London International Shipping Week 2017 (LISW17) is delighted to announce that Emily Maitlis: Broadcaster, journalist, and presenter of the BBC’s Newsnight, will once again moderate the official LISW flagship conference which will take place at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Thursday September 14.

The European shipping industry, represented by the signatories to this statement issued on the occasion of European Shipping Week 2017, welcomes the European Commission’s mid-term review of the EU Maritime Transport Strategy 2009-2018.

Mike Corrigan, the incoming CEO of global trade association Interferry, is to advocate greater European Union involvement and investment in the ferry sector during an address on the opening day of European Shipping Week, which takes place in Brussels from February 27-March 3.

Murphy has leadership experience at CEO and Board level with both shipping companies and commodity traders. 

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) is pleased to introduce its new Chief Executive, Justin Murphy, who brings with him an impressive and relevant leadership record. Murphy takes up his position of Chief Executive from Monday 13 February 2017.

The UK Government’s purpose is for Britain’s maritime sector to be as great as it can be and to be “greater than we imagined possible over recent years,” according to the UK’s Shipping & Ports Minister.

And he issued a challenge to the industry to identify the key trade and export opportunities and what it thought it needed from this government to make them happen.

Maritime London announced that its Chief Executive Doug Barrow will be stepping down in March 2017 after 11 years in the role. He has been appointed as Director of the UK Ship Register by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency.

European Shipping Week 2017 welcomes keynote speakers and panelists.

The UK Chamber of Shipping in partnership with ITN Productions, launched “Delivering for Britain”, an in-depth programme exploring the future of UK shipping industry.

ECSA’s General Secretary Patrick Verhoeven talks to Hellenic Shipping News and issues a warning that European Shipowners need certainty. For the full article, please click here.

Nautilus International, Bronze Sponsor of LISW17 has today released a clever internet animation entitled ‘What have seafarers ever done for us?’ Aimed at family, friends, politicians and the general public, the video demonstrates the vital importance of the UK maritime industry in an accessible and friendly way.