The astonishing assortment and quantity of gatherings taking place , and high standard of public speakers combined with the superb standard of locations, has once again catapulted London to the forefront of world shipping.
The event coordinators were honoured to achieve the patronage of Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, who attended the LISW15 Welcome Reception at Lancaster House with some of the maritime industry’s foremost personalities.
LISW15 also had the backing up of the British Government that shown its commitment to the maritime market sector by having an international round table gathering at 10 Downing Street held by the Rt Hon Patrick McLoughlin MP, Secretary of State for Transport.
Ten federal government ministers eliminated their journals in the time of Liverpool International Shipping Week to make themselves open to get involved and speak at some of the 120 conventions, panel chats, and seminars that occurred during the week.
To take off the week, key people in the steering board and reps of LISW’s top sponsors joined up with Robert Goodwill MP, Minister for Shipping & Ports, as he opened up the London Stock Exchange. Also during Monday, a nonprofit golf trip to the Walton Heath Golf Club in Surrey transpired with earnings going to LISW’s 5 selected charitable organizations.
Some of the alternative major highlights included:
• The publication of a Maritime Growth Study that recommended the formation of a Ministerial Working Group that the UK Government has taken on board and uncovered that the Secretary of State will chair its initial gathering.
• The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) conference which addressed the effects of substantial ecological polices, the migrant rescue disaster and also the employment of women in shipping;
• A reception, collectively organised by the Department of Transport plus the Ministry of Defence, on the deck of HMS Portland to remember world-wide maritime partnership
• The second International Shipowning and Shipmanagement Summit (ISSS) and group controversy that talked about concerns influencing worldwide ship owners as well as ship executives
• ‘Mersey-on-the-Thames’ happening that publicised critical investment in the Liverpool City location making it possible for this regional maritime bunch to be competitive within a world-wide industry
• The LISW15 Discussion, moderated by the BBC’s Emily Maitlis, that talked about a number of subject areas ranging from world business, worldwide governance, innovation and investment
• The Ship Efficiency conference & exhibition - reviewing trends in energy efficiency
• 4.7 million twitter updates had been registered over the first couple of days of LISW15
• The Gala dinner that was a celebration of the week’s occasions and a chance for the industry to let its hair down
“I am very proud that LISW15 has been such a remarkable success and want to give thanks everyone that took part, hosted and attended the various functions. The maritime sector is a valuable part of the international economy giving the way of transportation to supply around 95% of the world’s items,” claimed Jeremy Penn, Chairman of the LISW Steering Group.
“It’s fantastic to know that events like LISW15 help put shipping at the center of the brains of global policy makers and law makers,” he added.
Not less than 15,000 market commanders attended the week of activities which gained comprehensive press coverage for the sector and featured key endeavours for maritime corporations and authorities to concentrate on and also come together in partnership to resolve.
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