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Britain’s network of canals and navigable rivers is deteriorating because of inadequate funding, says a coalition of organisations campaigning for urgent government action. Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW), a coalition of organisations r...

The 121-metre superyacht al-Mansur, commissioned by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in the 1980s, has been lying capsized in a river in southern Iraq for years. While the wreck serves as a reminder of the dictator’s rule, which ended a...

The marine industry presents unique challenges when it comes to refrigeration and air conditioning systems, says Chris Feibusch, director at Penguin Refrigeration, especially as smaller sailboats are now embracing the ‘comfort of home’...

Friendships were forged as the first Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust ‘first time’ trip of 2023 took to the waters of the Solent earlier this month (12-15 June). It was also the first trip which benefited from the support of The Ancasta Gr...

Marine electronics manufacturer Garmin has launched the new GMR xHD3 series open-array radars. The multinational technology firm says the GMR xHD3 ‘combines high-definition imaging with the latest platform technology to deliver new levels of...

Team Malizia found a way to grab a last-minute win in leg 7 of The Ocean Race, saving the best for last.

Investigators have confirmed that no boat was involved in the death of two children who drowned at a popular British beach. Joe Abbess, 17, from Southampton, and 12-year-old Sunnah Khan, from Buckinghamshire, were both pulled from the sea at Bourn...

Introduced in 1963, the inshore lifeboat continues to be an invaluable asset in the RNLI fleet as new figures show the charity’s Inshore lifeboats have saved 30,778* lives across 60 years.

Austrian start-up Seasy, which launched a marina booking platform in 2020, has experienced ‘record growth’ since its inception. The firm says the number of active users on the platform is now at over 2,000 daily users in the high seaso...

Dutch tender manufacturer Younique Yachts has joined forces with Nauticsale, a specialist in maintenance, renewal, repair and advice in onboard systems, to form a new joint venture called Younique Yacht Systems. The two firms say they will execute...

Megayacht owners are “thoroughly disappointed” that they won’t be able to dock in Naples this summer after the southern Italian city restricted entry to vessels over 75 metres in length. The harbourmaster at Naples’s Mergel...

Ferretti Group made its debut on Euronext Milan, the Milan-based stock exchange operated by Borsa Italiana, this morning (27 June 2023). The debut on Euronext Milan follows the listing a year ago on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, which means that F...

According to Gianni Zucco, co-founder of HP Watermakers, the introduction of the company’s software — the part-net interface — which allows end users to tap on a multi-function display (MFD) to produce fresh water from the sea, h...

A team from maritime charity The Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society is set to climb 24 peaks in 24 hours to raise vital funds for a leading seafaring charity.

With Emirates Team New Zealand’s latest AC40 testing, development and race training block in Auckland now wrapped up, the team are heading north to quickly settle into their Barcelona base and roll Te Rehutai out to get a first taste of sail...

Superyacht concierge and maritime agency services specialist BWA Yachting is establishing an office at the new Saudi Arabian luxury island development Sindalah — part of the Neom smart city megaproject. Neom is a $500bn planned city in north...

British shipbroker Braemar has confirmed it will not meet a deadline to publish its full-year results, due to an ongoing investigation into its accounts. The firm has asked for trading in its shares to be suspended from Monday (3 July 2023.) The c...

Fergal Butler is a man with a plan. After giving up work — as a daffodil picker — he needed a hobby which he could manage in his back garden while also caring full time for his family. He wanted to build a motor cruiser with room for t...

Introducing Intelligent Control, or IC fluid technology developed by Whale is fitted to a wide range of its products and makes automated pump control both possible and reliable. This automatic operation takes away the need for users to manually in...