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THE UK shipping industry has welcomed the government’s pledge to continue to fund seafarer training, after shipping minister Mike Penning told parliament in a written statement that he had allocated £12m (US$18.7m) a year to the Support for Maritime Training Scheme (SMarT).
The news will boost Britain’s maritime industry, which also hopes to convince the government to retain the country’s tonnage tax regime and reject proposed amendments that could drive away foreign shipowners.
The Chamber of Shipping, which has been lobbying to...
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