Key deals

HRH The Princess Royal has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). She follows in the footsteps of her father, HRH…

Lankelma Marine SI has acquired Great Yarmouth UK based Andrews Survey, which has become Lankelma Andrews. Andrews brings 30 years of marine survey experience and their geotechnical capability will augment the Lankelma…

Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has boosted its 51% holding in geosynthetics for civil engineering specialist Cofra to full ownership. The acquisition strengthens Boskalis position in the global market for specialist…

It identifies how enhanced Loran (eLoran) will secure the safe, low risk and cost effective mix of Aids to Navigation (AtoN) needed for the benefit and safety of all mariners around the…

A report published by UK Environment Secretary David Milliband concludes that climate change poses an immediate threat to the European Union target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010.

Nomadic served as tender to its ill-fated big sister Titanic when the latter ship made its first and only call at Cherbourg on 10 April 1912. Nomadic ferried 172 first and second…

The sale of Associated British Ports Holdings PLC to the American led international consortium Admiral Acquisitions UK Limited was approved by 98.75% of the shares voted at an Extraordinary General Meeting last…

International shipbrokers DSB Offshore have acquired the business of specialist tug broker Yarmouth Shipping Company Limited, which recently completed the sale of two 50 ton bollard pull tugs from BHP Billiton in…

Her Majesty The Queen was the principal guest last month when The Marine Society & Sea Cadets celebrated the 250th anniversary of the UKs most enduring maritime charity. Speaking at the reception…

The recent arrival of a new high-tech multi-purpose cargo handling crane promises to speed up throughput at the busy Kentish port of Ridham Dock in the UK. Purchased by Ridham Sea Terminals…

HATLAPA has taken over the former ship technology and cargo handling division of KGW Schweriner Maschinenbau GmbH and integrated it into a newly founded company, KGW Marine GmbH, located at Schwerin in…

Technology has moved on since the Leander Class frigate HMS Andromeda entered the water in May 1967, not least with regard to launch technique.To a burgeoning list of events for wind energy…