Legal Issues of Chinese Shipbuilding Explained

01 Apr 2003

Chinese shipbuilders are rapidly expanding both their product ranges and their newbuilding capacity. In addition to an already well established product line of large vessels such as tankers and bulkers, Chinese yards are now building a range of export vessels which extend from ro-ro and ro-pax vessels downwards in size to include tugs, dredgers, and specialised craft such as the first wind turbine installation vessel currently under build for the UK's Mayflower Energy. 

Commercial Marine Finance Makes seawork a Port of Call

01 Apr 2003

Bank of Scotland Marine Finance, which is well established in the UK as a leisure marine finance provider, has expanded its activities to support commercial marine companies looking for asset funding. Paul Ratcliffe, who was appointed Asset Finance Manager - Marine last December, will be visiting seawork2003.