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Kent based Everard Insurance Brokers Ltd are celebrating 20 years over which they have kept well abreast of progressive changes in the London marine insurance market.

20th March 2008

Everard Celebrate 20 Years of Marine Insurance

20th March 2008

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Due to the ever increasing costs of raw materials, commercial vessel prices continue to rise well ahead of inflation and vessel acquisitions often require additional funding from banks and financial institutions.

1st December 2007

How Finance Has Helped to Change the Marine Market

1st December 2007

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After several years of mainly rich pickings, the shipping industry’ s eternal boom and bust cycle provided the inevitable focus of attention at the 20th annual Lloyd’ s Shipping Economist ship finance…

1st December 2007

Ship Finance Forum Debates Boom or Bust

1st December 2007

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Marine South East, the regional marine initiative of the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA), has recently expressed support for plans to include specific reference to waterfront sites in the development…

15th November 2007

Planning Support for UK Marine Businesses

15th November 2007

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With the season drawing to a close, the many commercial marine operators who are also leisure boat owners are likely to be planning where and when they are going to lay up…

15th November 2007

End of Season Insurance Advice

15th November 2007

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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…

1st August 2007

Combined Commercial Marine Insurance Launched

1st August 2007

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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).

1st August 2007

EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate

1st August 2007

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

1st August 2007

Shippers saving billions on freight spend

1st August 2007

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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),…

1st August 2007

New Funding for Tidal Turbines

1st August 2007

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Bank of Scotland Marine Finance is a familiarname in the leisure marine market and an active player in the global shippingmarket for many years.

1st June 2007

Marine Money Available at Seawork 2007

1st June 2007

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Recently presenting the UK Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer (and soon to be Prime Minister) Gordon Brown said that his budget was fiscally neutral and was designed to meet three key objectives;…

1st June 2007

UK Budget Keeps Shipping on Even Keel

1st June 2007

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Wright International Marine Finance Ltd (WIMF) and Merchant House Finance Ltd have signed ajoint venture agreement.

1st June 2007

Time is Wright for Workboat Funding

1st June 2007

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Royal Haskoning in the UKis leading a project that will add years to the life of the ferry facilities atHolyhead, StenaLines busiest ferry port in the UK.

1st March 2007

Royal Haskoning Leads Upgrade of Ferry Facility

1st March 2007

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There has been a dramatic reduction in thenumber of total losses of merchant ships since the year 2000.

1st March 2007

Shipping Loss Total Tumbles

1st March 2007

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TheCentral Dredging Association (CEDA)  participated in the recent SeminarNavigation and the EU Water Framework Directive which took place on 31  January  inBrussels. CEDAprovided input on a range of subjects relevant to the…

1st March 2007

CEDA Stakes Out Position on WFD

1st March 2007

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Therecent bad weather in which MSC Napoli was grounded in Lyme Bay UKhas caused more than the usual headaches for port authorities trying to ensurethat vessels do not pollute or become contaminated…

1st March 2007

Owners Beware of Inadvertent Pollution

1st March 2007

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The recent and ongoing loss of containers fromthe grounded MSC Napoli has drawn attention to the risk of hittingsemi-submerged objects, (containers included) in most oceans.

1st March 2007

Insurers Advise on Floating Box Risk

1st March 2007

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Port areas around the UK are being expanded to deal with ever increasing maritime trade. In order to maximise the economic advantages this presents, dredging of seabed sediments is being undertaken to…

1st February 2007

Coordination of Contaminated Sediment Strategy

1st February 2007

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The Broads Authority in the UK has accepted the Navigation Committees proposals that tolls should rise by 9.9% for private boat owners and 6.1% for hire boats from 1 April 2007 to…

1st January 2007

Agreement on Increased River Tolls

1st January 2007

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TheUKs Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formallyopened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour andPreston Parade on October 3rd. The ceremony marked the completion ofan 11 month…

1st November 2006

UKs Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences

1st November 2006