A&P’s Falmouth yard is currently working on an exciting project to build full size replicas of parts of naval warships to be used for training purposes at a new land-based training facility near Plymouth.
30 January 2012
A&P Falmouth’s planning and round-the-clock working has ensured P&O Cruise’s newest ship, Adonia, is due to leave Falmouth a day ahead of schedule.
30 January 2012
Apprentices at A&P Tyne did the shipyard proud when management handed them a Lord Sugar-style task - to produce a calendar for the local community.
30 January 2012
A&P Group’s Teesside shipyard - where hundreds of vessels were built in the last century - is celebrating the launch of a book about it's proud past.
28 December 2011
Shipyard Santa brings Christmas Cheer to Charity Fundraiser
30 November 2011
Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC) and The Crown Estate have signed a lease to create FabTest, a new wave energy ‘nursery’ test site in Falmouth Bay on the south coast of Cornwall.
11 November 2011
A&P Group’s Falmouth yard has marked the end of the multi-million pound refit of RFA Largs Bay – the second ship in her class to undergo a major refit at the docks.
17 October 2011
A&P Group’s Falmouth yard has welcomed five high-ranking Bangladeshi civil servants to the docks and marine engineering site to advise on the company’s health and safety procedures.
06 October 2011
A&P Group has announced the winner of their iPad 2 free prize draw competition as Graeme Macleod, HSE Advisor, at Aberdeen based Transocean. A&P Group ran the prize draw at the recent Offshore Europe exhibition in Aberdeen.
04 October 2011
A&P GROUP’S Tyne shipyard has completed its second order this year for Subsea 7 – one of the world’s leading subsea engineering and construction companies.
03 October 2011
A&P Group’s Falmouth yard has welcomed two majestic tall ships to the docks this week, keeping the port’s association ith historic sailing ships alive.
03 October 2011
Part of Britain’s biggest ever warship has left Tyneside and sailed up to Scotland where HMS Queen Elizabeth is being assembled like a giant jigsaw at Rosyth.
15 September 2011
A&P Tees ship repair yard has given another TV star a much-needed “makeover”. The Middlesbrough yard is gaining a reputation for giving vessels which have appeared on the small screen a new lease of life.
31 August 2011
On the 24 August 2011 A&P Group celebrated the completion of its part in Britain’s new aircraft carrier ahead of schedule. The Group’s yard in Tyne is the only shipyard in the region involved in the construction.
26 August 2011
To play a part in building one flagship of the UK fleet is an achievement – but 18 men involved in the construction of the new aircraft carrier at A&P Group’s Tyne yard can now claim a magnificent double.
26 August 2011
Paul has over 30 years of experience in the Marine sector and has worked at A&P in various roles and served an apprenticeship at Falmouth. Paul will focus on the renewable energy sector.
26 August 2011
A&P Tyne is building on its success in a new business sector with the completion of another subsea structure. The Mid Water Arch left the ship repair and fabrication yard at Hebburn, bound for a North Sea oil field.
16 August 2011
Parts of A&P Falmouth have been transformed into a Hollywood blockbuster movie set this week. World War Z is being made by Paramount Pictures, using Falmouth as one of its key filming locations.
12 August 2011
CHILDREN’S charity Barnardo’s has sent a heartfelt “thank you” to big-hearted shipyard workers at A&P Tyne for handing them £51,650 from their pay-packets.
09 August 2011
A&P Falmouth has welcomed Australian Defence Minister Jason Clare MP and Australia’s Chief of Navy Ray Griggs to the docks to inspect the RFA Largs Bay, which has been bought by the Australian Navy.
03 August 2011
The first ever floating jetty project on Lake Windermere has been completed by Marine Designs Ltd, The jetty was commissioned by the Lake District National Park Authority to provide better access to ferries.
03 August 2011
The pipelay and construction vessel Seven Oceans is currently in dry dock at A&P Tyne undergoing repairs.The vessel is at the Hebburn yard for refurbishment and repair work to its thrusters.
07 July 2011
A&P have announced the winner of their iPad 2 free prize draw competition as Mark Willbourn, Marketing Director at BMT Nigel Gee Ltd. A&P ran the draw at the RenewableUK exhibition in Liverpool.
07 July 2011
BEFORE he retired from teaching, Wilf Austin was shocked to realise most of his pupils had no idea that Teesside was once responsible for building thousands of ships for customers worldwide.
07 July 2011
Marine Designs Limited, a subsidiary of A&P Group, announced that it has been awarded a contract to build and install their Dockmaster pontoon system within the Grimsby Fish Docks.
24 June 2011
A&P Group has won a contract with an important new client, P&O Maritime Services, carrying out conversion work on the company’s impressive European Supporter cable-laying vessel
20 June 2011
EVERY job has its ups and downs but the eight-man abseiling team working at A&P Tyne are on a permanent high. Renovating the dockside cranes at the Hebburn ship repair yard is a tall order.
