Every week representatives of British Marine meet with industry partners, industry stakeholders, regulatory bodies, government officials and Members of Parliament etc.

But why do we have these meetings? They represent a very important part of the membership service that British Marine delivers to its 1600 member companies.

In this regular feature, British Marine provides a short update on where its team has been and who they have met with, but more importantly why those meetings took place, what the benefit to the membership was and which sectors of the membership those meetings were most relevant to.

Hire Boat Code Working Group
Sarah Dhanda and Ross Wombwell attended a meeting of the tripartite Hire Boat Code working group (British Marine, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and Association of Inland Navigation Authorities) where they signed off the final draft of the Code which will be going out to consultation in the spring. This Code is the culmination of over 10 years of hard work by all parties to create a level of safety that is proportionate to the risk of operations.

Women in Maritime Taskforce
Sarah Dhanda joined the new Maritime Minister, Nus Ghani MP, at the inaugural meeting of this taskforce. It represents the marine and maritime industry’s response to the UK Government’s call to increase both the number of women working in the industry and the opportunities open to them. The taskforce incorporates a wide range of representatives from across the maritime sector and initial priorities include data collection and bench-marking, with the proposal of developing a charter to set targets for the sector.

Intermediate Marina Managers Course
Blue Davies is facilitating an Intermediate Marina Managers Course in Southampton this week, which has delegates from a host of member companies in attendance, including Tingdene Marinas Ltd, ABP Haven Marinas, BWML, Overwater Marina Ltd, Holy Loch Marina, Wisbech Yacht Harbour, MDL, Newcastle NE1 Ltd, Willowtree Marina and Dean & Reddyhoff Ltd.

This story is from British Marine.