Members will have learned with deep regret of the death of Martyn Hill on 16 August 2019.

Mr Hill’s funeral will be held at the East Devon Crematorium (Whimple), EX5 2PT on Wednesday 11 September at 1215.  Family flowers only please but donations, if desired, to the RNLI Salcombe Station, c/o J F Clarke and Son, Lyme Road, Axminster, Devon EX13 5AU.  No mourning attire.

Mr Hill was first elected a member of the Baltic Exchange in 1963.  He represented Stevinson Hardy International Ltd until 1983, Furness-Houlder (Shipbroking) Ltd 1983-84, and from 1984 represented Century Chartering (UK) Ltd until he became a Baltic Retired Member in 2000.