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The latest vessel to join Royal Boskalis Westminster' s fleet of dredgers started its maiden dredge operation at the Harwich Maintenance Contract in Harwich Haven last month.

Hamburg' s city owned Hadag ferry and excursion boat operator has marked ten years of operation by taking its tenth Class 2000 ferry, Wilhelmsburg, into service and placing orders for two more.

A critical stage in the battle being waged by businesses based at British docks against the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) took place last month when the VOA appeared before the Treasury Committee…

Europe' s latest SWATH vessel, and its first for private pleasure rather than commercial pilot or coastguard operation, arrives in the US late this month after sailing from Germany where it was…

So many mariners, pounded by the merciless power of the sea, must have wondered what it would take to get this huge force on our side. The answer, developed over the last…

The planned ' Motorway of the Sea' linking Kristiansund in Norway, Rosyth in the UK and Zeebrugge in Belgium has unexpectedly run into a snag. While not grounded completely, the plan has…

Salvage teams from Rotterdam and other SMIT Salvage locations worldwide have responded to a series of marine emergencies in recent months. Operations in the third quarter included the response to the plight…

The UK Port of Felixstowe has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.

Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship and Belgian salvage operator URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting refloated the 39,900 gt, Singapore flag containership Kota Lagu  last week after it had grounded in…

A lively group of ladies from Hampshire Womens Institute (WI) in Winchester UK and local branches at Shirley, Romsey, Stockbridge and Otterbourne, are volunteering their time to man a number of water…

The UK Minister for Shipping, Paul Clark MP will be sharing the Government’ s views on modal shift and the importance of water freight with delegates at a seminal event hosted by…

What is expected to become the world' s largest offshore wind farm got back on track  recently when the Masdar Initiative, the Abu Dhabi government' s multi-billion dollar investment in renewable energy,…

A Norwegian coastal shipping line has ' unexpectedly' mothballed another vessel as it struggles with mounting financial problems.

Always a highly topical and relevant subject, Strategic Waterfront Sites will be the topic for the November MareNet event which is being partnered by SEEDA and will take place at the former…

Last weekend' s storms around Spain created a nightmare for not one, but two Liberian flagged ships. First the bulk carrier Tawe ran aground in Algeciras on Friday night.