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A total € 13.5m is being invested in the restructuring of facilities at the Baltic seaport of Wismar to improve its significance as an ' alternative' port of call to busy neighbours…

The Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS), an independent rescue service providing free marine rescue cover in the Solent, has launched an appeal to raise the £ 61,000 funding shortfall that…

Following a successful show debut in 2006 which saw 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries attract some 8,000 visitors, the Navalia International Shipbuilding and Maritime Industries Exhibition and conference returns to the…

Commercial shipping in the Arctic is poised to prosper from energy exports, cruise tourism and new ice free routes due to climate change, but even if the industry can solve its own…

Twenty colourful working boats lined the jetty at Itchenor for the Harbour Working Boats Festival last month to give the public a valuable insight into life onboard working vessels in Chichester Harbour.

Work has started on the task of dismantling the wreck of the ferry ' Riverdance' , now lying on the beach at Blackpool on the north-west coast of England. After a lengthy…

Earthrace, a 78' wave piercing trimaran powerboat that runs as a carbon neutral project exclusively on 100% biodiesel started an attempt to break the round the world speed record late last month.

Design defects which led to catastrophic hull failure of the containership ' MSC Napoli' when it encountered heavy seas in the English Channel last year have been identified in 12 other ships.

The UK' s National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £ 20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

The heavy lift crane carrier Zhen Hua 23, which broke away from its moorings at Felixstowe on 1 March, was finally moved to the Trinity Container Terminal number 7 berth some three…

After 32 years lying on the Medway next to Chatham Historic Dockyard, the UK’ s last surviving steam paddle tug, ' John H Amos' , has been moved to a more suitable…

The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) at the University of Southampton is celebrating the success of its Climate Change Comedy Night, held to raise funds for its Solent Science Roadshow programme.

Following the delivery voyages of the fast ferry ' Tallink Autoexpress 2' and the ' Coastal Renaissance' , Netherlands based Global ship delivery and crewing specialist Redwise Marine Services BV is currently…