Tag: UK

NatPower Marine and Peel Ports Group announced plans to establish the first “green shipping corridors” between Ireland and the UK.

The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) in the UK has issued a safety advisory regarding incidents associated with motion-compensated gangways on offshore vessels.

Britain passed the Animal Welfare (Livestock Exports) Bill, marking an end to the longstanding practice of live animal exports for slaughter.

A recent report by UMAS and Arup underscores the UK's potential to lead in global shipping decarbonization. 

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with the Department for Transport (DfT) to invest up to £8 million in innovation projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from shipping and portsm through the Smart Shipping Acceleration Fund.

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.