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The Stafford Riverway Link (SRL) community group is holding a two-day fete at its Baswich site, on 28 and 29 May, to celebrate 25 years of its formation and 250 years since the opening of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.

The Royal Southern Yacht Club’s  2022 Summer Series is off and running with the North Sails May Regatta held 7 – 8 May on The Solent.

The May Bank Holiday Weekend saw 19 Solent Sunbeams on the water for the fleet’s first major event of the year at Itchenor Sailing Club.

MDL Marinas is supporting the Turner Twins’ Blue Pole Project, which combines an Atlantic plastic survey while attempting to reach the Atlantic Pole of Inaccessibility with a circumnavigation of the UK to promote ocean advocacy and hydrogen ...

Inspiration for the stunning RNLI Garden due to be unveiled at RHS Chelsea Flower Show by award-winning designer Chris Beardshaw came, in part, from moving conversations with volunteers at Portishead Lifeboat Station.

Following the release of the MAIB’s report yesterday investigating the incident on board the hire boat motor cruiser, Diamond Emblem 1, on the Broads in August 2020, which tragically resulted in a fatal overboard accident, a number of recomm...

A holidaymaker who drowned would have been unlikely to fall into the water if an adequate guardrail had been in place on the boat’s stern, an inquiry has concluded.

Evoy, the Norwegian developer of electric motor systems (outboard and inboard), has raised €7.3 million in its latest round of funding.

The Arbroath RNLI lifeboat crew navigated through an exceedingly steep and narrow gully between the Arborath cliffs last week in an effort to save a dog that had fallen from the cliff edge above.

MDL Marinas has announced it is supporting the Turner Twins’ Blue Pole Project – an ocean plastics research expedition to reach the Atlantic Pole of Inaccessibility (POI), and a nationwide UK hydrogen tour.

Vertus Yachts has chosen designer and engineer Valerio Rivellini to oversee all phases of the design and naval architecture of its new daycruiser range.

AkzoNobel has appointed Simon Parker as its new managing director of the marine, protective, and yacht coatings business unit.

Canada-based boat builder KingFisher Boats is expanding its manufacturing facility with two new purpose-built buildings.

This year’s Torbay Royal Regatta, 19 – 22 August, will see racing for IRC, Cruiser Classes, J/24s and Sportsboats on the sailing waters of Torbay on the English Riviera.

Construction workers have uncovered the preserved ruins of a 700-year-old cargo ship under the streets of the Estonian capital of Tallinn.

Tributes continue to pour in for Tulikettu, the Infiniti 52, after she sunk in the North Atlantic, last month (18 April).

A £2.5m project to restore the UK’s seabeds is on course to plant a total of eight hectares of seagrass meadows – four in Plymouth Sound and four in the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.

Marine Industry News is delighted to congratulate Lyndsay McClay (nee Hall) in her new position as chair of British Marine South. Better known to MIN as its commercial manager, McClay has been active in the marine sector for circa six years, and ...

Pick a Pier has gained over 30 new marina signings in Q1 2022, the company reports.