Insurance, Legal & Finance – Page 9
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Williams Shipping reaches for the sky
Williams Shipping has acquired a new 100 tonne crawler crane with a boom of 42 metres. The crane operates out of the Marine Base in Southampton (UK) Eastern Docks and will typically carry out lifts of up to 50 tonnes.
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NewsEducating the industry about marine insurance
The Swedish Club has seen the successful conclusion of its latest Marine Insurance Course held in Gothenburg, with a packed programme of discussions, seminars and speeches from industry experts in marine insurance.
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NewsFitter crews and fewer claims
The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme, a leading scheme for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination.
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Expansion into the shipping market
Leading employment law specialist Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP (BDBF) has appointed a senior employment lawyer with expertise in the insurance and shipping industries in order to expand its portfolio of clients in the sector.
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Maritime industry law conference
City University London in the UK is hosting a conference about the future of law and policy in the maritime industry.
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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.
