The SMS Group relocated their Southampton base just eight weeks ago; the business has proudly become the only ship repairer based within the Port of Southampton.  

On the 12th of November leading marine contractor Van Oord, awarded Breman Machinery and KENC Engineering with the assignment to design and build a casing lifting adapter (CLA). The lifting tool supports the installation of 190 pin piles at Saint-Brieuc o

SMM, the leading international maritime trade fair, will not be held as a hybrid event on Hamburg's exhibition campus in February 2021 as originally planned. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Hamburg Messe und Congress is instead organising a purely d

Jet tender and waterjet expert Castoldi is no stranger to cutting edge technology.  Now thanks to SAIM, Zipwake distributor in Italy, it has entered into collaboration with the Swedish top interceptor manufacturer to make its waterjets the best on the m

Associated British Ports (ABP) the UK’s largest and best-connected port operator, has commissioned a fleet of nine new state-of-the art pilot boats from Goodchild Marine Services, representing an investment of around £9 million to further enhance port

Shipbuilders around the world are currently facing the challenge of reducing their environmental impact.  Accurate alignment of engines, propeller shafting and stern tubes all reduce vibration and wear - which cause fuel inefficiencies - so the Taylor H

Film-Ocean Ltd, a leading ROV specialist company, continues with its delivery of providing excellent inspection and integrity support to its clients with the appointment of George Gair as Inspection Manager. 

Portishead Marina, on the Southern bank of the river Seven, just to the North of Bristol offers boat owners a relaxed atmosphere with a quayside of restaurants and craft ale pubs.

PDL Marine are pleased to announce securing an order for a 14.4m Landing craft. The aluminium vessel has been purposely designed to suit the client’s specific requirements such as cargo loads, shallow draft and the ability to carry passengers as and whe

Plymouth Boat Trips and Voyager Marine, Cornwall have launched e-Voyager, the UK’s first sea-going electric ferry.  Designed and developed in partnership with the University of Plymouth, the University of Exeter, Teignbridge Propellers, MarRi-Uk and E

The RNLI has announced its life extension programme for the Severn class lifeboat and DuroWiper Class 60 pantographs are being tested on the prototype vessel.

Our customer, based in Singapore, contacted us when they needed a bow fender solution for one of their oil and gas crew boats delivered and fitted in a very short timeframe. In addition to the short timeframe, the solution had to be impact resistant to pr

Kloeckner Metals UK is pleased to announce they have completed the purchase of a site in Thurrock, Essex to develop a new state of the art facility.  

Already a leading provider of subsea products, Advanced Insulation is strengthening their Subsea division with the acquisition of Bardot, a French-based specialist who engineer and design all S.U.R.F functions based on polymers, syntactic or steel technol

UK ROV services company, Film-Ocean Ltd, continues to expand its ROV fleet with the addition of a further Quasar 150HP Workclass ROV system.  This significant investment is part of Film-Ocean's fleet expansion strategy, which has seen four ROV systems a

Shamrock is a Damen Pushy Cat 14.5 metre workboat, coded under  MCA Workboat registry, Category 2 up to 12 passengers.  She can be used as a survey vessel, dive support operations and general port towage, she has also been adapted for plough/dredgi