Key deals

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has signed a € 23m contract with Germany’ s Fassmer Shipyard to build the 57.9m Rainbow Warrior 111, the group’ s most advanced ship to date and its…

The world' s first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) facility with automatic synchronisation and 50/60 Hz conversion has been formally activated by Flemish Minister-President Kris Peeters in the presence of leading government and…

Ocean treasure hunting is going to be less a childhood dream and more of a problem for its practitioners as of last month.

The Crown Estate, which manages a property portfolio owned by the Crown in the UK, is seeking leases for wave and tidal energy projects in the Pentland Firth strategic area. It has…

British ports were dealt a blow last month as the House of Commons objected to the amendment of the Business Rates Supplement Bill. But the Lower House may still have a fight…

European governments and maritime interests will find relevance in an American report released last month which shows that ocean resources and coastal communities are vital to the overall economy, yet climate change…

A technical team from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Poole have recently returned from a trip to China where they reported on the condition of the fleet of ex-RNLI lifeboats now…

For those who miss the old days of Vosper Thornycroft and Halmatic at Portchester, there is a definite whiff of nostalgia about bringing back into use the yard’ s 1,000 ton ship…

There was considerable consternation in the UK last month after the Government’ s new Shipping Minister, Paul Clark, announced the new rates for light dues for the next two years.

Titan Salvage successfully cut the stern section and engine room from the No. 5 cargo hold of the sunken freighter New Flame last week, then lifted the 3,000 ton section from the…

British ports were dealt a blow last week as the House of Commons objected to the amendment of the Business Rates Supplement Bill. But the Lower House may still have a fight…

European governments and maritime interests will find relevance in an American report released last week which shows that ocean resources and coastal communities are vital to the overall economy, yet climate change…

Netherlands based salvage specialist Multraship Salvage and Belgian salvage specialist URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting successfully refloated the 25,654 gt oil tanker Akti N last week after the Liberian flag vessel ran…

On Saturday, World Refugee Day will see the official recognition of Aþ ý k Tuygun, the captain of the Panamanian flagged Turkish ship MV Pý nar which in April saved the lives…

Progress has been made in the UK this week with regard to one of the two hugely contentious issues of importance facing port operations and at least some clarification has arrived for…

The operation to finally remove the remaining section of the MSC Napoli is now underway, with a test lift scheduled for this week off the coast of Devon UK.