Key deals

Scotland risks losing its position as the global leader in wave and tidal power unless rapid steps are taken to put in place vital infrastructure, the head of a green energy trade…

Netherlands based dredging and offshore vessel builder IHC Merwede have opened a new factory in China for heavy industrial components. The facility in Guangdong Province will serve both the Chinese and global…

Following workers' strike action on Fridays and Mondays at Babcock Group' s Appledore Shipbuilders in the UK, Unite and GMB union delegates are looking for ' leverage' by getting the Confederation of…

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.

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…