US Navy fires shots at SVITZER KORSAKOV pirates
Pirates' colleagues attacked by US navy warships as they attempt to re-supply hijacked tug...
 

Sir Lancelot goes to breakers
Glasgow-built Falklands veteran goes for breaking after 44 years....
 

Spain calls in ambassador to complain over NEW FLAME wreck
Andalucian regional government wants to reclaim costs of beach cleaning...
 

Scottish shipping firm to build four more vessels
Designed in Montrose for the only wholly UK-owned fleet of offshore support vessels...

1 February 2008
 

Irish Sea ferry RIVERDANCE grounds at Blackpool beach
An Irish Sea ferry, the mv RIVERDANCE, has grounded on the North Shore, Blackpool....
 

30 January 2008
 

Anti-whaling ship pursued by Japanese coast guard vessel
Sea Shepherd's STEVE IRWIN is chased by FUKUYOSHI MARU No68...

HMS DARING will be 'Guernsey's ship'
First Type 45 destroyer will be affiliated to the island...

Royal Navy commando assault ships head for Norway
HM Ships ALBION and BULWARK will take part in international exercise...
 

Calmac's biggest vessel returns to service after refit
ISLE OF LEWIS returns to west coast station after £165,000 spent on overhaul...
 

Excel to acquire Quintana Maritime
Combined fleets will total 47 vessels with an additional eight by 2010 ...
 

Maersk takes stake in Höegh Autoliners
Höegh Autoliners also acquires A. P. Moller - Maersk’s fleet of 18 car carriers ...
 

29 January 2008
 

Royal Navy finds sunken wreck of ms EXPLORER
The Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Endurance has located the wreck of the cruise liner M/S Explorer, which sank in Antarctic waters last year...

 

Royal Navy detonates dangerous torpedo
A dangerous torpedo dredged up by a trawler was detonated by the Royal Navy safely at sea today amid a dramatic plume of water off Plymouth...

Remontowa launch first ship for own operations
Polish shipyard enters ship-owning sector with EUGENIUSZ KWIATKOWSKI...

Fred Olsen cancels inaugural cruise of the BALMORAL
'Technical issues' blamed for delay in completion of refit...

Hyundai's Korean shipyard delivers latest Prisco tanker
ZALIF AMERIKA named and blessed at ceremony in the South Korean yard...

Latest deliveries from Japanese shipyard
Two wildly different newbuilds from the same yard...

26 January 2008
 

CUTTY SARK and MARY ROSE get lottery boost
A total of £31 million goes to two of Britain's most historic ships...
 

25 January 2008
 

Russian cargo ship CAPTAIN USKOV still missing with 17 aboard
Vessel fails to arrive in port, radio contact lost in East China Sea...

Biggest X-Bow ship to be launched soon
Revolutionary Ulstein designed vessel will be largest one so far with this type of bow...

Unions discuss FOC shipping with Irish ministers
ITF presses for collaboration over access to vessels...

23 January 2008
Another record year for Aberdeen Harbour
Cargo and shipping tonnages increase again...

All change as port group announces reshuffle
Associated British Ports announces a number of key management changes...

Newly delivered ship from Aker Yards in Germany
CAPE MAGNUS completed this month for Schoeller Holdings...

New ship for German company to be named today
Another container ship for the Hamburg shipowner E.R. Schiffahrt...

HMS SOMERSET heads for the Med patrol
Plymouth-based HMS Somerset has sailed for a six-month maritime security patrol in the Mediterranean....

HMS ALBION welcomes Plymouth Argyle aboard
HMS Albion welcomed Plymouth Argyle FC players on board in HM Naval Base Devonport in a show of unity before the so-called FA Cup Battle of the Dockyards between the Devon club the ‘Pilgrims’ and Portsmouth FC...

Cargo vessel trials new sail power system
The newly built BELUGA SKYSAILS will go on maiden voyage assisted by sailpower..

HMS ILLUSTRIOUS leads group to Indian Ocean
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious to Indian Ocean region for a series of exercises which will take place over the next four months...