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UK Chamber of Shipping calls on the EU to ‘get serious’ if it wants to avoid a no-deal BrexitBob Sanguinetti, CEO of the UK Chamber of Shipping, has warned that any further delay to Brexit negotiations will have serious implications for the UK and its EU counterparts.
“It is time now for the EU to get serious. The UK is being constructive, collaborative and realistic and now it’s time for the EU to respond in kind. We need to avoid further brinkmanship and both sides should urgently seek to reduce the risk of no deal. The EU should be under no illusions: a no-deal scenario would significantly damage the European economy as well as the UK’s. It is in nobody’s interests and should be avoided at all costs," he said.
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UK Chamber welcomes new offshore wind developments but raises concern on navigational safetyWith the Government poised to greenlight a raft of new offshore developments, the UK Chamber of Shipping warns that coordination and forward planning is essential to ensure new windfarms do not endanger vessels, lives or the environment.
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Meet our new CEO, Bob SanguinettiAfter just a week in the role, Bob Sanguinetti is settling in as Chief Executive of the UK Chamber of Shipping, as he tells us in this first interview.
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UK Chamber of Shipping warns the EU to ‘stop being prisoner to its own dogma’The UK Chamber of Shipping, which represents over 200 shipping companies in the UK, has given the Prime Minister’s White Paper its seal of approval, and demanded the European Union now ‘gets serious’.
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Guest blog: Accelerating digital innovation to improve safety in shippingTo tackle some of the barriers that are preventing safety innovation within shipping, Lloyd's Register and the Lloyd’s Register Foundation have launched the Lloyd’s Register Safety Accelerator, writes Maurizio Pilu in this guest blog.
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Guy Platten: from cadet to captain of industryAfter four and a half years in the post, Guy Platten has come to the end of his tenure as Chief Executive of the UK Chamber. He says he is living proof that the UK's high-quality seafarer training can set people on extraordinary career paths.
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Business needs to act on mental health among the workforce - Guy PlattenOn the IMO's Day of the Seafarer, UK Chamber CEO Guy Platten writes that business needs to recognise the problem of mental ill health among the workforce at sea and ashore.
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Watch: To Sea or Not to SeaThe UK Chamber of Shipping and Merchant Navy Training Board have launched a broadcast-quality advert as part of the Careers At Sea campaign, to boost the number of young people entering maritime careers.
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