Insurance, Legal and Finance

• Ferry industry ‘needs special treatment’

  “Regulators are very willing to listen but they need facts and figures, not sentiment, which is something our industry needs to work harder on,” said Johan Roos, Interferry’s executive director of EU and IMO affairs. 25 Nov 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Support boat operating costs set to rise

  Vessel operating costs across the board are expected to rise by 3.8% in 2011 and by 3.7% in 2012, with lube expenditure and crew costs identified as the categories most likely to produce the highest increases. 25 Nov 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Dutch doubts over private armed guards

  An independent report has recommended the Netherlands government to provide Dutch shipowners with better levels of protection against piracy, including the hiring of armed guards. 11 Oct 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Operators and employers in for a bumpy ride

  A flyer issued by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) earlier this year may have consequences for insurers and employers who own, operate, or have employees travel on RIBs, writes Andrew Forsyth, an Associate at Brodies LLP. 29 Sep 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Good pension news for renewables workers

  The offshore industry has tended to be one step behind when it comes to working regulations. 22 Sep 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Investment guidance for green recycling yards

  Increasing thought is going into the optimization of what happens to today’s gleaming newbuilds at the other end of their lifecycle. 25 Jun 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Specialist renewables law unit at Seawork

  A Hull UK based law firm whose long involvement with the local maritime industry has evolved to now include services for the offshore wind farm industry is exhibiting at Seawork 2011. 10 Jun 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Risk management crippling port operations

  The port sector is being crippled by the burden of managing operational risk, according to an industry wide survey. 22 Mar 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Getting rid of the paper log jams

  In the past, marine licenses were often delayed by the necessity for the physical receipt and passing on of a number of pieces of paper, which often created log-jams in a complex system. 17 Mar 2011 - Maritime Journal

• Insurers use marine GIS to mitigate risk

  In an exercise undertaken with the World Wildlife Fund, insurer RSA has used the latest Geographic Information Systems to show how technology could help predict the spread of an oil spill – helping both the marine industry and environmentalists predict, and minimise, the damage a spill could cause. 04 Nov 2010 - Maritime Journal

• Financial partnership enables Beluga expansion

  Bremen based Beluga Shipping GmbH is planning to make further investments in the super heavy lift market. 29 Jul 2010 - Maritime Journal

• Marine renewables: the importance of understanding risk

  Parallels are drawn between the infrastructure required in the oil and gas sector and that required by the marine renewables sector, both in terms of deployment and ongoing operation and maintenance, writes Duncan MacLean a partner in the marine team and a member of the renewable energy group at Scotland based solicitors Brodies LLP. 20 Jul 2010 - Maritime Journal

• Oil disaster rig owner tries to escape liability

  Gulf of Mexico disaster oil rig owner Transocean's ploy to limit liability will be fought, according to law firms representing Deepwater Horizon workers. 26 May 2010 - Maritime Journal

• Arctic is suffering from ‘governance gaps’

  The legal instruments relevant to protecting the Arctic’s marine environment are numerous, yet also incoherent and incomplete say the World Wildlife Fund. 26 May 2010 - Maritime Journal

• Marine surveyors look to a global presence

  John Lawrence of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) says that local difficulties need local input, and no end of good ideas from outside the area will substitute for asking people with knowledge of regional laws and regulations. 26 May 2010 - Maritime Journal