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DSEI 2015

14th July 2015

Holyhead Marine will be exhibiting this year at DSEI in London. The exhibition runs from 15th to 18th September. The Royal Marines will be in attendance at the show and will be demonstrating the 9m Offshore Raiding Craft on the water at the exhibition twice daily. Our stand is S10-465 which is located in the […]

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Police Patrol Boat “Skye” delivery

11th June 2015

Another 15m Patrol Boat configured for the Ministry of Defence Police left Holyhead this morning bound for Faslane. The boat is manned by our own delivery crew and the transit will take just under 6 hours from Holyhead to Faslane Naval Base. Police Boat “Skye” will join her eight other sisters at Faslane, all of […]

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Deputy Minister visit

21st May 2015

Deputy Minister for Skills and Technology Julie James visited us yesterday to discuss apprenticeships and talk to some of our eight apprentices that are currently being trained. During her visit she met some of our staff and had a chat to two of our apprentices, Sam Clarke and Michael Owen.

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Seawork 2015

20th April 2015

  We are please to confirm that we will be exhibiting at Seawork 2015 between 16th and 18th June at stand No A239. Please call by for a chat and to find out about our current projects and some of our new developments. Our two sister companies Holyhead Towing Co and Turbine Transfers will also […]

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Police Patrol Boat heads North

24th March 2015

The latest 15m Police Boat for the Ministry of Defence Police pictured here this morning threading its way through Holyhead Marina at Holyhead bound for Faslane Naval Base where she will join the seven other 15m Police Patrol Boats that have been built by the company since 2006. This latest Patrol Boat, known by the […]

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A small world…….

19th December 2014

The third 16m Pilot Boat for the Port Authority of New South Wales (Sydney Ports Corporation), named Sinclair, was loaded on board MV Tysla in November.  We received the photo of the Pilot Boat on board the ship from the project manager at Sydney, he had got the image from a chain of people which started […]

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Saint Cuthbert bound for Harwich

5th June 2013

The latest 16m Pilot Boat for Harwich Haven Authority left Holyhead yesterday heading for their first fuel stop in Milford Haven followed by and overnight stop in Penzance. Saint Cuthbert will have a further overnight stop in Brighton before arriving in Harwich. This is the third Pilot Boat to be built for Harwich Haven Authority […]

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Seawork 2013

17th May 2013

We will be exhibiting at Seawork 2013 this year and can be found at our usual place on Stand No A253.

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Old newspaper article

29th April 2013

This newspaper article was found amongst some old papers, it was published in the Holyhead and Anglesey Mail in February 1976. The first and last of the line up are still working for the company. Also by coincidence the current Kilmore Quay lifeboat was recently in the yard for some minor repairs. The text under […]

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Sydney News

28th March 2013

Channel Nine News item on TV – Sydney’s pilot vessels get $3M upgrade News item on Australian television about the naming ceremony for the first boat named Sever after First Fleet Captain William Cropton Sever, item also has some lovely footage of how they used to transfer pilots. http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/?mkt=en-au&vid=EA92AD1B-5038-47C4-8A4C-0F3E63DE485C

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Pilot Vessel Sharp

Pilot Vessels for Sydney Ports Corporation

27th March 2013

The second pilot Boat to be built by Holyhead Marine for Sydney Ports Corporation has been delivered to Sydney, Australia.  The 16m GRP Pilot Boat is the second to be delivered of an initial contract for two boats which was awarded to Holyhead Marine back in August 2011. Since contract award the client has amended the contract […]

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