Latest marine industry news from Scotland including dealer networks, company expansions, wrecks and marine tourism.
A purpose-built wheelchair-accessible powerboat has been launched on Castle Semple Loch in Renfrewshire, Scotland, enabling disabled children and adults to access and enjoy the waters of Castle Semple Loch independently and safely. The wheelchair-accessible powerboat has been launched by UK charity The Wheelyboat Trust and Castle Semple Centre, an outdoor activity centre located within Clyde […]
BAE Systems has admitted that repairs are being assessed after about 60 cables were cut on HMS Glasgow – currently being fitted out at BAE’s yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in Glasgow. Classed as ‘intentional damage’, an inquiry has been launched on the Type 26 frigate. HMS Glasgow is an anti-submarine warfare vessel […]
A company has been fined £800,000 following the death of a fish farmer in the Scottish Highlands. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch’s report of the incident was covered in Marine Industry News in May 2021. Clive Hendry had been working on a salmon farm operated by Mowi Scotland Ltd when, in an attempt to move […]
Finlo Cottier is to become the new CEO of RYA Scotland. Following a recruitment process aided by the RYA and Sportscotland, Cottier will be leading Scotland’s national governing body for boating from May this year. Originally from the Isle of Man, sailing brought Cottier to Scotland’s West Coast where he began work as an Arctic […]
At least 33 people have been injured after a ship became dislodged and tipped over in high winds at a dockyard in Edinburgh. The Scottish ambulance service reports that 21 people were taken to hospital after the incident, which happened on Wednesday morning (22 March 2023) at Imperial Dock in Leith. A further 12 people […]
The Haven Knox-Johnston crew is partnering with sister Howden leisure marine team, A-Plan Commercial Marine, to become the joint-lead sponsors of a new RS21 Scottish youth sailing team. The sponsorship will provide the youth team with an RS21 so they can participate in the RS21 2023 British race season. It will also harness the expertise […]
Freedom Boat Club has announced it will be opening its latest club on Loch Lomond, Scotland. This will be Freedom’s third UK franchise, the fifth location in the UK in two years, and 36th international location outside of North America. The new club will be located at Ardlui Marina, and the franchise will be led […]
A Scottish boatbuilder, A & R Way Ltd (Lochgilphead), has embedded an electric propulsion system into a rudder on a new-build Oban Skiff. Adam Way made a replica rudder with a core of Sapele and cheeks of larch, with an ePropulsion Spirit 1 Evo Remote inside. Way dismantled, rebuilt and reconfigured the propulsion unit and […]
Edit: This article has been revised to make clear the samples studied by the Global Oceanic Environmental Survey Foundation were taken from the equatorial Atlantic. The research findings have not yet been confirmed by other scientists or research teams (16 Aug 2022). An Edinburgh-based research team says plankton, the tiny organisms that sustain life in […]
Holiday chaos has ensued in the Orkney Islands after MV Alfred ran aground (5July22) on the Island of Swona and has been taken out of action up to, and including, 10 July. Holiday makers have been stranded, scrabbling to find accommodation on Orkney to extend their stay, and those on the mainland can’t get to […]
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has released the findings of its investigation into a fatal incident when a skipper went overboard off the coast of Scotland. There were no witnesses to the accident, according to the report. The skipper was shooting creels on 2 May 2021, 1.2 miles east of Torness Point, Scotland in […]