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Four burnt boats have been left after a fire at a Hayling Island Marina. We were informed by the local dive teams in Portsmouth who have been asked to help raise two of the burnt boats that had sunk.

Boatbreakers® Marine Recycling End of life boats. We sat down with our Director Steve Frankland to discuss the current situation around old boats. And how Boatbreakers® Marine Recycling End of life boats can start to make a difference. Currently, it seems to be an acceptable practice to abandon [...]

Boatbreakers® collect and dispose of hundreds of boats every year. The vast majority of boats that we collect across the UK would’ve come from the marinas or boatyards. However, you may be surprised to know that the next most frequent boat removal location is from peoples gardens or driveways.

Boatbreakers® team surrounded by derelict boats. If it's not dealing with derelict boats at work it's seeing them in our spare time.

Last week the Boatbreakers® team hosted representatives of a number of governing bodies in the marine industry.

The Boatbreakers® team have added another member as we continue to grow. David is the newest member of our team and joins us ready to tackle the mountain of second-hand boat bits we have to sell. His job will be to oversee our Boat Scrapyard website and keep it full [...]

Boatbreakers® partner with Sea-Changers to raise money for Marine based Charities in the UK.

The problem of end-of-life boats is happening whether we like it or not. If we choose not to acknowledge them it will still be a problem all the same.

Last week the team had a call from a lady in London. Her speedboat had been caught up in a houseboat fire.

We are excited to announce Boatbreakers® will soon be represented in Poland by Dominika and her team. Dominika loves to sail and leads sailing trips across Europe. Like us, she has seen first hand the growing problem of end of life boats and wants to do something about it! ♻️ ⛵️ Our [...]

Here is a rundown on our latest boat collections and what is scheduled to be in for scrap soon. It's been a busy month for us as we have received lots of enquiries for our boat disposal services.

If you want to send us pictures of your boat why not try WhatsApp? When you try to send us multiple photos it can be too big for them to send via email. So instead of sending multiple emails, which is time-consuming and hard to organise, send them on WhatsApp [...]