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A huge mass of marine mucilage – a thick, slimy substance made up of compounds released by marine organisms – has bloomed in Turkey’s Marmara, as well as in the adjoining Black and Aegean Seas.

A petition has been launched to lobby for action in Cornwall. It calls for a tax on second homes (to invest into local housing), and rent caps for locals to protect the communities. It’s already gathered 36,000 plus signatures as locals fig...

Southend on Sea volunteer lifeboat crews were paged 19 times in the past week as the weather improved and shorelines became busy.

The wreck of fishing vessel Nicola Faith has been raised out of the water. Following the recovery of the vessel by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), it will be transported to a secure location for further investigation, testing and...

Vortec Marine has announced that, in addition to its brokerage office at Swanwick Marina, it also now has a main office in Royal Clarence Yard, a workshop at Endeavour Quay and an additional workshop at Victoria Quay in Gosport.

Crestron is running a new systems technician training programme specifically aimed at crew members onboard superyachts. The Superyacht Systems Technician Training Program has been developed by the Crestron Training Institute in partnership with t...

SailGP fans were out in full force – with sellout crowds on-shore and nearly one thousand registered boats lining the racecourse – to enjoy the second and final day of the Italy Sail Grand Prix in Taranto. Keeping spectators on edge, ...

Taranto, Italy, put on a great show for the eight SailGP teams this weekend. In what commentator David ‘Freddie’ Carr called the best light wind racing he had ever seen, the leaderboard was constantly changing. In the end it was the Ja...

The Ocean Race Europe fleet returned to competitive action in Cascais, Portugal today where the 12 international teams representing nine countries took on the Mirpuri Foundation Sailing Trophy coastal race ahead of the start tomorrow of the second...

Designed to offer yacht ownership to the emerging market of sharing economy customers, Meros, a new co-ownership platform that exclusively uses Sunseeker yachts has launched.

Sunset+Vine has been awarded the production and distribution contract for the 2021 Hempel World Cup Series, the Olympic Classes Global Tour, from World Sailing.

Yesterday two students took to the water for a three day row along the Thames, from Radley College in Oxfordshire to Radley College in London, to raise funds for the Sea Cadets’ On The Water programme.

George Bell and Sebastien Codet...

Plymouth based GDS Ltd has appointed Rob Lyne as UK sales director.

Walcon Marine has completed the second and final stage of the redevelopment programme for Buckler’s Hard Yacht Harbour. This has involved a complete rebuild of the marina and the addition of increased capacity while refurbishing and reusing...

The International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) has launched a new award in memory of yacht and small craft marine surveyor, John Excell.

The Royal Navy River Class patrol vessels aim to spend around 320 days of the year at sea, with one of their primary roles to help protect England’s fishery grounds – as well as protecting UK waters from greater threats.

South Carolina based Glendinning Products LLC has launched a range of top mount and side mount controls which the company says are designed to cater for the quickly evolving electric propulsion sector.

Check out the moment a cheeky seal hitched a ride with paddleboarder, Cenk Albayrak-Touye, in Poole Harbour.

The opening leg of The Ocean Race Europe came to a nail-biting conclusion yesterday in Cascais, Portugal, with the winners in both the VO65 and IMOCA 60 classes decided only in the last few moments of the four-day passage from Lorient, France....

Nautor’s Swan UK Brokerage has opened a new waterfront office at Swanwick Marina. This new office is a temporary arrangement until the new Pavillion building at Premier Swanwick is complete.