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The ABP Port of Swansea isserving as the handling facility for thousands of tons of concrete componentsfor a new distribution centre being built by the online retailing giant Amazonon Swansea Bay.

The high speed passenger ferry catamaran TangerJet 11 has gone into service between ports in Spain and Morocco for Germanshipowner Förde Reederei Seetouristik, FRS, after conversion at the BREDO Shipyardin Bremerhaven.

The Port of Tilbury UK is providing an ideal stopping offpoint for two river buses travelling from Brisbane, Australia, to their finaldestination on the River Thames.The vessels, built for the Thames Clippers…

A potential threat to what is described as the worldslargest wind farm off the north Kent Coast has been lifted following a Government ruling on thesiting of the onshore substation. London Array…

All businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. An enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate prediction, enabling better informed business decisions.

Members of the London based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) recently examined the business opportunities available in the expanding renewable sector at the first of their new style networking meetings.

A report published in October by the UK' s Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public…

The first of a class of 13.5m catamaran patrol launches to be operated by the Port of London Authority is under construction, ready for trials and introduction into service in Spring 2009.

The Port of London Authority (PLA), Southampton University and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Ecocats Limited have won a specialprize from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and LloydsRegister of Shipping, for the…

Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted…

Boaters around the world are following the record setting effort of Peter Bethune aboard his futuristic Earthrace powerboat as his team attempts to break the world circumnavigation record of 75 days in…

Finnish ship power system integrator Wä rtsilä has been awarded two large orders this year from the Amsterdam headquartered Spliethoff Group.