All the latest marine industry news from Portsmouth, on the UK’s south coast. Includes new boats and boat builders, Royal Navy news, rescues in the Solent and more.
Plans for a new four-day kitesurfing festival on Hayling Island, off the south coast of England, have been dropped after residents raised concerns over disruption. The proposals involved combining the popular Kitesurfing Armada event with music going into the evening, creating a new Shoreline Festival for up to 5,000 people, including up to 1,500 camping. […]
HMS Queen Elizabeth — the aircraft carrier that has already failed to leave Portsmouth Harbour once this year – has been delayed again. This time, the navy says it’s due to adverse weather conditions. “The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is preparing for her sailing window to travel to Rosyth in Scotland so any necessary […]
Griffon Hoverwork is celebrating the culmination of two years’ of hard work, as its new 12000TD hovercraft has successfully completed UK sea trials and is now on its way to Japan. Griffon’s latest hovercraft, Baien, is one of three commissioned by Oita Prefecture in Japan as part of a £25 million contract drawn up in […]
The 146.4-metre superyacht Opera has been delivered to its owners after leaving Lürssen’s Bremen facility in north Germany. The superyacht — now the tenth largest in the world and the shipyard’s sixth biggest to date — made its maiden voyage in Portsmouth on the UK’s south coast on Sunday (5 March 2023). The vessel undertook […]
Regeneration is currently underway in Portsmouth and East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, as part of the government’s controversial £4.8bn ‘levelling-up’ fund. In 2021, £20 million was awarded to north Portsmouth from the fund — designed to combat regional inequality. Alongside a new £11.25m terminal extension at Portsmouth International Port, the funds will also […]
A man has been injured in a gas explosion aboard his 26ft boat, near Hardway Sailing Club in Portsmouth Harbour. The Coastguard and the RNLI responded to the incident shortly before 5pm on Tuesday (6 December 2022), with Bembridge RNLI launching its all-weather lifeboat to assist in the medical evacuation of the injured man. After […]
Portsmouth-based BAR Technologies, and green maritime technology provider, Yara Marine Technologies, have announced that the ‘first cut’ of the steelwork that will form the first production run of BAR’s WindWings has been completed. During the first half of 2023, two WindWings will be installed on MC Shipping-owned vessel the Pyxis Ocean, and four WindWings will […]
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales broke down off the south coast on Saturday (28 August) after suffering a mechanical issue shortly after departing Portsmouth. The HMS Prince of Wales left from Portsmouth Naval Base to great fanfare (see video below) on Saturday before an ‘emerging mechanical issue’ occurred. Royal Navy has since said there […]
Brittany Ferries has apologised after its new eco flagship broke down after its third journey, leaving passengers trapped in Spain. Salamanca left Portsmouth last weekend with more than 600 passengers for Bilbao, Spain. But the ferry, which is the first in the UK to run off liquefied natural gas (LNG), suffered a fault in her […]
More than 100 people attended this year’s UK Sail Training Conference, which took place on 1 March at Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. The event was organised by Gosport-based charity, the Association of Sail Training Organisations (ASTO), and aims to help young and disabled people develop key life skills such as self-confidence, resilience, motivation, and teamwork. The […]
According to the Royal Navy, ‘boffins’ are looking for the best paint, glues and fastenings to keep Nelson’s flagship weatherproof and watertight for the next half century. Engineers from the University of Southampton are working with HMS Victory’s conservators ahead of the next phase of a £35m revamp of the legendary warship: replacing rotting planks, […]