Key deals

Some well known names from the UK marine industry have featured on the Queen’s new year’s honour’s list – including awards for the top bods at the NCI, Solar Solve Ltd and…

A new EU funded scheme worth £7.7m (EUR 9m) is providing access for companies and researchers to specialist marine renewable energy testing centres across Europe.

The varied range of vessels produced by Damen Shipyards is reflected in these two craft, seen on the final assembly and testing quay at the company’s headquarters in Gorinchem.

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has announced changes to the approval scheme for UK oil spill treatments, following a review earlier this year.

E.ON is making another huge leap into green energy with a multi-billion investment of EUR7 billion for three new wind farms in the North and Baltic Seas.

The Jan De Nul Group has been awarded a project for the design, construction and installation of 16 concrete foundations for an E.ON offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea.

It’s more doom and gloom from the forecasters when it comes to the state of the shipping industry as we near the end of 2011 - but there may just be a…

The new double-ended ferry Schlesweg-Holstein has completed its transfer journey from the shipyard in Rostock where it was built to its future home port Wyk on the island of Föhr (Wyk auf…

There’s good news today for the UK s city of Hull – multi million pound plans have been submitted by Siemens and Associated British Ports (ABP) for a wind turbine factory at…

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has supplied a second of its new Interceptor 38/11.5m pilot vessel to the Islands of the Azores, situated some 1,000 miles out into the Atlantic between Europe and America.

The 2012 Motorship Propulsions & Emissions Conference, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, has opened its call for papers today.

ThyssenKrupp of Germany has announced that on 11 December it concluded a purchase and sale agreement for its civil shipbuilding activities, with UK-based investment company Star Capital Partners.

The trade association RenewableUK has slammed the anti-wind energy report published today for failing to recognise the significant role that wind energy plays in creating clean energy for the UK.

The British Royal Navy vessel RFA Fort Victoria intravened to stop a Spanish fishing vessel operating coming under attack from a group of pirate vessels recently.

ABB Marine and Cranes is working to promote the environmental and commercial benefits of the use of shore-to-ship high voltage electrical connection technology to the UK.

Following the news that British merchant ships will be able to arm themselves against piracy – new guidance has been released by the UK Government.

The latest in the RAnger 4600 series of Canadian designed Robert Allan fireboats has just been delivered to the Dongguan Fire Services Department in China.

Frances Alu Marine Shipyard has successfully won a bid to build an innovative inland waterways passenger transport vessel for the city of Calais.

The 81m cargo ship Swanland sank in heavy seas off the north coast of Wales late last month with the apparent loss of six Russian crew members.

The parent company of Maritime Journal, Mercator Media, has today launched new and improved ‘search’ functionality for its websites that will provide users with more relevant results faster.