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SOLAR SOLVE WINS ANOTHER EXPORT AWARD!
Julie Lightfoot MBE, Managing Director of Solar Solve Ltd was delighted when the company received news that it had been shortlisted for two export awards in the same week back in February 2020. The first one was for the North East FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards 2020 in the...
Planet Ocean Ltd is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with OBSCAPE B.v for the UK and Ireland.
We are delighted to announce the signing of an exclusive representation agreement with Dutch manufacturer of Oceanographic, Hydrographic and Meteorological instruments OBSCAPE B.v OBSCAPE instruments are based around their very flexible and innovate PTM (Power Telemetry Module) The PTM is...
Aquatec celebrates its 30th anniversary helping the preservation of marine environment
The firm will donate to an ocean-protection non-profit organisation every time its online timeline gets viewed Basingstoke-based subsea instrumentation designer and manufacturer Aquatec Group, announces the start of its 31st year in business with a novel online click-and-raise landing page...
SURVITEC RAFTXCHANGE RENTAL LIFERAFTS IN PERFECT CONDITION AFTER MORE THAN 30 MONTHS OF SERVICE
Survitec has carried out a combination of more than 50,000 liferaft exchanges and inspections since 2012 with technicians recording that the liferafts inspected are in perfect condition even after 30 months of service. Revised guidelines (MSC.1/Circ.1328) introduced in June 2009 permit extended...
Cyber Security – A note from Tom Chant, SMI CEO
The rise of cyber crime during Covid has been well reported with some elements like low-skilled hacker activity rates rising by 3,000%. Like all member companies SMI has a regular inbox full of phishing emails offering us marketing data and attendance lists for shows. Please be...
Save the Date
The SMI 2021 Annual Conference will take place online on the 16th & 17th March 2021. The theme of this year’s conference will be ‘Building the future of the UK’s shipbuilding enterprise’ – broadening of the National Shipbuilding Enterprise to encompass...
British Ports Association: statement on global container congestion affecting UK ports
Following several days of media interest in congestion affecting some UK ports, Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive of the British Ports Association said: We are seeing a big increase in traffic which is now cascading across the wider ports industry. However, in general the sector is...
THIRD QUARTER 2020 TRADE FIGURES REFLECT UNPRECEDENTED TRADE VOLATILITY
The UK’s Q3 port freight statistics from the Department for Transport released today provide further evidence that 2020 continues to be an unpredictable year for global trade flows. When comparing throughput at major ports from July to September 2020 with July to September...
Babcock appoints new Marine CEO
Babcock, the aerospace and defence company, announces that Will Erith has been appointed as CEO of its Marine sector, effective immediately. Will was previously Managing Director of the Surface Ships Business Unit within the Sector, and before this held a range of leadership roles at Rolls Royce...
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