Key deals

Devonport UKbased DML have recently secured a contract from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for what is described as the largestsingle contract ever awarded for lifeboat construction.

Cork based commercial boatbuilders Safehaven Marine have delivered a new Interceptor 42 ‘ All Weather Pilot Vessel’ to the Port of Dublin. 

Eclipse Energy UK plc has been granted consent to constructand operate the Ormonde offshore wind farm and to generate and exportelectricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development, thus completingthe series of…

If records are made to be broken then All-Energy 07, the UKs largestrenewable energy exhibition and conference, looks set to shatter all the glassin its trophy case when the event returns to…

A pioneering EUfunded project to promote the innovative use of multi-national maritime searchand rescue (SAR) resources when dealing with major coastal inundation, causedby events such as tsunamis and tidal surges, was launched…

The British & International Sailors Society (BISS), acharity operating in almost 100 ports worldwide, has launched the BISS DragonBoat Challenge 2007 fundraising event. Sponsored by BP Shipping and Cargill,the spectacular team event…

Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has solidified its supportfor the Royal National Lifeboat Institution with a visit from chief executiveAlan Campbell and a £ 1,000 donation.

MV Texas, a 66,532gt ro-ro vessel operated by Wallenius Wilhelms led a flotilla of boats under the Sydney Harbour Bridge last month in a ceremony marking the iconic structures 75th anniversary.

The fifth annual Gulf Maritime event, Gulf Maritime 2007, will take place from 16 to 18 April in the United Arab Emirates at Expo Centre Sharjah, which is in close proximity to…

Disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt launches his challengethis month to be the first disabled person to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain,a voyage of over 1600 miles.

The UKs seat of Government backs on to watersthat are part of the countrys third largest port by volume of trade and evenso far inland, the River Thames at Westminster still sees…

Now supporting Bremerhavensever increasing need for round the clock berth and basin dredging is the new ¢ 4.4mwater injection dredger Hol Blankfollowing its completion at Lloyd Werft.

By the end of this summer a new offshore windfarm will be operational on Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bayat the entrance to the River Mersey.