Key deals

All businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. An enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate prediction, enabling better informed business decisions.

Offshore cable laying for the UK end of the BritNed electricity link is the latest stage of the € 600m project. It involves the first ever power supply connection between Great Britain…

Members of the London based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) recently examined the business opportunities available in the expanding renewable sector at the first of their new style networking meetings.

Finnish ship power system integrator Wä rtsilä has been awarded two large orders this year from the Amsterdam headquartered Spliethoff Group.

A report published in October by the UK' s Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public…

The Port of London Authority (PLA), Southampton University and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Ecocats Limited have won a specialprize from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and LloydsRegister of Shipping, for the…

The first of a class of 13.5m catamaran patrol launches to be operated by the Port of London Authority is under construction, ready for trials and introduction into service in Spring 2009.

Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted…

Work has started in Bristol UK on the redevelopment of land alongside the Great Western Dockyard which will create a £ 3.5m endowment style fund for the future conservation and maintenance of…

P& O Ferries has agreed to purchase adedicated freight ferry in order to meet the growing demand for space fromhaulage customers throughout its operations.The company will take delivery ofthe El Greco, currently…

Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt successfully completed hisPersonal Everest quest to become the first disable person to sail aroundGreat Britain on 5 September when his trimaran passed the South Cardinal buoyin Southampton Water…

The UK Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) welcomed the publication this week of the Report on the Draft Marine Navigation Bill issued by the Transport Committee.

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has revealed a full autumn programme of events, with CEDA Dredging Days 2008 taking place in Antwerp on 1-3 October.