HMS Queen Elizabeth UK heads on deployment after royal visit
HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth for her maiden operational deployment at the heart of the UK’s Carrier...
Portsmouth’s marine industry
Freedom Boat Club buys into Portsmouth to start UK expansion plans
Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation, is opening its first company-owned location in Portsmouth, near Port Solent....
Brittany Ferries considers running ferry service to Portugal from UK
Tourists may soon be able to sail from Portsmouth to Portugal as, according to the Portsmouth News, Brittany Ferries...
SpacePort uses geospatial data to solve transport challenges in ports
A SpacePort feasibility project, funded by the Geospatial Commission in partnership with Innovate UK, says it has successfully concluded...
World’s largest luxury sailing ship to come to Portsmouth in June
The world’s largest luxury sailing ship is to make her maiden voyage to Portsmouth in June, where she will...
Portsmouth Port’s Operation Transmission enters final phase
Operation Transmission, the Local Resilience Forum’s (LRF) plan to support the flow of freight to the EU via Portsmouth International Port,...
2.3 tonnes of cocaine seized at Portsmouth International Port
Cocaine, potentially worth £184m on the streets, has been seized at Portsmouth International Port after being found concealed in...
200-year-old Royal Navy figurehead mistakenly sawn into pieces
An early 19th-century, ten foot tall wooden figurehead from the historic Royal Navy warship HMS Victory, has been ‘rediscovered’....
75% of PHM survey respondents worried about ageing workforce
Portsmouth Harbour Marine (PHM) has released the data it collected in its 2020 skills survey in the Portsmouth Harbour...
Spanish Armada maps saved from export
Hand-drawn, Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada have been saved from export after £600,000 was raised to buy them....
Statue honouring sailor Sir Alec Rose too costly for Portsmouth
Proposals to build a £120,000 bronze statue honouring a British sailing hero have proven too costly for city leaders...
