The Isle of Man Maritime Group, which was formed earlier in the year to promote the Isle of Man as a maritime centre of excellence, has announced that they will soon be signing up as an offical sponsors of the London International Shipping Week in September 2015 (“LISW”). In addition to becoming Bronze sponsors, the Group also plans to host its own event– an announcement which follows their very successful inagural event at the International Festival for Business in Liverpool in June (IFB2014), where the Group’s event was hailed by organisers as one of the highlights of the Maritime, Logisitcs and Energy week.
LISW is the must attend maritime event of 2015, with over 100 industry functions and networking opportunities taking place during the 7th - 11th September 2015 in the heart of London. Organised by Shipping Innovation, the event is aimed at leaders across all sectors of the international shipping industry - from regulators, charterers, ship owners, ship managers, bunker suppliers, lawyers, ship brokers, bankers, insurers, commodity traders, ship suppliers, port operators and shipping service providers.
Isle of Man Maritime Group Chairman, Bruce McGregor, commented, “LISW presents the perfect opportunity for the Group to build on the awareness and publicity generated from our event at the International Festival for Business. The Isle of Man has a very strong maritime sector and we are keen to promote the fact that although the Group are Island based, our expertise spreads globally – many of our members have international offices and large international client portfolios.
We are currently planning to host an evening reception as part of LISW on Tuesday 8th September 2015, where we hope to attract a large international audience. We will be inviting guests to come and network with us, explore our maritime history and learn more about the strength and breadth of services provided by Isle of Man based organisations. LISW provides a great new opportunity to showcase the Isle of Man Maritime Group and its members”.
The Isle of Man Maritime Group was formed to enable locally represented companies, with an interest in the shipping and maritime sector, to promote the Isle of Man and its members to the international maritime community, as well as to explore shared business opportunities. The Group would like to welcome expressions of interest from any Isle of Man based maritime related companies to join the Group ahead of LISW. Enquiries should be addressed to group@iom-maritime.com and be received before 9th January 2014.
Current members of the Isle of Man Maritime group include: Baker Tilly; Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement; Bibby Ship Management; Bibby Ship Travel; Boston Limited; Cayman National Bank and Trust Company (Isle of Man) Limited; Dohle; ICM Group; i-Bos Ltd; Isle of Man Ship Registry; Isle of Man Shipping Association; the Isle of Man SuperYacht Forum; KPMG and PDMS. The Group maintains close communications with the Department of Economic Development (DED), with respect to complementary activities.
For more information or to get in contact with any of the Group members, please visit the Group’s website www.iom-maritime.com.
