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There has been no contact with the Belgian side stone dumping vessel Pompei since it was captured by pirates on Saturday off the coast of Somalia.

Falmouth Coastguard in the UK scrambled an RAF helicopter, based at RNAS Culdrose, to rescue a tall ship crew member at the vessel’ s location some 100 miles from Lands End last…

A decision by the master of the cruise ship Explorer  to enter an ice field in Antarctic waters led to the vessel being lost, according to the conclusions of an investigation conducted…

Milford Haven Port Authority has welcomed delivery of its new £ 1.3m pilot boat, as shipping levels at the port are set to reach record breaking levels this year.

Now in service with the Brazilian Navy as a polar research vessel after a second major conversion is the American built former offshore supply ship Almirante Maximiano.

What is claimed to be the world’ s biggest coal fired, steam icebreaker still afloat, the Stettin, has undergone its regular five year check at Hamburg’ s Blohm + Voss Repair Shipyard…

HMS Endurance, the damaged British Royal Navy ice patrol ship, has finally been transported home from the Falklands to undergo extensive repairs following  its flooding incident last December.

The latest survey by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has found that litter on the UK’ s beaches has reached its highest ever level, up by 110% to 2,195 pieces per kilometre.

Among the many products being given on the water demonstrations at the well attended Ocean Business 2009 exhibition and conference in Southampton UK this week is what claims to be the world’…

The end of an era is truly at hand, with the UK’ s Port of Tyne preparing for the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which is to sail away…

UK shipping minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP opened a three week exhibition on the history of the Port of London Authority (PLA) at Museum of London Docklands on Tuesday. The event was held…

Trinity House, the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales, the Channel Isles and Gibraltar, is about to commission its first LED Light Vessel (LV), set for duty on the Varne station in…

The operation to remove the stern section of the container vessel ‘ MSC Napoli’ from the UK’ s Devon coast has reached its second milestone. Following a successful test, the project team,…

‘ Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on, said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, at the opening session of the European Wind…

Personal Everest yachtsman Geoff Holt is planning to take on the Personal Atlantic challenge next winter in which he will sail across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the first quadriplegic sailor to do…

Under the highly topical banner of ‘ Oriented to the market, Open to the future’ , the 26th International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) World Port Conference will focus on understanding…