The future of maritime has been given a massive funding boost by the UK Government with an increase in training subsidies for cadets and ratings.

There are an estimated 1.64 million seafarers across the globe serving on internationally trading merchant ships, 21,970 of which are UK seafarers.

The future of the fee for seafarer medicals is going out to consultation as the UK works to make sure it can offer the same long-term high-quality service as it does now.