WATCH: Tsunami of plastic destined for Caribbean Sea
Ocean Cleanup has begun work on intercepting plastic pollution in what it thinks is the heaviest polluting river in...
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Zella Compton is the managing editor of Marine Industry News. Zella is a journalist and author specialising in marine news, maritime news, and marine business news.
Initially Zella specialised in the building industry (Hamerville Media Group), before editing trade and consumer titles for various publishing houses. She wrote a weekly column for the Portsmouth News for 14 years and has been extensively published in national press including The Times. Zella became managing editor of MIN in 2019.
Latest news from Zella Compton
MAIB report: accidents increase in 2021 and comment on UK paddleboard tragedy
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has seen a marked increase in reports of marine accidents in 2021 over...
Insurance refusals on lithium-ion boats
Edit: This article was edited to reflect the fact that a company name was used instead of a generic...
VIDEO: Fire rips through large motor yacht in Torquay Marina
A clean-up operation has begun after a large motor yacht caught fire (watch video of yacht fire below) and...
RS Electric Boats and Cheetah Marine collaborate on electric workboats
RS Electric Boats and Cheetah Marine International are joining forces to develop a new generation of electric workboats. The...
WATCH: Arrests made after event crew dump balloons into water
EDIT: this story was edited to note that it was two employees of the event company who took the...
Troubled JST allows donors to withdraw donations
Peter Cardy reflects on the chequered history and mixed reactions to a new appeal for funds by the Jubilee...
Superyacht linked to Putin seized in Italy
A superyacht worth an estimated £570m with alleged ties to Russian president Vladimir Putin has been seized. This is...
Ukrainian boat manufacturer gives update
BRIG, the Ukrainian RIB manufacturer headquartered from Kharkiv, has issued a statement updating the industry on its situation following...
Engineer who attempted to sink Russian superyacht speaks out from Ukrainian bunker
The Ukrainian nautical engineer who attempted to sink Lady Anastasia – the yacht reputedly belonging to Alexander Mijeev (CEO...
Ship carrying 4,000 luxury cars sinks in Atlantic after fire
After burning for almost two weeks, the abandoned cargo ship holding around US$401m (£295m) worth of supercars has sunk...
