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.
Portsmouth International Port has unveiled its 20-year masterplan, with the developments expected to generate approximately £800m for the national economy by 2042 and secure over 11,000 jobs, following a £92m investment. Global engineering and project management consultants Royal HaskoningDHV undertook detailed market analysis and extensive stakeholder engagement to forecast changes in the trade and travel […]
A family dog has been rescued from rising tides, after a four-day search involving coastguards, firefighters, the police and a flying sausage attached to a drone. The Jack Russell-whippet, named Millie, became stranded on dangerous mudflats after slipping her lead during an outing in Havant, Hampshire, The Portsmouth News reports. A daring four-day rescue mission […]
Locals have been left angry and Portsmouth councillors “disappointed” as Sir Ben Ainslie’s America’s Cup Team has moved out of Portsmouth. According to the report by The News, Portsmouth, the sailor’s purpose-built £12m building at The Camber in Old Portsmouth has been sublet to SubSea Craft, an award-winning maritime firm, and financial advisers. The city is now just one […]
Ambitious plans to revitalise Portsmouth Historic Dockyard into a ‘vibrant, living breathing community space’ have been unveiled as part of a fightback strategy following the coronavirus pandemic. The news was announced by the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust (PNBPT) as the organisation launched its new Historic Quarter Pass into the naval attraction. The pass will […]
Digital software company IOTICS is creating a digital twin of Portsmouth International Port as part of an ambitious £1.5m project to demonstrate an achievable modular green hydrogen generation system within the port. IOTICS and its partners will create a digital twin of Portsmouth port, interoperating with existing and emerging data from the port infrastructure and […]
HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth for her maiden operational deployment at the heart of the UK’s Carrier Strike Group. This came after a farewell visit from Her Majesty The Queen. Late last week media reported the 65,000-tonne aircraft carrier was unexpectedly returning to Portsmouth because of the bad weather and needing to re-supply. […]
Freedom Boat Club, a division of Brunswick Corporation, is opening its first company-owned location in Portsmouth, near Port Solent. It says it has chosen the area as it’s one of the most desirable boating destinations in the UK. Locating here is part of Freedom Boat Club’s strategy for continued expansion in Europe (it already utilises […]
Tourists may soon be able to sail from Portsmouth to Portugal as, according to the Portsmouth News, Brittany Ferries looks to capitalise on the country’s green light travel status – although Portugal won’t allow visitors from the UK until at least May 30. The company is reportedly exploring the possibility of launching a service to […]
A SpacePort feasibility project, funded by the Geospatial Commission in partnership with Innovate UK, says it has successfully concluded that a geospatial data platform can significantly streamline port operations. This will then improve efficiency while addressing the decarbonisation and emissions reduction challenges. The feasibility project was carried out at Portsmouth International Port. “The SpacePort project […]
The world’s largest luxury sailing ship is to make her maiden voyage to Portsmouth in June, where she will start her UK tour before venturing to the Far East, according to The News. The Golden Horizon, a five-mast, iron-hulled luxury cruise liner run by Tradewind Voyages, will arrive in Portsmouth on 22 June – a day after all […]
BAE Systems has won two contracts from the Ministry of Defence which will see the firm continuing to play a pivotal role at Portsmouth Naval Base. The first deal, worth £900m, will see BAE continuing to maintain and repair the entire naval fleet in Portsmouth, including the navy’s two new aircraft carriers HMS Prince of […]