GAC UK Announces New Senior Management
;s growth in new associated sectors and events.Wynne Raymond, General Manager - ShippingBased in GAC UK’s Grangemouth, Scotland, headquarters, Raymond has been with GAC for five years and has gained an in-depth understanding of the shipping industry – both from his time leading the UK shipping team and from his background as a buyer of shipping services. In addition to continuing to build relationships with GAC UK’s key clients, his focus is on increasing the company’s geographic footprint, as well as growing market share in the tanker and other sectors, including terminal
UK Shipping Seeks to Double Seafarer Training Fund
, to be competitive with other European Countries’ training,” the UK Chamber’s president, Dr Grahaeme Henderson, writes in the letter. The SMarT Plus proposal, as it is known, would see additional Government support to cover the costs of training seafarers. UK shipping companies would also undertake to employ their newly qualified officers for a sufficient period to enable them to attain the higher level Certificate of Competencies. Big-name multinationals like Anglo Eastern Group; BP Shipping, Shell Shipping & Maritime and Maersk Crewing are among
UK Chamber for Including Marines in New T-Level Qualification
of Shipping, said: “Government is right to focus on developing new routes into engineering, and the proposed T-levels are an exciting innovation. But to exclude marine engineering from the qualification risks ignoring the needs of one of the UK’s most important industries. The UK shipping industry suffers from a significant shortfall in engineers at officer level, with a projected 11% shortage over the next decade. As the industry looks to the international workforce to plug the gap, British students are missing out on a lucrative career at sea. “The
UK to Create Shipping Jobs through New SMarT+
The UK shipping industry will create thousands of jobs for young people if Government increases funding for seafarer training, the UK Chamber of Shipping has said. The industry trains around 800 new cadets each year, but this could increase to 1200 under a new industry proposal that would see shipowners commit to employing cadets after their training is completed. Major employers including Shell and Carnival have already committed to the scheme. The scheme, documented in a business case presented to the Department for Transport and developed by the UK Chamber of
UK Shipping Minister Sympathetic to ‘Charter for Jobs’
U.K. shipping minister John Hayes said he is “sympathetic” to a 10-point plan that aims to boost British seafarer employment and training set out in the Nautilus International’s “Charter for Jobs.” Speaking at the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group, Hayes said he had read the union’s charter and considered that it made “a very strong case.” A call to government and industry to secure support, training and work opportunities for U.K. seafarers, the Charter for Jobs is self-described as an “SOS to deliver on promises
Brexit: The Implications for Shipping
or it may simply disappear from the UK legislative environment. Indeed, if the EU legislation is retained by the UK, it may be somewhat “frozen” in time if amendments or interpretations by the courts are not also taken on board. There is little doubt that EU shipping law and UK shipping law would diverge in a post-Brexit environment but it is not yet clear (and would not be for some time) as to the extent of that divergence. So what could happen if the UK were to leave the EU? It is clear that trade between the UK and the EU would continue but what would differ would
Hill Dickinson Appoints Hoyland
International law firm Hill Dickinson LLP has announced the recruitment of Rachel Hoyland as a Senior Associate in its shipping team. Hoyland was the in-house Head of Legal with CMA CGM (UK) Shipping Ltd and is an experienced dry shipping lawyer. Hoyland will be based in the Liverpool office of Hill Dickinson, but will be working closely with London.
Minister Awards MCA’s Trainee of the Year
;s to the highest standards and Jonty’s MCA Trainee Office of the Year Award highlights the fact that we’re on the right lines.” Sir Alan Massey, Chief Executive of the MCA, will attend the ceremony. He said, “Having high-caliber officers is vital to the future health of the UK shipping industry. At the Maritime and Coastguard Agency we are committed to recognizing and promoting excellence and are therefore delighted that this year’s award is going to such a deserving candidate. I wish Jonty every success for what I am sure will be a very impressive career.”
Clyde Marine Training Looks To Close Skills Gap
the House of Commons Transport Committee that urged the government to address the “looming skills gap” in the UK maritime sector. Launching the report the committee’s chairwoman Louise Ellman said: “The government’s new maritime strategy poses the right questions about UK shipping but does not yet provide compelling answers on a range of key points that will have a major impact on this valuable sector of our economy. In particular, it is unclear how the government plans to address the looming skills gap whereby the U.K. will have 5,000 fewer deck and engineering officers
UK Shipping Industry Broadly Welcomes Commons' Committee Report
have a major impact on this valuable sector of our economy” according to Louise Ellman, chairman of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee. The report here is from shipping trade association 'Maritime London'. Ms Ellman’s remarks launched the publication of a review into the UK shipping industry which was undertaken after the government and industry entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ in 2013. The UK Chamber of Shipping and maritime unions have broadly welcomed the review's findings and recommendations, which focus on the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and
