2012 July
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
‘A Maritime Nation’ – new map launched
Maritime UK has a launched new map detailing the locations of major shipping, ports and maritime business operations across the UK. Titled ‘A Maritime Nation’, the map is intended as a visual illustration to show the importance of the maritime services sector to the country as a whole. Chairman Jim Stewart said: “When looking at [...]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Maritime UK remarks to All-Party Maritime Group
In June 2012, David Balston of Maritime UK and the Chamber of Shipping addressed a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime Group, to help raise awareness of new sulphur regulations. The need to reduce emissions of sulphur from shipping for environmental and health reasons is clear, unequivocal and fully supported by the shipping industry. Whilst [...]
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Rail investment ‘good news’ for ports
Shortly before Parliament rose for summer recess, Transport Secretary Justine Greening issued a statement on the future of Government rail investment, announcing a £9.4bn package of spending across the network in England and Wales. Read the full statement here. This statement is good news for the ports industry and for the environment. Improving rail freight [...]
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Guest post: Joined-up thinking required for port planning
Labour MP for Southampton Test, Alan Whitehead, writes a guest post for Maritime UK on the importance of port planning. The recent campaign to remove bureaucratic blocks on £150 million of investment in Southampton’s port is a timely reminder of the importance of having an integrated ports policy. Ports are not- pardon the pun- an [...]
Monday, July 9, 2012
Industry welcome for new Marine Navigation Bill
Maritime UK welcomes the introduction of the new Marine Navigation Bill – a Private Members Bill sponsored by Sheryll Murray MP. Although the exact content is yet to be finalised, the Bill is expected to include a number of vital provisions relating to navigational safety at UK ports. If passed the legislation would provide many [...]
