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A second catamaran – WiderCat 92 – has been launched in Fano, Italy by Wider Yachts.

Superyacht refit and repair facility MB92 Barcelona has been selected by the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup Event Authority (ACE) and BWA Yachting as the preferred shipyard partner for superyachts attending the show. This, the company say...

Barcelona is set to be alive with the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup, the Louis Vuitton Cup, the UniCredit Youth America’s Cup and the Puig Women’s America’s Cup all taking place from late August through to October 2024.<...

As the International Maritime Rescue Federation turns 100-years-old, the RNLI helped celebrate the occasion with the two organisations coming together at the RNLI Lifeboat Festival at the RNLI College in Poole, Dorset earlier this year.  

Team Bluefin was crowned the winner of the 2024 Sea Angling Classic, held in the picturesque waters of the Solent, claiming the event’s prestigious first prize; an Extreme 646 Game King fishing boat fully rigged with a powerful Yamaha 150hp ...

Labour has swept to office today with what’s being described as a ‘historic landslide’ in the UK’s general election. It could be argued this is a time of political upheaval in the country, but really, in the past nine or s...

The Southampton International Boat Show has announced the return of Women in Marine Day, sponsored by DF Capital, to be held on Thursday, 19 September. This day-long celebration highlights the significant contributions of women in the marine indus...

Highfield Boats has announced that its brand new Highfield EJET330 electric jet tender is now in production.

The marine industry is bracing itself for an outcry as mainstream media outlets, like Sky, pick up the story that MIN reported earlier this week. Specifically, a ‘disturbing level’ of fibreglass has been found in oysters and mussels. ...

For over a year Jeanneau has been working with its dealers to contact clients and recall Sun Odysseys. The recall’s been aimed at reinforcing the gluing of the Sleipner-Sidepower retractable bow thruster modules in the hulls of Sun Odyssey...

SR Structures has been commissioned to build a Lombard-designed Lift45 in its new yard in Lymington, Hampshire.

Highfield Boats’ new EJET330 electric jet tender is now in production.

A new master’s degree course in marine engineering, based in Forlì, gets under way in academic 2024-25. It aims to meet the needs set out by industry in general, and the yacht building sector in particular, and is being promoted by F...

Kawasaki has unveiled its 2025 Jet Ski line-up, featuring the new Ultra 160LX-S Sea Angler. This new model, tailored for fishing, will be making its UK debut and will be available in the UK through Boats.co.uk, Kawasaki’s official UK distrib...

Hurricane Beryl ripped through the Caribbean this week. Among the widespread devastation, the cost to boating communities – whether for leisure or business – has been extremely high.

The Royal Society of Marine Artists (RSMA), the society of artists dedicated to depicting tidal waters and the marine environment, has announced the dates of its Annual Exhibition at Mall Galleries in London.

The pace of change is accelerating, writes Mike Collier, business development manager for the MARSS Group, which means AI and data are already having high implications for shipping.

Ex-yacht engineer Tomasz Pankowski has unveiled MyRotat, a new software specifically for organising and managing the schedules of superyacht crews.

Traditionally anodes, which are crucial for protecting boats from corrosion, have seen little innovation. However, Marine Protection Systems (MPS), a New Zealand-based foundry specialising in supplying and manufacturing high-quality zinc and al...