Chinese students travel 5,000 miles to sail at Rockley Point Sailing Centre
Rockley Watersports is expanding its programme to attract Chinese students to its sailing centre on the UK’s south coast...
Marine apprenticeships
Stricken UK boatbuilder Harland & Wolff in exclusive takeover talks
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia is in exclusive negotiations to acquire Harland & Wolff, the company behind the Belfast shipyard that...
Boating Industry Association expands offering as it buys recruitment agency
Australia’s BIA (Boating Industry Association) has bought Marine Jobs as a strategic acquisition to help focus efforts to develop...
UK boatbuilder secures £1.9m funding to double capacity
British boatbuilder Cockwells Modern & Classic Boatbuilding has received £1.88m from the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Good Growth...
Boat Building Academy graduates launch new boats at Lyme Regis
The latest wooden boats, hand-built by students at the Boat Building Academy (BBA) in Lyme Regis, UK, have been...
British Marine launches inaugural Apprentice of the Year Award
British Marine, the trade association for the UK marine industry, is launching a new ‘British Marine Apprentice of the...
Riviera opens new apprentice training centre
Australian motor yacht builder Riviera has opened its own state-of-the-art apprentice training centre, The Riviera Academy of Excellence. The...
Australia designates boatbuilding ‘national priority’ apprenticeship
Australia’s federal government has reinstated both the trade boatbuilder and shipwright, to the Australian apprenticeship priority list. It’s looking...
MarineMax establishes apprenticeship programme
Recreational boat, yacht and superyacht services company, MarineMax has established a Marine Service Technician Apprenticeship Programme for the State...
Cockwells launches boatbuilder apprenticeship scheme
Cockwells Modern & Classic Boatbuilding has partnered with Cornwall Marine Network (CMN) to train the next generation of boatbuilders through a new City...
Coatings employers invited to learn about apprenticeships
A free webinar is being held in June to highlight how England-based employers in the industrial coatings industry can...
