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In Focus Maritime, Commercial & Defence

In Focus: Regulation change for safety brands affects all UK-flagged vessels

“Brexit has come with some major challenges,” says Alistair Hackett, MD at Ocean Safety. Those challenges have far-reaching consequences for the commercial marine industry. He says his company has had to adapt to meet the new regulations to enable UK-flagged commercial vessels to operate within the law. As such Ocean Safety is currently focused on […]

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Leisure Marine

RYA supports new regulation proposals for power driven vessels

The RYA has publicly responded to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) consultation which asks whether recreational watercraft users should be subject to the same safety obligations that exist for the operators of ships. The RYA says that while it supports some of the DfT’s proposals, ‘the possible unintended consequences . . . could lead to […]