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Norwegian electric propulsion manufacturer Evoy has raised €6.4 million during a bridge round of funding. Finnish boat builder Axopar, the largest builder in the Scandinavian region, has brought ‘substantial’ capital to secure a 1...

Advocacy groups are calling on boat owners in California to speak up on a recently proposed 300 per cent boat registration fee increase, outlined in Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2024 budget. Recreational boat owners’ advocacy group Boat Own...

Whale has been designing and manufacturing fluid handling products since the early 1960s. The company exports across the globe from its base in Bangor, with its strongest markets in Europe, North America and Australia and says its pumps have becom...

An army veteran who had been hoping to break a world record for living on a barren rock in the Atlantic has been rescued by the coastguard after sending a distress call. Chris ‘Cam’ Cameron, 53, who works as a teacher, had been attempt...

Rosetti Superyachts has launched its second 38m EXP superyacht, in a ceremony held at the shipyard’s Ravenna facilities, with the owner in attendance. It’s the second superyacht project from the Italian boatbuilder, which launched the ...

Over 30 traditionally rigged sailing vessels will visit the UK next month (6-9 July 2023) as the Tall Ships Races returns to Hartlepool. Hosting The Tall Ships Races 2023, the north eastern port in the Tees Valley will welcome the international fl...

Jet tender manufacturer Williams Jet Tenders has appointed Sarah Moore as its new dedicated sustainability specialist – a brand-new role for the brand. In her role as Williams Jet Tenders‘ sustainability specialist, Moore will be focus...

Britain’s network of canals and navigable rivers is deteriorating because of inadequate funding, says a coalition of organisations campaigning for urgent government action. Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW), a coalition of organisations r...

The 121-metre superyacht al-Mansur, commissioned by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, has been lying capsized in a river in southern Iraq for years. While the wreck serves as a reminder of the dictator’s rule, which ended a...

The marine industry presents unique challenges when it comes to refrigeration and air conditioning systems, says Chris Feibusch, director at Penguin Refrigeration, especially as smaller sailboats are now embracing the ‘comfort of home’...

Friendships were forged as the first Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust ‘first time’ trip of 2023 took to the waters of the Solent earlier this month (12-15 June). It was also the first trip which benefited from the support of The Ancasta Gr...

Marine electronics manufacturer Garmin has launched the new GMR xHD3 series open-array radars. The multinational technology firm says the GMR xHD3 ‘combines high-definition imaging with the latest platform technology to deliver new levels of...

Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race, saving the best for last.

Investigators have confirmed that no boat was involved in the death of two children who drowned at a popular British beach. Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and 12-year-old Sunnah Khan, from Buckinghamshire, were both pulled from the sea at Bourn...

Introduced in 1963, the inshore lifeboat continues to be an invaluable asset in the RNLI fleet as new figures show the charity’s Inshore lifeboats have saved 30,778* lives across 60 years.

Austrian start-up Seasy, which launched a marina booking platform in 2020, has experienced ‘record growth’ since its inception. The firm says the number of active users on the platform is now at over 2,000 daily users in the high seaso...

Dutch tender manufacturer Younique Yachts has joined forces with Nauticsale, a specialist in maintenance, renewal, repair and advice in onboard systems, to form a new joint venture called Younique Yacht Systems. The two firms say they will execute...

Megayacht owners are “thoroughly disappointed” that they won’t be able to dock in Naples this summer after the southern Italian city restricted entry to vessels over 75 metres in length. The harbourmaster at Naples’s Mergel...

Ferretti Group made its debut on Euronext Milan, the Milan-based stock exchange operated by Borsa Italiana, this morning (27 June 2023). The debut on Euronext Milan follows the listing a year ago on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which means that F...