Key deals

Crane operations are one of the most widespread aspects of the offshore industry and are common to marine, diving, survey and ROV operations. It was thus natural that the International Marine Contractors…

Bureau Veritas has launched a code of practice and certification scheme for the management of safety and environmental protection in ports. The International Code for Safety and Environmental Protection Management in Port…

Vosper Thornycrofts US based Maritime Dynamics Inc (MDI) has launched the MDI Motion Interceptor for trim and list stabilisation and motion damping of high speed vessels.

When the 58,508 dwt single hull tanker Sea Jackie, laden with 44,000 barrels of oil, ran aground at the entrance to the Mississippi River in late May, the Marine Response Alliance (MRA)…

Historic concerns that the worlds onlysuperpower could have so easily been called Vespucciland are eased by this newvolume, which argues persuasively that the USAand all the Americas werenamed not after Italian explorer…

The River Severn rises in the Cambrian Mountains 600m above sea level andruns 330 km to the Bristol Channel. It is Britainslongest river and certainly one of its most dangerous.

Paddle Steamer were an appealing way for many people to make excursionsdoon the watter during the pre-war period.

It is estimated that in the three centuries prior to 1800, at least twomillion sailors were killed by scurvy.

The Humber Forum is lobbying UK Minister for Transport John Spellar with its concerns over a proposed new freight rail line from Liverpool and Manchester via Sheffield and London to the Channel…

At the recent meeting of the IMOs Maritime Safety Committee in London, its Working Group on Large Passenger Ship Safety gave consideration to the extensive research and proposals by the UK Government…

John Lightfoot, chairman of anti-glare roller screen manufacturer Solar Solve Marine, was surprised but delighted to be awarded an MBE in The Queens Birthday Honours List.

The British Government has given UK energy company Innogy the go-ahead for a 90MW capacity wind farm at North Hoyle, off the Welsh coast. The project will provide the first work for…

Following an upgrade order from the UK Ministry of Defence for its Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) installation at HM Naval Base Devonport, Denbridge Digital has replaced the existing Apex 7000 VTS…