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The 11th Exposhipping Europort Istanbul International Maritime Exhibition (Europort Istanbul) will bring together the international maritime sector in the Istanbul Expo Centre between 23 and 26 March.

The recently completed quayside at the UK Port of Felixstowe, previously described as Felixstowe South Reconfiguration, is now formally known as Berths 8 & 9.

The UK’s marine industries contribute £3.7 billion to the UK economy each year, according to figures released Tuesday by the Marine Industries Leadership Council.

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has published a consultation document providing background to the proposed changes to the coastguard service.

The British Government’s controversial privatisation of the country’s search and rescue helicopter service fell into disarray this month when irregularities in the bidding process surfaced.

Two days before the first ever EU summit on energy commences this Friday, twenty European companies and associations called on EU Heads of State to create a single market for electricity by…

The launch ceremony for the 30,000m³ trailing suction hopper dredger Congo River took place at the IHC Merwede shipyard in Krimpen aan den Ijssel in the Netherlands.

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P&O Maritime Services has acquired a 50% shareholding in a UK incorporated joint venture with the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University.

A world class library, archive and education centre known as the Brunel Institute officially opened its doors in the UK Port of Bristol just in time for the recent holiday season.

The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020 according to the European Wind Energy Association, which has published…

Dredger builder Italdraghe SpA has just supplied the latest of a long line of dredgers to Nigeria. The new SGT 600D CSD is already at work on sand winning projects in the…

BMT Nigel Gee Ltd has signed a contract for the construction of an initial batch of four Wind Farm Support Catamarans to be built by VeKa Shipbuilding BV at their Jongert yard…

Maritime Journal is increasing its coverage of Marine Renewable Energy, with the topic becoming a ‘regular’ editorial category in every issue of the magazine.

Cheetah Marine has delivered the first of two new 6.9m Cheetah Harbour Patrol vessels to the Harbour Office at Warsash on the river Hamble.

Coastguard service providers have been shocked by the UK Government’s decision to slash the country’s coastguard stations from 18 to just three operational full time.

The ABP Port of Southampton in the UK announced last month that it expects to start work next year on a new cruise terminal, the city’s fifth such facility, which will become…

Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has launched Ursula, an Interceptor 42 pilot boat for the Port of Roenne in Denmark.