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Ben Wallace, the UK Government Defence Secretary and ‘Shipbuilding Tsar’, is confirmed today as the keynote speaker at the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) annual conference, due to be held virtually on March 16 and 17. Mr Wallace will reveal…

The Battle of Atlantic Memorial charity is today announcing a fresh concept for the UK’s official memorial to the longest running battle of World War Two which claimed more than 100,000 allied lives. The Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (BOAM)…

Isle of Man Ship Registry director Cameron Mitchell has spoken of the importance of religion to seafarers as the sector finds itself in an ‘unprecedented’ seafarer crewing crisis. Mr Mitchell told BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight programme that removing…

Manchester-based tech firm SRO Solutions has signed an agreement with Belfast Harbour to provide IBM’s Maximo asset management software licences, as it looks to increase digitalisation across its operations. The city’s port is Northern Ireland’s principal logistics and distribution hub,…

Poland’s biggest port, the Port of Gdansk has received its first delivery of post Brexit fish from the UK.  The Port reported that despite problems at some European ports with long paperwork delays affecting the delivery of fish it had…

International cable and pipe safety seal manufacturer Roxtec is this month opening its first dedicated Saudi Arabian registered company. Swedish-headquartered Roxtec is launching its subsidiary, Roxtec Saudi Arabia, building on more than 20 years of trading in the Kingdom. The…

MARITIME businesses and professionals from across the UK and the world are being invited to hear the Government and industry’s latest thinking on the future of the UK’s shipbuilding strategy at this year’s Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) annual conference,…

The Isle of Man Ship Registry has become the first flag state to broadcast a mass direct to crew aboard its ships. Isle of Man Ship Registry director Cameron Mitchell said the masses are being made possible through its new…

Ince Bio Power in Cheshire and Energy Works Hull, two of the UK’s largest renewable energy producing facilities, have undergone major digitisation projects to move their asset management processes to the cloud. The operator of Energy Works Hull – Bioenergy…

Germany’s premium e-bike brand HNF reported a 103 per cent growth in sales during the 2020 calendar year compared with the previous 12 months. HNF has been manufacturing electric bikes for around eight years, with the founders Michael Hecken, Karlheinz…