The British Tugowners Association (BTA) is proud to announce the launch of its inaugural guide on the Use of Tugs in Firefighting at its Annual Conference in Belfast yesterday, 7 May 2025.

With the overnight news cycle feeding the frenzy of analysis of each next wave of announcements from the White House and US Government Departments, the Chamber has been working to cut through the noise and track the impacts for the shipping industry.

Gareth Lock, an experienced human factors and risk expert, is bringing an interactive, engaging, and thought-provoking session to this year’s Safety Culture Conference that tackles this exact question. His approach challenges traditional compliance-focused thinking and instead encourages a learning mindset. Participants will walk away with a clearer understanding of the invisible threads holding daily operations together—and how to strengthen them. Here, he blogs on why the human factor is vital in embedding safety lessons:

The UK Chamber of Shipping is very proud of all of its Charity Members who do such amazing work in the UK and across the world, and you can find here an overview of activity and appeals from these members.

The UK Chamber of Shipping has responded to the publication of a new Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy for the UK maritime sector. The Strategy, announced by the Department for Transport on 25 March sets out the Government goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, 80% by 2040 and to zero by 2050.

The UK Chamber of Shipping has released the following statement in response to the incident in the North Sea on the 10th of March involving the Stena Immaculate and the Solong, a vessel operating under the Portuguese flag.

As part of National Careers Week, industry and Government have welcomed funding approval for a new, key, maritime apprenticeship, that will provide opportunities for apprenticeships with the UK Small vessel sector.

The Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB), part of the UK Chamber of Shipping, is proud to announce the release of an official trailer for the forthcoming Careers at Sea documentary titled 'A Sea of Opportunities: The Making of a UK Merchant Navy Cadet'.

Robert Merrylees, our Policy Manager for Safety and Nautical, addressed the Offshore Energies Health Safety and Environment Conference in Aberdeen on Thursday 6 February on the perspectives of shipping to marine spatial planning, where representatives from across industry, academia and regulators gathered to discuss opportunities and challenges in offshore energy.