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Looking out to sea from Aberdeen, a gaggle of offshore wind turbines floats among the usual scattering of offshore support vessels waiting at anchor. The sight of these structures symbolises a change in direction for Aberdeen, its energy mix and its offshore industry.

Clyde Training Solutions (Glasgow) and Maritime Skills Academy (Dover) are the first two seafarer training centres to be recognised by the Merchant Navy Training Board’s new centre recognition scheme, which recognises quality training centres in the UK and abroad with an MNTB kitemark. 

The UK Chamber of Shipping has hailed an agreement by the International Maritime Organisation to reduce carbon emissions from shipping by 50%.

Guy Platten, CEO of the UK Chamber of Shipping, has demanded an ambitious strategy to reduce carbon emissions from shipping, as the crucial meeting of the International Maritime Organisation in London continues this week. 

"We are not just committed to building a better trade body, we are committed to building a better industry – one that is ambitious, focused, responsible and influential," the UK Chamber's CEO, Guy Platten, writes in this article for our 2018 Journal.

SMarT Plus shows that we can change Government policy, but now we must have the ambition to become one of the UK's most influential industries, writes Jonathan Roberts, the UK Chamber's Communications Director, in this article for our 2018 Journal.

The 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.