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Shipping confidence softens amid concerns about overtonnaging

Finding enough money to remain compliant with environmental regulation is going to be a challenge for shipowners and operators over the next few years

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for almost six years in the three-month period to February 2014, according to latest Shipping Confidence Survey

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens say the UK government's Budget 2014, issued on 19 March 2014, is good news for UK shipping as it ensures the continuation of a stable UK tax regime for shipping, as has been the case for the past few years.

Moore Stephens urges changes to UK tonnage tax vessel written down values

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens believes that the shipping industrys fortunes should be noticeably improved by 2015 if it maintains the recovery which got under way last year.

The shipping world appears to be entering 2014 with a higher level of confidence than it has the past three years, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and Maritime London member Moore Stephens.

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for more than three years over the three-month period to November 2013, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens.

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens say the UK government's Autumn 2013 Statement, issued on 5 December, is good news for the shipping industry in that it ensures the continuation of a stable tax regime.

Vessel operating costs expected to rise over the next two years