The Chamber of Shipping welcomes the publication of the draft Marine Bill. “We will study it with interest” said Edmund Brookes, Deputy Director-General. “We have contributed to the development of the Bill, both as the representative body for the UK’s successful, high-tech and growing shipping industry and in partnership with the wider commercial maritime sector. We are grateful to DEFRA for their extensive consultation before the Bill’s publication and we look forward to playing our part in the ongoing consultation process ahead.”
In particular, the Chamber is please to see the recognition in the draft Bill that it is essential that the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) should have board members with experience and expertise in shipping, ports/harbours, fishing and aggregate extraction. As the leading maritime nation in Europe (indeed a nation that, in London, the home of the world’s pre-eminent centre for the shipping industry) it is vital that the MMO has the necessary commercial maritime experience on board.
The shipping industry’s long-term objective is active partnership with the government and the MMO to ensure the development of appropriate protection for the marine environment
In particular, the Chamber is please to see the recognition in the draft Bill that it is essential that the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) should have board members with experience and expertise in shipping, ports/harbours, fishing and aggregate extraction. As the leading maritime nation in Europe (indeed a nation that, in London, the home of the world’s pre-eminent centre for the shipping industry) it is vital that the MMO has the necessary commercial maritime experience on board.
The shipping industry’s long-term objective is active partnership with the government and the MMO to ensure the development of appropriate protection for the marine environment
