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Avon Inflatables, which has built over 200,000 high Hypalon inflatables and rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) since 1959, has tasked its specialist Military & Professional division with creating a separate tube build facility.

Given the huge volumes of crude oil transported worldwide, the tanker industry has achieved a remarkable reduction in the number of significant oil spills, which has fallen to less than five per…

Leading figures from the marine science and ocean technology community will focus on the key themes of climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security when the Oceanology…

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), attending their 53rd General Meeting in Cape Town on 30 - 31 October, have elected Arnold Witte, CEO of US salvor Donjon Marine, as president.…

Fears of coastal flooding in eastern England last week led to evacuations and port closures as the biggest tidal surge in more than 50 years threatened East Anglia, Great Yarmouth, Felixstowe, Lowestoft…

Marine navigation equipment manufacturer Kelvin Hughes has been acquired by UK mid-market buyout specialist ECI  Partners LLP (ECI) in a £ 52m transaction out of Smiths Group plc, the UK listed technology…

The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has announced the appointment of the new Secretary of State' s Representative for Maritime Salvage & Intervention (SOSREP), after a competitive public recruitment process. Hugh Shaw…

A wreck removal operation is now underway to remove the stern section of the ill fated container ship ' MSC Napoli' from Lyme Bay on the UK' s Devon coast. After much…

Europe’ s biggest universal seaport, Rotterdam, has said it will this year become the world’ s first non-Asian port to handle more than 10m TEU containers and will have the capacity to…

A simulated explosion in ship’ s engine room put crews from the Port of London Authority, emergency services and Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the test during an exercise on the River…

The UK based Blue Climate and Oceans Project announced a new partnership last week with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) to inspire and engage greater awareness of seas, shores and wildlife by…

Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have progressed their fleet expansion plans with the purchase of two ro-ro ferries from Elmira Shipping of Greece. 

The annual autumn exhibition and conference season hits its peak this month with two of the year' s biggest shows both lined up to take place in the Netherlands.  For many of…

The UK Port of Southampton will benefit from a major improvement to the port’ s rail freight capabilities, after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed that it would contribute almost £ 43m…

Ireland' s Drogheda Port hit the 500,000 TEU container handling mark for the first time last month, with the milestone box carrying nuts and dried fruit from Holland. 

A simulated explosion in ship’ s engine room put crews from the Port of London Authority, emergency services and Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the test during an exercise on the River…