World
Maritime Day is on September 29th, 2016.
“The theme for World Maritime Day 2016 is "Shipping: indispensable to the world". The theme was chosen to focus on the critical link between shipping and global society and to raise awareness of the relevance of the role of IMO as the global regulatory body for international shipping. The importance of shipping to support and sustain today's global society gives IMO's work a significance that reaches far beyond the industry itself. World Maritime Day will be celebrated at IMO Headquarters on September 29th, 2016.”
“According
to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), around 80
per cent of global trade by volume and over 70 per cent of global trade by
value are carried by sea and are handled by ports worldwide. These shares are
even higher in the case of most developing countries. Without shipping the
import and export of goods on the scale necessary to sustain the modern world
would not be possible. Seaborne
trade continues to expand, bringing benefits for consumers across the world
through competitive freight costs.There
are more than 50,000 merchant ships trading internationally, transporting every
kind of cargo. The world fleet is registered in over 150 nations and manned by
more than a million seafarers of virtually every nationality. Over
the past 50 years and more, IMO has developed and adopted a comprehensive
framework of global regulations covering maritime safety, environmental
protection, legal matters and other areas. Under this regulatory framework,
shipping has become progressively safer, more efficient and more
environment-friendly.
Have
a Happy World Maritime Day!!!!!
To
watch the official message from the IMO General Secretary, Kitack Lim, for the
World Maritime Day 2016, click the link or copy and paste the link down below:
Source:
www.imo.org
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