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  • Manhattan Bridge safety bulletin published

    Safety warning issued following a fatal auxiliary boiler explosion on container ship Manhattan Bridge at Felixstowe container terminal.

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  • HMS Monmouth leads Dunkirk commemoration

    HMS Monmouth has acted as an escort to a flotilla of small ships to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Dunkirk.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HMS Monmouth tackles piracy in the Middle East

    Although she's entering the latter stages of her deployment, HMS Monmouth is still hard at work engaging in counter-piracy, counter-smuggling and counter-terrorism operations in the Middle East.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Bell from American ship destroyed in Second World War going home

    The bell from a United States Navy ship sunk the night before Operation Overlord began is to be returned to the American authorities.

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  • Nation's flagship takes to sea for the first time

    History was made today as HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first QE Class aircraft carrier, set sail from Rosyth to commence first stage sea trials off the north-east of Scotland.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • HMS Queen Elizabeth step closer to operations with transatlantic training

    HMS Queen Elizabeth, the nation’s future flagship, will deploy in late summer for the eastern seaboard of the US, including a port visit in the Washington area where she will host the Atlantic Future Forum.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Defence Secretary gets update on aircraft carrier project

    Michael Fallon visited Scotland to see the progress being made in building the UK's Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Crew Employment Services Camelot v Mr W Gould: UKEAT/0330/19/VP

    Employment Appeal Tribunal judgment of Mr Justice Choudhury on 15 January 2021.

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  • The future of US-UK maritime co-operation

    Shipping Minister John Hayes speaks at a joint US-UK event during London International Shipping Week.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Mighty engine brings HMS Queen Elizabeth to life

    HMS Queen Elizabeth’s mighty diesel generators have been powered-up marking a major milestone on the way to becoming an operational warship.

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    First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

  • Sea Change – Ships, The Sea and Innovation

    Speech by Ambassador Fiona Clouder on board HMS Portland, on the occasion of Exponaval 2016, Chile.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • USS Theodore Roosevelt calls into Portsmouth

    The 100,000 tonne aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt has anchored off Portsmouth on a round-the-world deployment.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gunners swap sands of Afghanistan for the Atlantic Ocean

    Soldiers from 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (7 PARA RHA) are swapping the dusty heat of landlocked Afghanistan for the cold waters of the Atlantic.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Business contribution to Britain's biggest warships recognised

    Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin today recognised the vital contribution that businesses have made to the construction of the Royal Navy’s largest ever ships.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • The British Museum and the Google Cultural Institute bring ancient Maya culture to life

    People from around the world will have access to premium virtual tours to Guatemala’s most emblematic Mayan sites thanks to an unprecedented alliance between institutions from the UK, Guatemala and Google Arts.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • A new generation of shipbuilders

    Shipping Minister John Hayes delivers a speech to the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Sledge and flag from Shackleton’s Nimrod expedition at risk of being lost abroad

    Arts Minister Helen Whately places temporary export bar on unique items.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Illustrious leaves Portsmouth to make way for Queen Elizabeth

    The Royal Navy’s former aircraft carrier Illustrious will leave Portsmouth today as HMS Queen Elizabeth nears her arrival into the city.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

  • Celebrating Maritime 2050 one-year-on

    Speech delivered by Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani in the Houses of Parliament on 3 February 2020, one year on from the launch of Maritime 2050.

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    First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

  • Shoes to seamines - 20,000 items recovered preparing for carriers’ new home

    Speaking in Portsmouth today, Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin is set to announce that millions of metres of mud have been dredged, clearing the way for Britain’s newest aircraft carrier to sail safely into her new home at Portsmouth Harbour.

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    First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government