Combined Commercial Marine Insurance Launched

01 Aug 2007

Commercial marine insurance providers Navigators & General (N&G), members of the British Marine Federation (BMF), have launched a new Commercial Marine Combined insurance product offering a tailored one stop solution for the specialist UK leisure and small commercial marine industry. 

New Funding for Tidal Turbines

01 Aug 2007

The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), the developer of the world’s first commercial scale sub-sea turbine.  

EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate

01 Aug 2007

A legislative proposal before the Lower House of Parliament in the Netherlands would revise the national Shipping Act to bring legislation into line with the EU Inland Waterways Directive (2005/44/EC). 

Shippers saving billions on freight spend

01 Aug 2007

Outsourcing to a freight audit company seems to be a solution to the problem of increased obscurity in financial control.