Alnmaritec, the specialist aluminium boat builder based in the North East of the UK, announced an expansion with the opening of a brand new yard at Blyth in Northumberland.

Global defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems has acquired VT Group's 45% shareholding in BVT Surface Fleet Limited (BVT), Farnborough. BVT is now wholly owned by BAE Systems and will be renamed BAE Systems Surface Ships Limited.

Genoa-based classification society RINA SPa, the operational company of Registro Italiano Navale, has teamed up with specialist certification services provider SPM Instrument SRL of Italy and the Italian Ship Research Centre CETENA to help cope with…