Maritime news in the UK

An overview of news, trends and research in the Maritime industry in the UK:

Consultant previously warned OceanGate CEO of safety concerns A consultant’s warnings over the safety of OceanGate's Titan submersible were repeatedly dismissed by the CEO of the company, email exchanges show.
06 July 2023
Royal Navy selects professional services firms for Aurora consortium An engineering partnership is set to provide expertise to the Royal Navy, under a new five-year contract.
26 April 2023
Accenture helping Pacific region with coral reef conservation Accenture has partnered with a team of organisations to design and launch a new coral reef conservation tool.
22 April 2022
Duff & Phelps to oversee Cruise & Maritime Voyages administration Cruise & Maritime Voyages has collapsed into administration, ceasing trading with immediate effect across Europe and North America.
27 July 2020
Royal HaskoningDHV supports UK’s first sandscaping scheme A partnership between Van Oord and Royal HaskoningDHV has overseen an innovative sandcaping scheme to boost the coastline of North Norfolk.
20 September 2019
Deloitte secures future of Scottish shipyard The UK has seen another industrial manufacturer fall victim to turbulent trading conditions in 2019.
23 August 2019
Capgemini provides IT services for BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines BAE Systems Maritime-Submarines has confirmed a five year contract with Capgemini to take over the provision of a spectrum of IT services in the UK.
24 April 2019
Eimskip buys majority stake in Danish logistics company SHIP-LOG Iceland based Eimskip has continued its expansion path with the acquisition of a majority share in SHIP-LOG, a freight forwarding company located in Aarhus, Denmark.
14 June 2017
Tech-consultancy ushers in digital revolution in cruise industry The next generation of cruise ship technology looks set to arrive aboard Carnival’s Princess Cruises, thanks to work from integrated technology consulting company Nytec.
26 May 2017
Ramboll wins bid for £50 million Liverpool Cruise Terminal Facility The Liverpool City Council has announced Ramboll as the winner of a £50 million Cruise Terminal Facility contract on the River Mersey, as the Council seeks to bolster its capacity to welcome cruise s
25 May 2017
Eimskip acquires 90 per cent stake in Netherlands-based Extraco Iceland-headquartered Eimskip has acquired nearly all of the shares of Extraco, a Netherlands-based freight forwarding and reefer logistics services provider.
03 November 2016
South Korea calls on Bain, BCG and McKinsey for declining industries The South Korean government has in recent months roped in Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company to work on high profile projects.
01 November 2016
Royal HaskoningDHV and Hyundai assist Saudi Arabia with marine yard For the development of one of the world’s largest maritime yard in Ras Al-Khair, Saudi Arabia, Royal HaskoningDHV and Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co.
25 October 2016
Warship Mary Rose fit-out to display at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard The Mary Rose sank below the seas more than 450 years ago. The remains of the ship and a wealth of artefacts are now on displayed in the Mary Rose Museum at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
29 July 2016
Royal HaskoningDHV hired by Saudi port company to develop logistics park Saudi Arabia is, as part of its economic diversification strategy, investing in the development of a 634,000 square-meter port logistics zone, the Tusdeer Khumra Logistics Park.
18 July 2016
Ocean carriers massively throwing their chassis overboard The container shipping industry continues to pass through turbulent seas on the back of a supply glut and decreasing demand.
13 July 2016
Route planner optimises logistics between Eastern and Western Europe Ecorys has developed a new intermodal route planner for the East-West Corridor in Europe.
28 June 2016
Global container shipping industry in choppy waters, says AlixPartners The ocean container-carrier industry has entered choppy waters following a continued demand-supply imbalance.
27 June 2016
Celebrity Cruises hires Accenture to boost digital experience Celebrity Cruises has engaged Accenture to enhance the digital customer services experience on its cruise ships.
06 February 2016
Ecorys to deep dive into potential of Ocean Energy The oceans are a massive source of untapped energy potential – just 0.1% of the energy in ocean waves could be capable of supplying the entire world's energy requirements five times over.
28 January 2016
Canada blows its combatant ship budget out of water The price of war is set to cost the Canadian tax payer dearly as the cost of building 15 surface combatant ships for the navy balloons more than $16 billion to reach $30 billion.
31 December 2015
8 million tons of plastic waste ends up in oceans a year Every year, 8 million tons of plastic waste makes into the oceans. 150 million tons of plastic is now estimated to be afloat, of which 95% is unrecoverable.
02 December 2015
Nautical event Sail Amsterdam 2015 the biggest ever On Wednesday, Sail Amsterdam, one of the largest nautical events in the world, kicked off in Amsterdam.
21 August 2015
Hyundai & Accenture boost ship efficiency with sensors Accenture and Hyundai Heavy Industries have announced plans to collaborate on bringing Internet of Things technology into Hyundai’s shipping offerings.
30 July 2015
New technology helps monitor drugs in transit Cambridge Consultants has developed a service that tracks and monitors the condition of drugs in transit.
17 March 2015
Baker Tilly Berk CF advises Eimskip - Jac. Meisner deal Global shipping company Eimskip has recently acquired Jac. Meisner, a reefer logistics based in the Netherlands. As part of the deal, which was guided by Baker Tilly Berk, twelve employees of Jac.
16 January 2015
HaskoningDHV: Costs Port of Venice cut by 25% Royal HaskoningDHV has presented its final layout of the new Port of Venice onshore-offshore container terminal to the Italian Embassy in London.
23 December 2014
Consulting firms to execute navigability study Myanmar A consortium of Dutch consulting firms has won a contract for an Ayeyarwady navigability study in Myanmar.
09 December 2014
Engineering firms win shipyard contract in Kazakhstan Consulting firms Royal HaskoningDHV and Witteveen+Bos have won a major contract to design a new shipyard in Kazakhstan that will allow the country to ship its own oil and to be less dependent on othe
14 November 2014
HaskoningDHV: Nicaragua Canal comes one step closer The construction of the frequently discussed Nicaragua Canal is getting closer.
09 September 2014

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