Insurance, Legal & Finance

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.

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…

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.

Trading in pre-owned vessels continues to be a popular choice for many customers of the Netherlands based Damen Shipyards Group.

Lombard’s dedicated marine finance division, Lombard Marine, has expanded its offering within in the commercial marine sector.

UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised MeyGen in helping it secure consent for the 86MW Phase 1 Pentland Firth tidal generation development.

A new report from TheCityUK reveals that London remains the world’s leading maritime centre.

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…

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.

If you think you’ve spotted Peter Curtis of DS Marine Finance surrounded by a small crowd of people who seem unaccustomed to the workboat environment, you may well be right.

Building on high levels of activity and recent investment, Lerwick Harbour in the Shetlands is positioned for another busy year and continuing development of infrastructure to meet users’ future requirements.

The defence forces are, says Chris Broadbent of the UK’s Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL), looking toward the commercial world to help them with a very large fuel bill.

March 2013 sees the centenary of the SS Alum Chine tragedy which claimed the lives of more than sixty people, writes Lee Middleton. Just like today, it can be hard to find…