Key deals

The Wim Timmers Designer Award has been presented to Emiel Mobron, a student at Delft University of Technology for his evaluation method for wind propulsion on cargo vessels.

UK–headquartered professional and rescue boat manufacturer Vanguard Marine has recently commissioned a TX-860 RIB to Scorpio Actividades Nautica in Funchal, Maderia.

Netherlands-based Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV is to outfit a 23.5m hybrid tug for Koedood BV.

Damen and Dutch antifouling provider, Micanti, say they’ve made a “real ecological and cost-efficient breakthrough” for shipping companies and shipyards.

The Devon, UK-based design engineering firm, Supacat Group, has acquired local heavy fabrication and machining specialist, Blackhill Engineering Services Ltd, providing Supacat with the ability to manufacture large structures.

In response to the continuing situation in the Mediterranean, which has necessitated commercial shipping to rescue tens of thousands of migrants and refugees during 2014, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the…

A leading north-east UK subsea engineering firm has developed what it calls an environmental first for the UK subsea industry - re-usable subsea mats for the seabed which help to save money…

The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) is giving South Wales ports a boost in capacity and productivity with a £600,000 investment in modern cargo handling equipment.