This year’s Seawork Exhibition & Conference website has seen a remarkable surge of online interest as planning for the three-day event in Southampton – 9-11 June – continues apace.

Delegates from across the workboat industry thrashed out issues affecting the sector at Seawork’s Get Set for Workboat session in Rotterdam this week, with general agreement on the issues themselves

Celebrating the very best in maritime innovation and achievement, the much-anticipated 2026 Seawork Awards are now officially open for entries and nominations.

A quartet of high-value conference sessions at Seawork 2026 are now available to book, with each offering face-to-face insights and opportunities focused on real world issues in commercial marine.

UK Docks Marine Services has won contracts worth more than £80m to service and maintain 194 Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels, Vahana workboats and Ministry of Defence police craft.

The second Walk-to-Work vessel in a series of four newbuilds has been delivered by Acta Marine.

Purus has welcomed the latest addition to its growing fleet, the Construction/Service Operation Vessel (C/SOV) 'Purus Coriolis'.

Barrus has appointed Lee Allen as Commercial Manager for its Marine Division, strengthening the company’s strategic leadership across its Marine Leisure, Marine Diesel and Equipment portfolios.

Dedicated provider of maritime travel logistics, Marine Travel, is sponsoring Eat Street at Seawork 2026.

SVENNER is a next-generation solid-state tech marine battery, fully DNV type-approved, delivering unmatched safety, long lifecycle and simplified integration for electric and hybrid vessels.

The organisers of Seawork have revealed that this year’s event is expected to inject between £10 million and £13 million into the economies of Southampton, wider Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

C-Quip Marine Equipment has announced the launch of a dedicated online platform designed specifically to support the needs of professional operators across the commercial marine industry.