TT Club and Thomas Miller Welcomed a Delegation from Xiamen, China
Xiamen is the second largest city of the Fujian province of China with a population of 4 million. It has the eighth largest container port in China and eighteenth largest in the world. The port, which has traditional cargo handling facilities, in addition to container terminals has been making rapid development over the years.
The purpose of the visit was to understand more of the shipping/insurance sectors in London and to foster good relations. Presentations were given by on the UK P&I Club, the TT Club and Thomas Miller itself.
TT Club's presenter was Paul Wicks, Senior Underwriter. Paul gave an overview of the TT Club our covers and services.
After the presentation the delegation were given a tour of the Lloyds of London building.
Thomas Miller announces Leo Kirchner as the successor of Mike Jarrett in the role of President / Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Thomas Miller Americas.
The 19th Robin Travis scholarship will be awarded in 2016 and will provide a three-month internship for a motivated individual working in Germany, who wishes to progress their career and broaden their experience of the shipping, transport and insurance sectors.
3D printing - also known as additive manufacturing (AM) - is a process of manufacturing virtually any three dimensional object from either an existing model or an electronic data source. Such equipment was first developed in the 1980's so in itself is not new. However, in recent years rapid development has moved it form the laboratory to the marketplace.
