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Ports Adapting to Change (PATCH) is hosting a Seawork 2012 conference this year - helping ports improve strategy on the important issues of management, financing and cooperation.

The British Government launched its first marine industries showcase at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) last month to highlight the industry’s multi-billion pound contribution to the UK economy.

UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group last month to give the industry an update in terms of the government’s maritime strategy going forward.

Helen Deeble, the new president of the UK Chamber of Shipping, has said that green initiatives will continue to be a focus for the organisation, although the sector’s stability is of “paramount…

New shipping risks are highlighted by a report that marks the changes since the loss of the Titanic a century ago.