Commercial Marine News

UK Shipbuilding Taskforce Launched to Boost Skills and Jobs

The Department for Education (DfE) is calling on experts from the shipbuilding industry to apply to become a member of the first UK Shipbuilding Skills Taskforce.

Society of Maritime Industries welcomes 'huge step forward' as shipbuilding strategy releases

The Society of Maritime Industries is welcoming the publication of the National Shipbuilding Strategy refresh today by the Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Merseyside.  

Cammell Laird Enjoys Busy Year Supporting Tide Class Tankers as Part of In-Service Support Contract

Seeing red in the wake of the Tongan Tsunami

Seeing red in the wake of the Tongan Tsunami. Ghana Ports Authority lead the way for Environmental Monitoring.

Babcock utilising conceptual engineering support for new customer, Twinza Oil Limited

Babcock International Group (Babcock), the defence, security and aerospace company has successfully delivered conceptual engineering support to provide a design for a combined condensate and LPG gas floating storage and offloading feasibility study for Twinza Oil Limited.

SEA-KIT expands production facility to meet growing USV demand

SEA-KIT International is expanding its Tollesbury production facility to deliver on a growing Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) orderbook. The news comes as Fugro, world-leading geo-intelligence specialist, snaps up SEA-KIT’s latest 12m X-class build for its growing Blue Essence fleet.

Aquatec Wins Best Small Company Award

Through-water communication and subsea integrity specialist Aquatec has won Global Underwater Hub’s coveted Global Business Award 2022 and is now the Best Small Company of the year.

Solasolv Screens for Tug Converted to Superyacht

Solar Solve Marine has just dispatched a set of its Brand Leading SOLASOLV, Type Approved, anti-glare roller sunscreens, to Miami based RMK Merrill-Stevens, a highly successful, full-service shipyard dedicated to the refit and repair of the world's finest yachts and vessels.

Fugro’s Geo-Data Supports Future Development of Hornsea Offshore Wind Farms and UK’s Energy Transition

Ørsted has awarded Fugro a marine geotechnical site investigation contract for its Hornsea Three and Hornsea Four offshore wind farm developments.

It’s Carnival Time

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently dispatched a consignment of 49 of its Type Approved, SOLASAFE anti-glare roller sunscreens to Carnival UK in Southampton. They were to replace the old screens installed at the navigation bridge windows of P&O cruise ship MV AURORA, that was built in Pappenburg, Germany in 2000.