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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’ s satellite based MOB Guardian sea safety system has recently played an important part in saving the lives of three fishermen after their vessel sank off the…

Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul celebrated the 4th of July by launching what is by far the world' s largest trailing suction hopper dredger at the Shipyard La Naval in Sestao,…

Belgian dredging leviathan Jan De Nul celebrated the 4th of July by launching what is by far the world' s largest trailing suction hopper dredger at the Shipyard La Naval in Sestao,…

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has become the first port in the UK to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, after signing a deal with Utilicom…

The Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) visionary project to bring vessel traffic management, search and rescue and environmental protection under one (virtual or physical) roof is going to be aired this autumn…

Records tumbled this week when lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding set a new world best for a lifeboat freefall drop by successfully launching its new FF1200 offshore lifeboat from a drop height…

Following government approval for the Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in North East England and before construction work has started, shippers and retailers are already anticipating the benefits of direct…

Two mothers with seven children between them became the first ever all female crew to participate in the Round Britain Offshore Power Boat Race, which was still underway as MJ closed for…

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has conducted an assessment of the risk and the ability to respond to a spill in UK waters of Very Heavy Fuel Oil (VHFO) in the…

The biggest and possibly the most sophisticated luxury ship ever to sail on the Lake of Constance is nearing completion for Swiss owners at Germany’ s Bodan Shipyard in Kressbronn.

The delicate operation to relocate the wreck of a WW1 German submarine began mid-June in the Dover Strait, the world’ s busiest shipping lane.

Maritime shipwrecks will be on a register of the country' s neglected or decaying historic treasures when English Heritage launches its Heritage At Risk project this month.