Insurance, Legal & Finance – Page 11
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NewsBond Dickinson reappointed to Crown Estate legal panel
The UK’s Crown Estate has announced that law firm Bond Dickinson has been reappointed to its legal panel after the conclusion of a competitive tender process.
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NewsPort of Valencia expansion project
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has received approval for the expansion project at Noatum’s facilities at the Spanish Port of Valencia.
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New measures to protect seafarers
New measures have been adopted to protect abandoned seafarers, and to provide financial security for compensation in cases of death and long-term disability.
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NewsFinance deal paves way for port expansion
State and port authorities have cut a financial deal which creates the groundwork for swift and much-needed quay expansion costing some €35m in the German Elbe port of Cuxhaven.
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NewsMayor hails foreign direct investment
The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Fiona Woolf, welcomed the foreign direct investment by Dubai’s DP World into London Gateway, while visiting the recently opened deepsea container port and Europe’s largest logistics park.
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NewsShip Finance Forum at SMM
At the SMM Ship Finance Forum, just ahead of the SMM trade fair in Hamburg in September, experts will discuss the potential and prospects for new ship financing models.
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Renewable energy law module offered
The University of Dundee is to offer students experience of one of the fastest growing and most important sectors of the economy thanks to a new partnership with MacRoberts, one of Scotland''s most eminent law firms.
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NewsInsurers join Places of Refuge alliance
Shipowners, salvors and insurers - through their respective trade associations - have jointly called for the prompt and proper implementation of international measures to provide a Place of Refuge for stricken vessels.
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NewsTaking the long view on finance
Customers, suppliers and yards could coopererate to help answer the scarcity of funding opportunities says Govert Hamers, chair of SEA Europe, “especially when it comes to the ''long money'' needed for complex builds”.
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News£2m loan to acquire marine business premises
Barclays has supported CLS Offshore Limited with a £2m loan through the Funding for Lending Scheme to purchase their unique quayside fabrication facilities and business premises at Gorleston, Great Yarmouth UK.
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NewsIn-house trading arm delivers the goods
Trading in pre-owned vessels continues to be a popular choice for many customers of the Netherlands based Damen Shipyards Group.
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New owner for maritime employment agency
AMP, the recruitment, selection and temporary employment agency for maritime personnel based in Den Helder, the Netherlands, has been taken over by Hylke and Jan Zetzema from Marken.
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NewsCommercial mandate boosts Lombard lending pot
Lombard’s dedicated marine finance division, Lombard Marine, has expanded its offering within in the commercial marine sector.
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NewsLegal support helps deliver tidal project
UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised MeyGen in helping it secure consent for the 86MW Phase 1 Pentland Firth tidal generation development.
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NewsLondon still leads as maritime centre
A new report from TheCityUK reveals that London remains the world’s leading maritime centre.
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Waveblade secures funding for global growth
Waveblade Limited, the Scotland based company which makes submersible power tools, has raised £610,000 in a second round of funding as it continues its global expansion and diversification into new sectors.
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Legal charter to support seafarers
In an important contribution to the legal support of seafarers worldwide, SRI (Seafarers'' Rights International) has launched a Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to Seafarers.
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NewsPublications for small vessel operators
The Shipowners’ P&I Club, a mutual marine liability insurer providing Protection & Indemnity insurance and associated covers to smaller and specialist vessels, has added two new booklets to its range of loss prevention publications for the guidance of vessel owners and their crews.
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Insurance implications of MLC
Steve Gordon, Associate Director – Marine at Henderson Insurance Brokers Ltd, discusses the implications of Maritime Labour Convention, which went into force on 20 August 2013 for ratifying countries.
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NewsMCS £4.5m fleet expansion
Maritime Craft Services (MCS) is focusing on the booming offshore windfarm market with £4.5m of funding for the expansion of its fleet and workforce.
