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A sell-out audience of 450 people gathered for the Mersey Maritime Industry Awards (MMIAs) awards ceremony held at Liverpool FC’s Anfield stadium, and hosted by BBC Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin, to see…

The International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) Resilience Awareness Programme is demonstrating highly encouraging download statistics indicating a common interest across the sector.

Booming demand for expedition ships should not mean that good and safe shipbuilding practices for passenger vessels are compromised, leading naval architecture and engineering company Foreship has warned.

With autonomous vessels being planned for many aspects of the marine sector there is now news that a Russian company is planning to develop an autonomous dredger writes Dag Pike.

A contract valued at €11.7 million has been awarded to Rogaland County Municipality in Norway and NCE Maritime CleanTech aimed at developing a high speed electric powered passenger vessel, Dag Pike reports.

Blyth awoke to a new feature on its skyline one morning in late February as a mammoth offshore energy vessel slipped into the Port of Blyth at sunrise.

Design of Manor Renewable Energy’s latest crew transfer vessel for the fast-growing offshore wind industry will be shaped with the help of a £50,000 grant to support innovation and cost-saving.

The first Gravity Based Foundation for the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm was recently installed in Denmark by Jan De Nul Group, another milestone in this project.

The Ports of Normandy Authority (PNA) is looking to scale up its operations with the construction of two blade and marine turbine plants in Cherbourg and a growing ship repair business in…

Following its liquidation Sea Trucks Group Limited (STGL) has transferred its accommodation and construction DP3 vessels to an unnamed new owner which services the oil and gas sectors.

As of April 1st 2018 the world’s first pool for dock vessels will be established. RollDock and SAL Heavy Lift will join forces for Roll-On / Roll-Off and Float-In / Float-Out heavy…

Worldwide coatings giant AkzoNobel is to develop a revolutionary fouling prevention technology which uses ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UV-LED).

The Finnish wave energy technology provider Wello has signed an important contract with the Chinese conglomerate CIMC OEI. This contract paves Wello’s way to the vast Chinese energy market and enables Wello…

The Arken Combi Terminal at the Port of Gothenburg has recently been officially opened. Freight can now switch between road, rail and sea at the quayside, and can do so much more…

Tidal Transit has been awarded a charter contract by Ørsted which will see two of its fleet of crew transfer vessels working at Westermost Rough Offshore Farm until at least March 2020.

Dutch inland waterway barge operator Port Liner is set to roll-out the first fully electric, emission-free barges in Europe. The concept has been developed with €7 million of EU funding and the…

Associated British Ports has completed the acquisition of W.E. Dowds (Shipping) Ltd, a UK-based family-owned port operations business. The company operates a total of 10 separate warehouses with a combined area of…

Russian company ARD Technology has developed a large drone that offers the prospect of delivering cargo to wind farm turbines and oil installations.

Aberdeen, UK-based Sentinel Marine has been awarded a contract to provide a patrol vessel to be chartered by the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) in international and EU waters.