With a line-up of over 100 speakers from approximately 40 companies, SHIPPINGInsight was a valuable opportunity for maritime professionals to gather virtually to discuss and debate the vision for the next decade. This was a forum where fleet management met maritime technology.
Chairing a discussion addressing safety on the high seas was Deputy Director and Head of The BMA’s Investigations Department, Tom Jenkins. The focus of the debate was seafarer welfare and the impact COVID 19 is having on the maritime industry and featured panellists representing international bodies and associations.
Capt. Steve Bomgardner, Regional Director (Americas) & Global Business Development Director for The BMA also participated in the forum, giving a presentation on the subject of ESG, an increasingly important topic for all shipowners, investors and financiers across ma-jor industries today. Ships face a huge variety of ESG risks and challenges which begin in the construction phase, continue throughout the trading life of a vessel and, finally, conclude at the end of its lifecycle.
This was the ideal forum for the global maritime community to gather in order to make shipping more efficient, safer and more modern while reducing its environmental impact.
