Batten down the hatches
Marine underwriters have a lot to consider following their annual conference last month, including a shortage of experienced crews, despite a rapidly expanding world fleet. Eric Alexander reports back from Copenhagen on the many challenges the sector must negotiate if it is to stay on course
By now the 500 or so marine underwriters who attended last month's International Union of Marine Insurance conference in Copenhagen will have digested the key messages that came out of its three days
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