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Welcome to Maritime UK

Maritime UK brings together the shipping, ports and maritime business services sectors in the UK to speak with a single voice on key strategic and practical issues of joint interest. Its intention is to create “joined-up” industry positions between these sectors so that the maritime message can be heard clearly and with greater weight by legislators and other audiences.

Maritime UK represents a substantial part of the British economy:

  • In 2007 the Maritime UK sectors contributed a total of around £25 billion to UK GDP.
  • Maritime UK sectors support around 500,000 jobs
  • UK shipping contributes around £10 billion to British GDP and ships transport over 92 per cent of all traded goods by volume
  • UK ports handle 583 million tonnes of cargo, more than any other country in the EU
  • The UK remains the global centre for maritime business – employing in excess of 14,000 people in the London area alone.

In January 2010, Maritime UK launched its manifesto, explaining the actions necessary by Government to ensure a strong and stable maritime industry for the future. You can read the manifesto here - Maritime UK 2010 Manifesto

The objectives of Maritime UK are to:

Unite and represent the UK’s maritime services cluster (shipping, ports and business services) – working through and with its constituent organisations
Seek recognition as such by Government, international audiences and the outside world 
Identify, together, common strategic goals, try to reach common positions among the constituent organisations on paramount issues, and (once agreed) maintain the discipline of a single voice in discussions with the relevant audiences
Build greater political and policy weight behind those positions taken by these vital sectors; thereby expanding their individual and collective influence
Take advantage of new opportunities to build consensus between the partners and dispel any confusion which may have resulted, in the past, from the projection of several different (even if parallel) messages on the key high-level topics
Facilitate closer working between the participating organisations; thereby increasing their effectiveness and enabling their professional resources to be used/shared better in the future.

 

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