Laura Hodgetts

Features editor

Royal River Salute

At midday on Wednesday 9 September, a flotilla of historic vessels, leisure cruisers and passenger boats will take part in a procession on the River Thames to mark the day…

A red-footed booby on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Credit: CSIRO, Britta Denise Hardesty

CSIRO and Imperial College London researchers predict that plastic ingestion will affect 99 per cent of the world’s seabird species by 2050, based on current trends.

Clipper fleet depart London in front of Tower Bridge. Credit: Clipper Ventures

The 12 international crews competing in the 10th edition of the world’s longest ocean race set sail on the 40,000 nautical mile circumnavigation off the coast of Southend yesterday.

Flame shell and brittlestars. Credit: Scottish Natural Heritage

TheScottish Government has put in place an urgent Marine Conservation Order to safeguard seabed habitats off Wester Ross in northwest Scotland.

Surviving Immersion

The Cruising Association is hosting a Man Overboard Seminar on November 7. Do you know what to do if a crew member falls overboard? Do you think you could get…

HM Naval Dockyard at Devonport

Westminster Dredging Company Limited has been ordered to pay £40,000 for breaching its marine licence by making unlicensed deposits of dredged material.

Cruising Association, Biscay

Biscay might be a word many cruising folk steer well clear of, but it doesn’t have to be all Atlantic swells, rough seas and frightening tides. The Cruising Association is…