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Diverse Marine and Turner Iceni have announced the completion of their fourth upcycling refit, Iceni Defiant, serving as an example of a successful refitting of an older craft with modern, environmentally-friendly solutions.

Silent-Yachts has acquired a new-build facility in Fano on Italy’s Adriatic coast comprising several hangars for building and outfitting its Silent 60 and 80 series models. The site includes five construction sheds with 22,000 m2 of covered...

Five highly protected marine areas (HPMAs) could be created by the government to ban all fishing and rewild the sea.

£2.4 million has been allocated for projects to support seafarers’ mental wellbeing and support the maritime sector. The government says it has partnered with three organisations across the UK to deliver pilot projects to provide ever...

The chair and trustees of the general council of The Seafarers’ Charity have announced the appointment of Deborah Layde as chief executive officer.

A fisherman from South Wales has caught a six-stone shark – the largest of its kind ever hooked in British waters.

Electric propulsion and data capture to aid ocean clean-up operations have become a top priority for today’s marine environment.

The excitement is mounting with just a few days to go until the annual Round the Island Race welcomes more than 6,000 competitiors to race around the Isle of Wight on 25 June.

Princess Yachts reveals the new Princess Y85 as part of their refined Y Class Motor Yacht range.

The National Composites Centre has launched a Blue Composites Project in an effort to address the growing challenge of decarbonisation and recycling of composite materials in the marine industry. It aims to create the UK’s first glass fibre...

National maritime charity, the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, is once again on the lookout for photographers to submit their favourite images of the sea, for its tenth annual competition honouring the UK’s proud maritime heritage.

Working in partnership with the RNLI, Helly Hansen has announced the return of its annual lifejacket clinic, providing Personal Flotation Device PFD guidance at the annual Round the Island Race.

New research shows that there has been a massive growth in the number of people participating in watersports during the pandemic. The annual Watersports Participation Survey 2021 says that approximately 11.7m people took part in one or more of th...

The MTA awards dinner returned this week (20June22) after a two and a half years hiatus and MIN is delighted to report that its publisher, Mike Shepherd, has been awarded Personality of the Year. Shepherd was nominated for his passion to create o...

The world’s longest-ranging, fully electric ferry, Ellen, set a new world record at the 7th annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency in Sønderborg, Denmark. The electric boat sailed 50 nautical miles (92 kilometres) on a single ...

ePropulsion UK has won the first Green Innovator Award. It was presented at MDL’s Green Tech Boat Show (June 2022).

Oranje Nassau, a 20-metre, 55-passenger sightseeing boat and water taxi operating on Berlin’s waterways was recently put back into service after its diesel engine was replaced with a fully integrated all-electric propulsion system by Torqee...

Genoa-based shipyard Tankoa Yachts has unveiled its T500 Tethys explorer superyacht, which offers hybrid propulsion options.

The T500 Tethys features exteriors and flexible interiors developed with the Milan-based studio Hot Lab, with a gr...

A long-term, increasingly warming pool of water in the northeast Pacific has been discovered by a team of researchers from the University of Hamburg. The pool measures three million square kilometres and results from increased anthropogenic green...

A colossal, multi-storey floating restaurant that was a landmark in Hong Kong, has sunk in the South China Sea, less than a week after it was towed away from Hong Kong.