Massive increase in sales for paddleboard retailers
Outlets which sell paddleboards have reported record sales during the lockdown as more people take up the sport which...
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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.
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Deadly inflatables plague rescue services
After the ongoing unicorn craze which saw the RNLI help 346 people in incidents involving inflatables last year, the...
Schoolboy, 15, aims to smash record of youngest person to solo-sail around Britain
A 15-year-old schoolboy hoping to become the youngest person to sail solo around Britain ran into difficulty on the...
Croatian tourist tax can now be paid online as numbers of visiting boats boom
The Croatian National Tourist Board has launched a means which enables nautical visitors to pay their tourist tax online....
Harrowing capsize on US to Hawaii solo row attempt
A month after leaving San Francisco, solo ocean rower Lia Ditton is finally on a southwest trajectory on course...
Wally’s new tender to be unveiled September
Ferretti Group has announced the latest addition to its growing offering of tenders from Wally, the 43wallytender. On this 13m...
Divers fight to save distressed whale tangled in fishing net (Italy)
Italian coastguard divers and biologists have been trying to cut free a sperm whale badly tangled in a fishing...
Significant concerns as nuclear sub and ferry nearly collide
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released its report into the near collision of Stena Superfast VII and...
Boat sinks in Portsmouth mooring incident
A MAYDAY call scrambled emergency responders to the Portsmouth coastline earlier this week. Crews were called to the mouth...
Ghost Fishing UK clear up deadly ghost nets from Plymouth
After months of being landlocked by Covid-19, the volunteer scuba divers from charity Ghost Fishing have removed 126kg of...
779 containers lost at sea in 2019, says World Shipping Council
The global container shipping industry is experiencing a declining trend in the number of containers lost at sea each...
