Key deals

With full support from EXS Subsea AS, a Norwegian oil and gas investment company, Graeme Kidd has led a successful management buyout of Oceanteam Subsea Services Ltd and launched the new company…

Marine South East in the UK has won a £ 50k bid to run a Knowledge Network exploring the exploitation and use of marine energy resources (MEREX). The commercial incentive to reduce…

On the eve of the 125th anniversary of its founding in 1885, a majority interest in America’ s portable dredger manufacturer Ellicott Dredge Enterprises LLC has been acquired by Markel Ventures, a…

The Netherlands’ Alphatron Marine BV has introduced an affordable solution in maritime communications, aiming  at the ever growing  demand for internet solutions on board vessels.  The Alphasatsea is a stand alone, self-tracking…

ACR Electronics Europe Gmbh has been awarded two contracts valued at € 1.25m to build, ship and install complete Inland - Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) in the pilot project ‘ Corridor 895’…

The Italian – Greek shipping line Adriatic Lines has launched the first ever freight only service between Italy and Greece, which will not carry tourist traffic. The route connects the Italian port…

UK maritime training provider Clyde Marine Training won an award for Best Performing Business with 25 employees or less at the recent Glasgow Business award ceremony. The company’ s recent diversification contributed…

Finnlines is opening a passenger ship line to Rostock on STAR class ro-pax vessels. The German stop of the current Travemü nde-Gdynia-Helsinki line will be moved to Rostock. The aim is to…

UK based marine electronic service and dealerships, Ships Electronic Services Ltd (SES), has acquired the assets and goodwill of Humber Telecommunications Ltd (Humber Telecom), which will now continue trading as Ships Electronic…

The sale of the assets of UK emergency distress beacon manufacturer McMurdo was finalised on Friday 20 November when the transfer from Digital Angel Corporation to Orolia was completed. The purchase price…

Despite a rapidly contracting global shipbuilding orderbook, lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has secured a healthy US$10.6m of orders for new equipment in the last three months. The strong orderbook contains a…

Clements Marine has been appointed to supply propellers to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for the charity’ s 44 strong fleet of Severn class lifeboats. The Severn class vessels, which are…

International seafaring charity the Sailors’ Society is ramping up support for its popular biennial Three Peaks Challenge, which sees teams from the shipping and related industries taking on the challenge of climbing…