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Latitude coordinates the First Shipping Food Drive for Feeding Hong Kong

In June, Latitude Brokers coordinated the First Shipping Food Drive for Feeding Hong Kong. Feeding Hong Kong work with food retailers, distributors and manufacturers to rescue surplus that would otherwise be discarded and re-distribute it to the people in need. But from week to week, the volumes of food donated to Feeding Hong Kong go up and down and the ...

Insurance impact of South China Sea ruling

This article can be found here and originally appeared in Insurance Business on 14 July 2016 The decision by an international tribunal to rule against Chinese claims to rights in the South China Sea should have a limited impact on the insurance market, a marine specialist has said. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague, ruled that there ...

Oil and shipping markets on edge after South China Sea ruling – Our Comments

Full story from Reuters can be found here or at www.reuters.com “Global oil and shipping markets reacted nervously on Tuesday after an international arbitration court ruled against Beijing’s claims across large swathes of the South China Sea, fuelling geopolitical tensions in the vital waterway. A tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, found China had breached the sovereign rights of the Philippines ...

Latitude launches in Singapore

We are delighted to announce the opening of Latitude Brokers Pte Ltd in Singapore. We are very pleased to have received approval from the MAS and are excited to be at the centre of Singapore’s vibrant shipping and insurance market. The new operation will be focusing on the operators, traders and offshore contractors within Singapore and, in conjunction with Latitude’s ...

Latitude completes Sailors’ Society 32 kms trek in gruesome weather conditions

Saturday 5th December: It was a blustery day when the Latitude team assembled at dawn with 34 other teams, for a 32 kms journey along the Hong Kong trail to raise money to support the Sailors’ Society. After 3 months of training in the heat, and under blue skies, the conditions were a shocker ! But Latitude support team had been ...

Latitude goes Jamming with Feeding Hong Kong for Christmas

As part of the festive season, we helped Feeding Hong Kong make 2000 jars of jam to be given out to low-income families in December. The sacks contain a number of homemade items and each jar is personalized by the volunteers! Our own Kay Chan said “I am very glad to be one of the volunteers participating in the jam making session ...

Latitude Brokers in Sailors’ Society epic 35km hike across Hong Kong on 5th December 2015

BIG thanks to all our Corporate Sponsors who are now emblazoned across our shirts!!! Nepa, Waltons & Morse, India International Insurance, Ironshore, Thomas Miller, Skuld, TT Club, Affinity Shipping LLP, UK P&I Club, RPC, SART and Charterers Club…you’ve put us well on our way to our target of HKD125,000 (around GBP10,000)!! All the Founding Partners will be hiking on 5th December, with ...

Latitude sponsors YPSN Christmas Networking Drinks

We are pleased to support and sponsor the Young People in Shipping Network, Hong Kong, for their Christmas networking this year being held on 16th December in Lan Kwai Fong! YPSN attracts some 250-300 shipping professionals from all areas of the industry in Hong Kong – insurers, operators, freight forwarders, surveyors…and even some of the brokers we compete with too! It’s ...

In the Press, Tradewinds 16th October 2015

Tradewinds article on our MBO announcement and the opportunities this provides us with for the future. Tradewinds 16 Oct 2015 Media contact: Andrew Brooker

Latitude completes MBO, becomes fully independent

We are very pleased to announce that we have finalized terms with CGSC to purchase their shareholding and become fully independent as of 8th October 2015. Latitude CGSC Press Release 9 Oct 2015 We are very excited about the opportunities this brings to us as a business, for our clients and for future growth opportunities. There will be no change ...