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The UK Harbour Masters Association Autumn Seminar will take place at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London on 17 October. The programme has proved a challenge to finalise but the result offers…

Associated British Ports (ABP) Port of Cardiff celebrated the centenary of Queen Alexandra Dock with an official tree planting ceremony last week and the opening of a special photographic exhibition featuring images…

At the beginning of September the new flagship of the Chinese shipping company COSCO Container Lines Ltd docked at the Port of Hamburg for the first time. The Cosco Asia, with its…

The revolutionary New Zealand biodiesel powerboat Earthrace arrived in Amsterdam last week as part of its European promotional tour sponsored by Deutsche-Med of Rostock, Germany.

At noon on 11 September, ten members of the British Limbless Ex-Service Mens Association (BLESMA) and two participants from its American counterparts The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP) embarked upon a…

APL, the global container transportation company, has ordered eight MAN B& W 14K98ME-C7 engines, each generating a massive 84,280 kW or 115,000 BHP at 104 rpm, to power eight 10,000 TEU containerships…

The Port of Marseille Authority (PMA) is planning to develop two more new container terminals at Fos, its base for east-west trades, with a combined capacity of two million teu per year.…

The UK Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency are now advertising to recruit a successor to Robin Middleton, who is about to retire from the position of Secretary of State’…

The ill fated Tour de France kicked off in London this year, with time trials in the city centre and the first stage then proceeding from London to Canterbury.

The major UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’ s has collaborated with the Port of London Authority to trial the delivery of food to its stores by barge along the River Thames. 

Geoff Holt, the quadriplegic sailor undertaking his ‘ Personal Everest’ challenge to sail around Great Britain solo in a small trimaran, is nearing the point at which he can turn south and…

Marine salvors have welcomed the introduction of increased tariff rates under the SCOPIC (Special Compensation P& I Club) Clause system of remuneration for salvage services.

A new workboat with novel ice-breaking capability is due for completion this year for north German canal and waterway authorities.

The UK ports industry has broadly welcomed the Government’ s Interim Ports Policy Review paper, which commits to a market-led ‘ light touch approach’ rather than the adoption of a national ports…

Preparations for the UKHMA Autumn Seminar in London on 17 October are progressing well. The new Shipping Minister, Jim Fitzpatrick, has accepted an invitation to attend the Seminar and, although not expected…