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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…

Published this month in association with the National Maritime Museum atGreenwich UK, this stunning coffee table book does just what it says on thecover, presenting 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure in a…

Book of Papers is a bound volume of the complete proceedings of the verysuccessful 18th Tug & Salvage Convention held in Miami in April of this year.

One of the worlds most famous and successful yachtsmen, Sir Peter Blake hadtwice won the Whitbread Round the World Race, conquered the Jules Verne aroundthe world record, and been national manager of…

Tickets go on sale this month for the first exhibition to explore together the lives of two dominant leaders and adversaries, Horatio Nelson and Napoleon Bonaparte.

As part of its contribution to SeaBritain 2005 , the National Maritime Museum has created an innovative on-line resource that helps maritime organisations develop high quality, curriculum relevant educational material.

Container handling growth at the French Port of Marseilles was up by 10% in the eight months to the end of August, with a throughput of 608,000 TEU. East-west volumes through Fos…

The International Institute of Welding has awarded Lloyds Register and TWI Ltd the bi-annual Andre Leroy Prize for their computerised non destructive examination (NDE) training aid, in recognition of its excellence as…

Over the next ten years, 340,000 lorry journeys will be taken off the roads of Worcestershire UK as the consequence of a £ 1m Freight Facilities Grant awarded last month by the…