First-time Seawork exhibitor, Nauplius Workboats will be at Seawork 2021 offering the company’s tailor-made solutions direct or via a preferred supplier, co-maker, existing vessel or own shipyard....

Goodchild Marine’s managing director Alan Goodchild built his first fishing boat for his hometown of Great Yarmouth UK, shortly after he set up the company 42 years ago....

As COVID-19 restrictions continue to challenge day-to-day activities, Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) from UK-based Unmanned Survey Solutions (USS) have helped students from as far away as China, Saudi Arabia, and Singapore to complete the final element of this year’s field project....

The UK’s RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) has announced its life extension programme for the Severn class lifeboat and DuroWiper Class 60 pantographs are being tested on the prototype vessel....

Two new ‘crew’ have joined their 77m explorer mothership bound for Antarctica. Named 'Shackleton' and 'Scott', ‘for rather obvious expeditionary reasons’ according to the builder, the port and starboard coloured Rafnar 850 RIBs are the latest tactical and adventure support boats from Rafnar UK....

Another quick delivery has been achieved with the arrival of an ASD Tug 2813 in Gioia Tauro, one of the most important transhipment ports in the Mediterranean....

Registration is now open for the first session of ‘Get set for Workboat 2050', the new online conference series from the Commercial Marine Network, which looks at cost effective solutions to help businesses tackle the challenges brought about by regulatory change....

Seawork supporter ICE, the Institution of Civil Engineers, has launched its call for papers for next year’s ‘Breakwaters’ conference - 'Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters: Resilience and Adaptability in a Changing Climate'....

The Commercial Marine Network, in partnership with Seawork and Maritime Journal, present: ‘Get set for Workboat 2050’ in association with the Workboat Association. An online conference series of expert panels navigating the waters of decarbonisation compliance in the workboat industry. Looking at cost effective solutions to help you tackle the challenges brought about by regulatory...

Robert Courts takes his place as the new Maritime Minister having been promoted to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the UK Department for Transport, with responsibility for aviation and maritime policy....

Mercator Media Ltd has confirmed that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 23rd edition of Seawork and sister event the M&CCE Expo will now be held 15-17 June 2021. This also affects and applies to Speed@Seawork, now to be held 14 June 2021....

Seawork 2020 will shine the spotlight on the vast range of job and career opportunities in the commercial marine industry....

Light, compact and ideal for vessels where space and weight savings are a priority on board; Speed@Seawork sponsor Ocean Safety has recently expanded its comprehensive range of offshore liferafts with the addition of the Ocean Regatta raft....

The first ever production RIB with a fully integral electric drive will be at Speed@Seawork this year...

A highly innovative company based in Lorient (France) is looking for European industrial partners to make an ambitious project a reality. SEAir recently signed a contract with DGA and AID (French Innovation Defence Agency) to finalise a new Flying boat prototype, especially designed for the French Special Forces. With four European nations asking for more...

Speed@Seawork conference speaker Dr.Tom Gunston has joined CDG Coast Dynamics Group, Ltd, as Chief Scientist for the company’s KINETIX technical team. An industry-leading organization dedicated to marine safety and preventing injury and fatigue on the water, CDG designs and manufactures SHOXS shock mitigation seating and KINETIX vessel and seat monitoring systems....

Focussing on design, power plant, people and equipment, the Speed@Seawork lunchtime session will feature a panel of experts from the Fast Ops field. Military Systems Integrator Will Smith who runs Ambex Limited is the first of the experts to be announced....

Marine seating innovator SHOXS is due for a boost as Phil Gibson joins CDG (Coast Dynamics Group Ltd) business development team representing both the SHOXS and KINETIX brands. CDG is an industry-leading organization dedicated to marine safety and has over a decade of experience in designing shock mitigation solutions; preventing injury and fatigue on the...

Cox Powertrain took the 2019 Innovations Award in the Marine Power and Propulsion category for its innovative CXO300 diesel outboard engine. We spoke to Cox Powertrain’s Global Sales Director, Joel Reid about the company’s progress in the months following the Award....

Eighteen-year old Lauren Hounsome won the Young Person’s Development award at the 2019 European Commercial Marine Awards, sponsored by A-Plan Insurance....

The Award for Marine Equipment, Electronics & Materials is one of the most competitive of the European Commercial Marine Awards, sponsored by A-Plan Marine Insurance. In 2019 MMG Welding took the top honour....

Toby Budd, founder and Managing Director of UK company, WorkFloat was delighted to win the overall ‘Spirit of Innovation’ Award at the 2019 European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs), sponsored by A-Plan Marine Insurance....

Recognising the depth of excellence in commercial marine, the European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs) are to be presented at Seawork on 9 June 2020. They celebrate the outstanding individuals and innovative companies that comprise this important industry sector....

The company won the overall ‘Spirit of Innovation’ Award at the European Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs), sponsored by A-Plan Marine Insurance....

Swedish tour operator Eco Sightseeing and electric marine specialists El & Marinteknik have revealed details of the retrofitting of a historic passenger boat with power supplied using Tesla second-life batteries writes Dag Pike....

Wind energy provides 300,000 jobs in Europe and contributes €37bn to EU GDP every year according to WindEurope’s new report: ‘Wind Energy and economic recovery in Europe – How wind energy will put communities at the heart of the European recovery”....

Belgian dredging and offshore contractor DEME has launched its first wind farm service operations vessel (SOV) based on a SWATH design at the CEMRE shipyard at Yalova in Turkey....

While mostly everyone agrees about the benefits of electric shore power and cold ironing for vessels in port, the race to market of rival systems is hindering its widespread adoption....

Maritime Journal has partnered with Seawork and the Workboat Association to deliver the Commercial Marine Network’s new online conference series ‘Get Set for Workboat 2050’....

A team of Dutch students is working on a project to develop a green energy system that will use iron powder as the basic fuel to generate steam with the aim of creating a propulsion system using recyclable fuels writes Dag Pike....