A boat owner caught on Falmouth Harbour’s CCTV system, operating at almost three times the six knot inner harbour limit during a busy summer’s day, has been ordered to pay £3,061 in fines and costs by magistrates sitting in Truro. Not only was evidence provided that the vessel was speeding through the inner harbour, it […]
Drones have been flying over the UK’s first ‘drone-friendly’ harbour in Falmouth as part of ship-to-shore flight trials carried out by Open Skies Cornwall. That’s a UK Research and Innovation-Future Flight Challenge programme, delivered by Innovate UK. The flights are testing Falmouth Harbour’s ground infrastructure, flying capabilities and airspace for future maritime-focused drone activities, such […]
Falmouth Harbour has appointed environmental scientist and businessperson Natasha Collings-Costello as a new commissioner. Collings-Costello joins the board to help shape the current strategy and future prosperity for Falmouth Harbour in Cornwall, which is known as the UK’s ‘Atlantic gateway’. Collings-Costello has 20 years of experience in the environment and ecology fields, including as managing […]
Allspars, a provider of masts and rigging services, is relocating its Falmouth branch to Falmouth Harbour’s new Marine Hub. Falmouth Harbour’s Marine Hub aims to create a convenient and accessible hub of related marine services for the Falmouth boating community, as well as visitors throughout the year. This marine-centric initiative, located on the Harbour’s Grove […]
Falmouth Harbour has awarded Holyhead Marine a £1.6m contract to build a fuel-efficient pilot vessel to join a fleet operating 24/7, 365 days a year. The vessel will complete more than 1,000 boardings and landings per year within the Falmouth Harbour Pilotage Area. Top boatbuilders around the UK competed for the contract, with a remit to […]
Gerald Pitts is joining the board of Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) as harbour commissioner. The appointment comes after Pitts took a brief retirement from his roles as managing director of dock-owners A&P Falmouth and, latterly, the A&P Group’s defence MD. “In my role as a Falmouth Harbour commissioner, I feel I will be able to […]
Falmouth Harbour has begun boat trials on a unique eco-mooring system designed to protect sensitive areas of seabed from the scouring caused by traditional mooring chains. The advanced mooring system (AMS) in place off Flushing Beach has been designed by Falmouth-based naval architect and engineering firm Morek, working with Falmouth Harbour’s marine operations team. The […]
Falmouth Harbour (FH) is inviting boatbuilders around the UK to tender for the construction of a clean, green, fuel-efficient pilot vessel to join a fleet operating 24/7, 365 days a year and completing more than 1,000 boardings and landings per year within the Falmouth pilotage area. In a tender process, which went live on 26 July, […]