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South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine has supplemented its well established range of type approved SOLASOLV anti-glare sunscreens with the launch of ROLASOLV, a range of fire retardant roller blinds for…

Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired the Scottish company Seadog Lifesaving Appliances in a deal valued at approximately £ 2.5m. Cosalt describes the acquisition as a natural step forward for both the…

Civil engineering hydraulics and water environment consultancy HR Wallingford has been chosen by the European Space Agency to lead a team to evaluate the market for satellite earth observation (EO) data. The…

While working off St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall last month, the crew of the Trinity House Lighthouse Service vessel THV Mermaid captured a drifting navigation buoy.

Safety and survival specialist RGIT Montrose has devised the UKs first Marine Safety Officers and Representatives Course in response to growing industry demand. Following the UK Governments recent recommendations that ship officers…

The United Kingdoms depressed shipbuilding sector was given an unexpected long-term boost last month by the British Governments decision to award the nations largest ever warship order for two new 60,000 tonne…

A new 4,750m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger was launched for Van Oord ACZ Ltd earlier this month from the van der Giessen de Noord yard in Rotterdam. Van Oord ACZ signed…

Simrad UK has been appointed as the official distributor of Suzuki Marines range of low-cost searchlight sonars and echosounders into the UK and Irish markets, greatly expanding the choice Simrad offers the…

Westica has provided the Milford Haven Port Authority with a 1.4 GHz multirate radio system which enables compressed radar information to be transmitted from various remote radar installations to MHPA Port Control.

The first public display of the recent co-operation agreement signed by Scania Industrial and Marine Engines and Yanmar Marine was seen at the Dusseldorf Boat Show last month when a 12 litre,…

Smit Salvage resumed operations earlier this month to remove bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor in the English Channel. The salvage team had earlier been forced to discontinue operations due to…

Germanys Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has type approved and wheelmark approved Furunos recently announced AIS Type FA-100 against IEC61993-2, IEC61162 and IEC61108.