Key deals

The worlds largest maritime industry trade fair just keeps on getting bigger, as SMM 2008 extends into new exhibition halls which will allow more than 1,800 exhibitors from 55 countries to fill…

The Port City Futures conference in Southampton heard last week that the Dibden Bay Container Terminal plan could be revived by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), which will be set up by…

The UKs Royal National Lifeboat Institution has recently taken over the operation of the lifeboat at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The service was previously operated by the independent Cowes Inshore…

The British Ports Association will hold its annual conference in Milford Haven on 8-9 October in an event hosted by the Milford Haven Port Authority. Non-BPA members are welcome to book for…

The Bodan Shipyard in Kressbronn has won a Europe wide tender worth ¢ 11m to build its twelfth ferry for service with operators Stadtwerke Konstanz on Lake Constance from Spring 2010.

A newly introduced cargo vessel has appeared on the Thames serving a wharf upriver of the Barrier.

Associated British Ports (ABP) sustainable manager Peter Barham, in his capacity as Chairman of the Seabed User and Developer Group (SUDG), has welcomed SUDG and the Wildlife and Countryside Links (Link) joint…