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The British Marine Trades Association (BMTA) awards dinner, which celebrates the successes in the UK leisure marine industry, was held at The Grand, Southampton, on Monday (12 June). British Marine Trades Association Business of the Year went to S...

Energy Observer, the first hydrogen-powered zero-emission vessel, has arrived in Cape Town – the 80th stopover of its world tour. The 100 per cent energy-sufficient laboratory vessel advocating for energy transition ...

New Zealand distributor of marine products and systems, Lusty & Blundell (L&B), has expanded showroom manager Liam Clark’s role into the crucial area of technical sales. Based at L&B’s head office in Albany, on Auckland&rsq...

British sportsboat manufacturer Fletcher is spearheading a recruitment drive as part of plans to double production over the next two years. Fletcher is recruiting new staff members to add to its expanding production and design teams at its factory...

Freedom Boat Club UK has launched a weekday membership from its two Portsmouth and Hythe Village Marina locations on the Solent. The weekday initiative provides the benefits of full membership, including unlimited training, access to 385+ location...

Introducing Known for the superior quality of its engines, combined with industry leading performance and the latest technologies, Yamaha is at the forefront of marine innovation. Using its many years of experience developing outboard engines for&...

Volunteer crews from the RNLI were on hand to assist after a light aircraft ditched off the South Wales Coast.

The Hague served up some of the best racing conditions the IMOCA fleet has seen in this edition of The Ocean Race on Tuesday afternoon. Bright sunshine and strong winds approaching 20 knots made for fast and furious foiling for the In-Port Race....

Hovertravel is showcasing its long association with Isle of Wight Pride by adding a rainbow logo to the front of both its hovercraft. Replacing the all-white branding within the union flag livery, the logo now includes all the colours from the cur...

National Historic Ships UK has appointed six historic vessels from around the UK to act as its Flagships of the Year for 2023 and ‘fly the flag’ for maritime heritage. 

Ocean Youth Trust South (OYT South) is delighted to announce that it’s partnering with Saltee (a UK-based sun care brand). The Saltee Foundation, the charitable trust aligned to Saltee, will initially be providing its Saltee Active Sun Lotio...

Maritime experts from the Department for Transport met with some of the Solent’s maritime business leaders on a fact-finding visit organised by Maritime UK Solent, in partnership with Red Funnel and Wight Shipyard Company (as a subsidiary of...

This year’s Chichester Harbour Race Week is set for August. 

The worst drought for 70 years has hit the Panama Canal, forcing today’s strict new regulations that slash the capacity of some containerships by 40 per cent. New surcharges, rising costs and increasing bottlenecks will likely increase the p...

While Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC40’s have been maximising their time on the water pre start training and development testing on Auckland’s harbour, the shore crew have been operating at equal intensity on top of their day to...

Marine fast charge network operator Aqua superPower is leading a consortium that has secured £3.2m UK government funding to deliver a marine electric charging infrastructure along the UK’s south coast. Ten sites along the sou...

IGY Marinas is partnering with Neom, the global development taking shape in northwest Saudi Arabia, to develop and operate the marina at Sindalah – the ‘giga-project’s luxury island destination’.  Designed to become an...

Luxury British boatbuilder Fairline has revealed new interior and exterior images of its all-new model the Targa 40, which will make its world debut at boot Düsseldorf 2024. The new Fairline Targa 40 follows the success of the Targa 38, which...

Digital Yacht has introduced iSeaSense – a new NMEA 2000 and wireless boat instrument system. iSeaSense transforms a user’s mobile phone, tablet or iPad into a ‘sophisticated’ boat instrument display for depth, speed, wind,...

The highly successful Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show 2023 has again proved how much Kiwis love their boating and fishing, organisers say. Despite concerns about the state of the economy and a fairly scary weather forecast, organisers say the pub...