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The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency is the national overall winner in Remploy s 8th annual Leading the Way Awards . The awards were developed to recognise employers that have made significant…

In a period of 24 hours last month, three times as much new wind power capacity (300MW) was approved in Scotland and Wales than was built during the whole of last year.…

Reclamation work on The Pearl-Qatar , the US $2.5 billon man-made island being built offshore Doha, is running ahead of schedule, The Pearl-Qatar newspaper reported in October.

Finlands Aker Yards Group has merged its two shipyards in that country, Kvaerner Masa - Yards Inc and Aker Finnyards Inc , into a new company called Aker Finnyard s.

A new publication detailing the approach to maintenance dredging in the Port of London area has been published.

Electrical problems during sea trials have delayed the delivery of Planet , Germanys biggest SWATH vessel. The word from Nordseewerke (NSW) in Emden is that handover might not now take place before…

PD Ports agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to operate the Hull Container Terminal , due to expire next month, has been extended until further notice. The announcement follows the announcement in…

On 27 September, the pushboat Riad left Rotterdams ECT Delta Terminals with a record load of 652TEU. All of the 415 containers on board were full, to be unloaded in Rotterdam and…

Marine consultants and organisations offering marine consultancy can take advantage of the International Directory of Marine Consultancy (IDMC), a global online database run by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology…

Ship repairers A&P Birkenhead and Reddington Finance Ltd have reached an agreement for the sale and leaseback of some of A&Ps land at Birkenhead. A&P Birkenhead retains ownership of the drydocks but…

Adsteam Felixstowe is celebrating a certificate of recognition for achieving the highest safety record possible in the last 12 months. The ship assist crews at Felixstowe were congratulated by Adsteam operations director…

Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £ 44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal…

A report compiled by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) following a two year study into the deepening of the River Scheldt has found that such works would not have…

Bidding was set to close 19 November on a tender by Cuxhaven authorities to convert the 79m tanker Marcus into a coastal oil collection ship at a cost of more than ?…