Key deals

Twenty colourful working boats lined the jetty at Itchenor for the Harbour Working Boats Festival last month to give the public a valuable insight into life onboard working vessels in Chichester Harbour.

Work has started on the task of dismantling the wreck of the ferry ' Riverdance' , now lying on the beach at Blackpool on the north-west coast of England. After a lengthy…

Earthrace, a 78' wave piercing trimaran powerboat that runs as a carbon neutral project exclusively on 100% biodiesel started an attempt to break the round the world speed record late last month.

Design defects which led to catastrophic hull failure of the containership ' MSC Napoli' when it encountered heavy seas in the English Channel last year have been identified in 12 other ships.

The UK' s National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £ 20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.

The heavy lift crane carrier Zhen Hua 23, which broke away from its moorings at Felixstowe on 1 March, was finally moved to the Trinity Container Terminal number 7 berth some three…