catamaran ferry.

Traditional boatbuilder Mark Edwards of Richmond UK is building the Royal Rowbarge, which will take part in a number of high profile events this year, including leading the Jubilee Pageant on the…

The UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) awarded a confirmed grant of just under £1m to the SS Robin Trust on Tuesday, enabling the world’s oldest complete steamship to re-open to the public.

The French company Omega Sails has introduced a kite system for boat propulsion that is claimed to give considerable savings in fuel.

Ezzat is the first member of the Mapso Aquarius series, based on the Sekkina wave piercing catamaran hull form.

The MOS4MOS action continues to gain momentum, as the Activity 2 of the Action came to a close during the Information Days in Livorno, Italy last week.

SMIT Salvage divers have begun preparations to remove some 2,400 tons of fuel from the stricken cruise liner Costa Concordia.

The UK’s Brockenhurst College, in partnership with nearby Composite Mouldings (CML) will be launching a series of five day beginner’s courses in GRP wet lay-up using hand laminating techniques.

The UK has is creating its first Marine Energy Park (MEP) in line with the government’s low carbon agenda and with the aim of helping to make wind and tidal power more…

Rescue operations on the stricken Carnival cruise liner Costa Concordia resumed off the coast of Italy as the possibility of still saving lives remains the priority.

For the second year running, British offshore renewable energy specialist, Mojo Maritime, has won the Tidal Energy Engineering Company of the Year award at the annual International Tide Energy Summit.

The global marine industry is set to benefit from a new generation of marine topographic mapping and seabed surface models - incorporating the popular UKHO series of nautical charts.