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The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK is reminding developers of the need to obtain a licence before carrying out removals from the seabed including benthic grab sampling and vibrocore surveys.

With 20 to 25% of an offshore wind farm’s capital expenditure sunk into its foundations, offshore wind foundation costs threaten to explode as offshore wind farms move into deeper waters, further from…

Preparations for the opening of North Europe’s biggest new maritime museum are well underway in Estonia with the world’s oldest in the water submarine having been lifted to land.

A new three year research project, ‘Low carbon shipping – a systems approach’, has been launched to help the shipping industry reduce levels of emissions in order to comply with new legislation…

Rotterdam Port Authority (RPA) has given an upbeat assessment of future prospects with the publication of its long term strategy.

The UK is on a “dangerous course” said Mark Dickinson, general secretary of Nautilus International in a talk at the Houses of Parliament last month.

Changes to the standards for marine diesel fuels have been causing anxiety and some confusion throughout the industry.

Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the citys most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.

Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second…

Seaweeds and micro-algae have been receiving increasing interest and investment over recent years, and may at some point become one of the UK’s established marine industries.