UK Marine News
RCR celebrates 25 years
River Canal Rescue’s past and current members, dignitaries, staff, families, contractors, suppliers, the local community and boaters celebrated in style on Sunday 8 June at an outdoor event to mark the company’s 25th anniversary.
Held at the Stafford Riverway Link site, close to RCR HQ, Stafford Borough mayor, councillor Jenny Barron and her consort, alderman Ray Barron were impressed with the ‘essential’ service managing director, Stephanie Horton and her team, provide for boaters.
Sir Gavin Williamson CBE, MP for Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge, and local councillor Ann Edgeller were equally surprised by the ‘unique’ 24/7, 365 days a year breakdown and emergency assistance service, RCR offers.
In the first year, they supported 100 members. Today, RCR has around 40 staff, supporting some 20,000 members, and in 25 years, Stephanie Horton, estimates the company has responded to over 60,000 callouts.
Sunseeker CEO partly blames tariffs as the boatbuilder cuts 200 jobs
Sunseeker International, based in Poole, Dorset, on the UK south coast, has confirmed it is making around 200 redundancies - about 10 per cent of its workforce - across various support, leadership and management roles.
The boatbuilder highlighted “softening in global demand” following “political and economic uncertainties” in a media statement.
Speaking to ITV, Andreas Frabetti, Sunseeker CEO, said that Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are at least partly to blame. “We have tariffs for United States export, which is very important,” he says. “We’re exporting more than 50 per cent of our production to the United States, so this has been affected recently.”
He added, “Our focus remains on safeguarding the long-term health of the business, supporting local employment, and continuing to deliver world-leading yachts to our global customers.”
BAE Systems opens new shipbuilding hall in Glasgow A new ship build hall has officially opened at BAE
Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland.
BAE Systems’ newly opened Janet Harvey Hall has capacity for two Royal Navy Type 26 frigates to be constructed side by side. The hall measures 170 metres long and 80 metres wide and has two 100-tonne cranes and an additional two 20-tonne cranes inside.
BAE Systems said this new facility will boost its shipbuilding capacity, enabling warships to be built in Glasgow fully undercover for the first time, in turn ensuring that work is unaffected by adverse weather.
18 | ISSUE 113 | SEP 2025 | THE REPORT
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