(LIVERPOOL CITY REGION, UNITED KINGDOM) Birkenhead-based shipbuilder Cammell Laird has unveiled a new website for a cutting-edge warship, the Leander Frigate, in a bid to capitalise on growing interest from navies around the world. The BAE Systems-designed vessel is at…
Birkenhead, Merseyside based maritime engineering company SeaKing Electrical has won a tender from Cumbria County Council to repair the electrics on the council-owned car ferry the Mallard following a fire earlier this year. The ferry’s engine room caught fire in…
A new commercial chartering desk set up by Oman Shipping Company (OSC) has secured more than 100 fixtures with world leading oil majors in its first twelve months of operation. The spot chartering desk set up in May 2017 offers…
Merseyside shipyard and engineering services company Cammell Laird has won a £1.5million tender with Innovate UK (see notes to editors 1) to develop electron beam welding technology in the ship building, offshore and nuclear sectors. Cammell Laird will act…
UK construction sector firm Morris & Spottiswood is reporting a surge in apprenticeships after taking on eight new starters in 2018 and growing the division by 25pc. The fit-out, housing, M&E (Mechanical & Electrical) and Facilities Management (FM) specialist is…
Birkenhead shipbuilder Cammell Laird has added to its silverware collection following recent wins at two regional business award ceremonies. In June, the firm was named Business of the Year (Over 250 employees) at the 2018 ECHO Regional Business Awards during…
Maritime firm Intermarine UK is driving national interest in South Dorset’s marine and engineering sectors after visiting the Minister for Business and Industry Richard Harrington MP in the House of Commons. Inter Marine Group President Slawomir Kalicki met with Mr…
A major milestone in the build of the UK’s state-of-the-art polar research ship was reached this weekend [Saturday 14 July 2018], when the 129-metre long, 10,000 tonne hull of the RRS Sir David Attenborough was launched into the River Mersey…
International manufacturer Roxtec is helping protect Britain’s new £200m polar research vessel – RRS Sir David Attenborough – after supplying a range of specialist safety seals. The new build ship is being funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)…
A Manchester-based Indian owned bike manufacturer is breathing fresh life into one of Britain’s most famous bike brands – Viking. Hero Cycles, the world’s biggest bicycle manufacturer by volume, is following fellow Indian companies by buying up much loved British…
