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THE future of Plymouth’s Millbay Docks and its strategic maritime importance to the city has never looked brighter, says Adrian Buss, Operations Manager-PFSO of the

Westward Shipping News will be sailing on the last voyage of the MV Bretagne this weekend. The final sailing will be on Sunday, 3 November,

It was a beautiful crisp October day to start our trip on the Serco tug the SD Eileen at Devonport Naval Base recently. The 14-year-old

New Zealand has thanked the Royal Navy and the crew of HMS Tamar for their help responding to the sinking of their survey ship HMNZS

The MV Artania is the last cruise ship to visit Plymouth this year and arrived in the mist and rain early this morning. The huge

Plymouth’s famous Hoe Promenade was cordoned off for a second day with a medical emergency from the visiting cruise liner the Artania. A lifeboat was

The crew at Westward Shipping News are thrilled to announce we’ve been awarded Maritime Media Company of the Year 2024/2025 by the South West England Prestige Awards.

Westward Shipping News is celebrating 2 years – and a huge milestone for our maritime news website that was created out of the UK Covid

The AKULA superyacht was spotted in the Sound this week on our live webcam making its way to the Barbican Landing Stage on a city

Well choreographed landing of a Wildcat Helicopter on HMS Medway in the Sound this afternoon. There’s is no helicopter assigned to HMS Medway, but there