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British shipping: Charting a new course

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Table of contents

  • Foreword
  • Executive Summary
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Britain and the Sea Today
  • Tackling the Issues
  • Chapter 2: The Context for a New Shipping Policy
  • The Importance of Shipping to the UK
  • The Opportunities
  • The Current Decline
  • Reasons for Decline
  • The United Kingdom's Response
  • Chapter 3: Moving Ahead
  • Why Do Anything More?
  • The Government's Wider Industrial Policy
  • The European Experience
  • Elements of a UK Shipping Policy
  • Synergy and partnership
  • Chapter 4: A Comprehensive Strategy
  • Increasing Skills
  • Encouraging Employment
  • Increasing the UK's Attractiveness to Shipping Enterprises
  • Gaining Safety and Environmental Benefit
  • Chapter 5: Implementation and Conclusions
  • Implementation
  • Monitoring and Accountability
  • Conclusion
  • Summary of Policy Measures
  • Annex A: The Shipping Working Group Summary of Proposals
  • Annex B: Synopses of the Reports of the Universities of Wales and London Guildhall
  • Annex C: Recommendations from other Reports into the Shipping Industry
  • Annex D: Summary of the European Commission Maritime State Aid Guidelines
  • Annex E: Glossary of Terms
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