Shipwrights’ bronze medal awarded to RNLI apprentice for outstanding work
Stirling Taylor has been awarded a prestigious bronze medal by the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights in recognition for his...
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Fines for captain and owner of party boat which collided with police dock and vessel
The captain and the owner of a passenger boat have been prosecuted by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency after...
Expect crew-free ships in “decades, not years”
Anybody expecting to see autonomous vessels up and running in the 2020s may be in for disappointment, according to...
Dee Caffari appointed Ocean Safety ambassador
Ocean Safety has appointed round the world sailor, Dee Caffari MBE, to represent the company as an ambassador for...
Seafloatech and Perfect Moorings sign commercial cooperation agreement
Seafloatech and Perfect Moorings have signed a commercial cooperation agreement to promote marine floating modules and develop new projects...
XOCEAN unmanned surface vessel carries out offshore survey work
A vessel, remotely controlled from shore, was launched from the Suffolk coast last weekend to carry out survey work...
YANMAR launches new 6LF and 6LT series
The new 6LF and 6LT series of marine diesel engines from YANMAR Marine International are now available. The six-model...
Cruise lines cancel China sailings
Several major cruise lines, including Royal Caribbean and MSC Cruises, have cancelled voyages out of China as fears grow...
Chair of Maritime Skills Commission appointed
Professor Graham Baldwin will lead the Maritime Skills Commission, which is being set up to better understand the existing...
Needlefish stuck in teenager’s neck for two days
Muhammad Idul was fishing in Buton waters, South East Sulawesi, earlier this month, when a needlefish fish jumped out...
‘Floating feedlots’: animals spending weeks at sea in appalling conditions
Animal welfare is being put at put at risk on old converted car carriers and cargo ships that are...
