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11 February 2025

Commercial Shipbuilding Trade Mission to Spain

The Department for Business & Trade is seeking expressions of interest from the UK maritime industry to participate in an outward mission to Madrid with local commercial shipyards

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11 February 2025

Macduff Ship Design confirms successful delivery of 2 vessels to SAAM Towage Canada by Cheoy Lee Shipyard

Macduff Ship Design announce the delivery of 2 vessels to SAAM Towage Canada by Cheoy Lee Shipyard.

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11 February 2025

World first: Thales delivers first autonomous drone system for mine countermeasures to the French Navy

Thales has delivered the first drone system for mine countermeasures to the French Navy, as part of the MMCM (Maritime Mine Counter Measures) programme.

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6 February 2025

Beckett Rankine appoints new Director

Beckett Rankine is proud to announce the appointment of James Andrew Smith as Director.

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5 February 2025

Alfa Laval to acquire NRG Marine to offer innovative ultrasonic anti-fouling solutions to its customers

Alfa Laval has signed an agreement to acquire NRG Marine, a leading provider of ultrasonic anti-fouling solutions for marine, oil and gas, and industrial applications, headquartered in the United Kingdom.

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5 February 2025

Scientists to break waves in climate modelling

Through an ambitious project led by scientists at University College London (UCL), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay in France, scientists will use novel observations of coastal wave breaking with advanced modelling and machine learning to work out the importance of this notoriously complex and hard to measure phenomenon.

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30 January 2025

Register now for Ocean Business 2025

Registration is now open for Ocean Business 2025, the global technology and science exhibition for marine industries.

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29 January 2025

Ocean Business launches cutting-edge technology Training and Demonstration programme

With Ocean Business 2025 less than three months away, details can now be revealed about the Training and Demonstration programme, one of the main attractions of the global technology and science exhibition for marine industries

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29 January 2025

HENSOLDT UK Announced as Silver Sponsor for Society of Maritime Industries Conference 2025

The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) is pleased to welcome HENSOLDT UK as a Silver Sponsor for the SMI Conference 2025, taking place on 1st April 2025 at the Leonardo Royal Southampton Grand Harbour.

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29 January 2025

Rolls-Royce signs landmark Unity contract with UK Ministry of Defence

Rolls-Royce has signed the biggest UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) contract in its history. The Unity contract stretches over eight years and brings together all elements of research and technology, design, manufacture and in-service support of the nuclear reactors that power the Royal Navy’s fleet of submarines.

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