Articles relating to the impact of Covid-19 on the marine trade, and affects of lockdown on the wider marine community.
Although he describes the market as “beginning to soften back towards pre-covid levels”, with inflation impacting rising costs and Brexit also playing its part, Fairline’s chief executive Paul Grys says the boatbuilder is looking to deliver similar levels of boats in 2023 as it did in 2022 — a significant uptick up on its covid-affected […]
Traditional wooden boat building has been added to the ‘endangered’ list of crafts, according to new research by Heritage Crafts. The organisation’s research is an ongoing project to track traditional craft skills on the verge of extinction in the UK. Its previous results were announced in 2021. The research, funded by The Pilgrim Trust and […]
Recreational boat owners, established in the UK, who lawfully purchased and kept their boat in the EU at the time the UK was an EU member, will not be eligible for Returned Goods Relief (RGR), the government has advised. It’s a disappointing outcome felt by the Royal Yachting Association, British Marine, Association of Brokers and […]
In a climate of political, economic and social upheaval, David Johnson, sales director for Wessex Resins and Adhesives, says that maintaining prices for a cost-sensitive market is one of the biggest challenges currently facing the company. But that’s not as challenging as: “Simply ensuring that we have the product to service our customers. It doesn’t […]
One of the companies behind Jubilee Sailing Trust has gone into administration. JST has so far operated through its two subsidiaries, Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd and Jubilee Sailing Trust (Tenacious) Ltd. Jubilee Sailing Trust Ltd was forced into administration after one of the charity’s principal creditors ‘threatened imminent legal proceedings to reclaim their owed credit’, […]
The Netherlands-based Damen Shipyards Group hits a new record with an €8.8 billion order book as of the end of 2021. But the shipbuilder sees a number of uncertainties for 2022. Damen says the crisis in Ukraine is having a ‘huge impact’ on the company. Over two hundred colleagues had been working in Ukraine at […]
£2.4 million has been allocated for projects to support seafarers’ mental wellbeing and support the maritime sector. The government says it has partnered with three organisations across the UK to deliver pilot projects to provide everyday support for seafarers wellbeing and mental health. This comes as part of a new Recovery Route Map, setting out […]
New research shows that there has been a massive growth in the number of people participating in watersports during the pandemic. The annual Watersports Participation Survey 2021 says that approximately 11.7m people took part in one or more of the boating activities* more than once in 2021. This number has risen by almost double since […]
After a two-year recess due to covid, Seawork’s Women in Marine Industry event returns in person for Seawork2022. Sponsored by Barton Marine, the session will take place at 16:00 on Wednesday 22 June in the Maritime Journal VIP Lounge. Barton says it’s proud to enable networking opportunities for women in the industry, providing marine peers […]
The Maritime Charities Group (MCG) has extended its covid-19 redundancy and retraining bursary fund for a further three months in response to continued concern about the plight of seafarers unable to get work in the sector. The fund, which is administered by the Marine Society on behalf of MCG, provides extra cash for training and […]
The organisers of boot Düsseldorf have reaffirmed that the boat show will take place from 22 to 30 January 2022. In a release circulated yesterday (8 December), Messe Düsseldorf states it has decided to hold boot 2022 as planned after consultations with the exhibiting branches and consistent implementation of the current Covid Protection Ordinance of […]