Key deals

A visit to Cornwall, UK by HRH The Duke of Kent focused on the countys marine industries and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the UK’s volunteer sea rescue charity.

Bremen-based shipping company Harren & Partner is proud to become technical manager of ‘Wind Lift I’. Harren & Partner’s Offshore Department headed by Robert Fowler will be responsible for managing the offshore…

Caterpillar Marine distributor, Finning UK and Ireland has donated parts and engineering expertise to oversee and commission the installation of Cat engines and marine gensets on the ‘MV Forth Hope’; a brand…

Marine technology company Kongsberg has launched Kognifai, an open and collaborative digital platform that focuses on optimizing data access and analysis for customers across maritime and energy industries, and also provides an…

The Switch, a Finnish specialist in advanced drive train technology, has seen a sharp jump in growth over last year. The company increased its net sales by 80% from EUR 40 million…

Rolls-Royce and Tampere University of Technology, Finland, have announced a strategic partnership to develop and test the technology to support systems necessary for autonomous navigation, enabling the first generation of autonomous ships.

While some maritime businesses may have initially been confused about what Brexit would mean to them, others felt it immediately.

Protestors are up in arms about the plan to construct an offshore windfarm off the coast of Normandy in France which they say will ruin the view from the D-Day landing beaches.

Ocean Business 2017 is set to take place in Southampton at the National Oceanography Centre from 4 to 6 April.