06 June 2011
The PRIMaRE and FaB Test partnership will be hosting a joint launch of the Dynamic Marine Component Test Facility (DMaC) and the demonstration offshore test site (FaBTest).
29 May 2011
A MEGA-WEIGHT 800 tonnes of metal came together in a precision-planned operation at A&P Group’s yard on the Tyne to join two cross-sections of Britain’s new aircraft carrier.
13 May 2011
A&P TYNE is celebrating it’s first successful venture into a new business sector after two buoyant subsea structures bound for an African offshore oil field left the yard at the weekend.
03 May 2011
A&P Group’s Falmouth yard has invested in and upgraded its engineering workshop as part of its ongoing improvement programme.
27 April 2011
Pioneering marine renewable energy organisations Wave Hub, A&P Group and leading research institute PRIMaRE will be sharing their expertise at All Energy, the UK’s largest renewable exhibition
15 April 2011
A group of North East sea cadets were left high and dry after their riverside base was destroyed by flood water. They were thrilled to be invited aboard the 7000 ton warship HMS Bristol at A&P Tyne.
12 April 2011
A brand new £3m West Quay has been built at A&P Tyne’s ship repair and fabrication yard, part of a massive investment programme undertaken by the Group in the past three years.
21 March 2011
UP to 100 new jobs are on their way to Cornwall after A&P Group’s Falmouth yard, the internationally-renowned ship repair company, won a multi-million pound contract this week.
08 March 2011
It could have been a logistical nightmare, but an operation to transport two massive drill rigs across Falmouth went without a hitch, thanks to a bit of old-fashioned teamwork.
03 March 2011
A&P Group is under new ownership. The new owner is Atlantic & Peninsula Marine Services Ltd whose shareholders include Peel Port Holdings (No2) (IOM) Ltd and private investors.
01 March 2011
The training room, which simulates the system of the RFA’s Bay-class ships, is part of the Cluster programme between A&P and the MoD. It will be used to train RFA staff in trials, tests & fault-finding
23 February 2011
Revolutionary vessels being designed by naval architects for the UK wind, wave and tidal energy sector will become more commonplace at the docks as exciting new projects unfold off our shores.
22 February 2011
Workers at A&P Group have secured the magnificent sum of £9,000 for charity – simply by working safely on site. Three charities will now share the benefits of the bumper bonus.
17 February 2011
Judges at the prestigious EEF national awards believe A&P Group apprentice Martin Laffey is in a class of his own – so they created a category especially for him.
17 February 2011
A&P has announced its membership to RenewableUK the leading trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewable industries. The association currently has over 600 members
02 February 2011
A&P has announced its membership of Subsea UK in a move to show its commitment to the subsea sector. The company will also be exhibiting at SubseaUK 2011 in Aberdeen on 9 and 10 February.
27 January 2011
A&P Group has tripled its workforce in the North East as it celebrates a record breaking start to the New Year. A&P Group’s Hebburn yard is currently working on two major MoD orders.
26 January 2011
Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has scooped a Green Energy award for an innovative pontoon system designed to support the offshore renewables industry.
25 January 2011
RFA Cardigan Bay returned to Falmouth for maintenance this week after three years in the Gulf supporting coalition operations and the Iraqi Navy. maintained by members of the Cluster Support Team.
13 January 2011
A&P Tyne has succeeded in bringing a bulk collier owned by UK power giants EON back to the Tyne. The order is a significant achievement for the North East ship repair yard as all refit or repair contracts involving the 37,705 dwt Lord Hinton has gone to Poland in recent years.
05 October 2010
Martin was working at the yard last year as a general labourer for a sub-contractor when he heard A&P were looking for a new intake of apprentices.
04 October 2010
The joint MoD/A&P Group RFA Cluster support team based in A&P Falmouth have recently been awarded a commendation for excellence by Rear Admiral Bob Love - Director Ships for Defence and Equipment.
01 October 2010
A&P Group in association with Thales Naval has been downselected as one of the 6 tenderers for the replacement RFA Tanker replacements. A&P Group are leading a group of UK based suppliers.
06 August 2010
A BP tanker will be another floating advert for the skills of South Tyneside shipyard workers. The 47,000-tonne British Serenity is leaving after a 26-day refit maintenance order at A&P Tyne.
01 July 2010
Two new faces have joined the board of a South tyneside yard with a pledge to boost business. Neil Jarvis - sales and commercial director, A&P Tyne and Graeme Littledyke - finance director.
06 June 2010
The launch of a prestigious multi-million pound double contract for the Bangladeshi Navy will safe guard hundreds of jobs at a South Tyneside yard for months to come.
12 May 2010
Diversified technology company 3M is promoting a new system which for the first time provides a completely objective test of the ‘at-ear’ protection being offered by hearing protection equipment (HPE).
01 May 2010