Tag: UK

UK and Japanese stakeholders are engaged together to accelerate the development of an assurance framework for maritime autonomy and instigate development of appropriate regional and international regulations, following a four-day workshop in Japan on 4-7 March.

Britannia's Club correspondents, Van Ameyde Marine, have notified the club about significant changes to UK Immigration (Border Agency) guidelines which may impact seafarers receiving medical treatment in the UK through the NHS (National Health Service).

Environmental NGOs Opportunity Green, Transport & Environment, Green Alliance, the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo ECODES, ZERO, and the Clean Arctic Alliance, have sent an open letter to the UK Government urging the expansion of its Emissions Control Area (ECA) in UK waters.

According to DNV’s UK Energy Transition Outlook (ETO), the country will not meet its ‘net zero by 2050 target’ unless the government increases policy support to a low-carbon future.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to let the Liner Shipping Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) expire on 25 April 2024.

Anemoi Marine Technologies has secured a grant from the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC) Round 4, a part of UK SHORE's initiatives to reduce emissions in the shipping sector, to develop and test a new 3.5m diameter by 24.5m high Rotor Sail design. 

The Britannia P&I Club issued a circular which highlights recent key developments in the sanctions imposed against Russia by the UK, EU and US. 

A consortium of four Scottish renewable and maritime companies have been awarded a UK Government Department for Transport grant of over £535,000 to develop an innovative UK-first approach that will use clean, green hydrogen energy to reduce carbon emissions from vessels when berthed in port.

GT Green Technologies, in collaboration with Carisbrooke Shipping, and The University of Bristol, have secured a £3.7 million grant from the UK Department for Transport (DfT) to install a wind propulsion system on a general cargo vessel.

According to IEA, rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, which accounts for one-third of the world’s seaborne oil trade, has markets on edge at the start of 2024.