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Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

Norton Rose Fulbright

www.nortonrosefulbright.com

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global legal practice that offers a full business law service. It boasts more than 3,800

lawyers and other legal staff that are based in more than 50 cities across Europe, the US, Canada, Latin America, Asia,
Australia, the Middle East and Central Asia. Norton Rose Fulbright holds a strong focus across the key industry sectors,
including inancial institutions, energy, infrastructure, mining and commodities, transport, technology, innovation, life

sciences and healthcare.

Golf Day Sponsor

The Baltic Exchange

www.balticexchange.com

The Baltic Exchange is the world’s only independent source of maritime market information for the trading
and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. Its international community of over 600 member companies
encompasses the majority of world shipping interests and commits to a code of business conduct overseen by the Baltic
Exchange. Members are responsible for a large proportion of all dry cargo and tanker ixtures as well as the sale and

purchase of merchant vessels. The Baltic Exchange offers a range of services, including dry, wet and gas freight market
information and self-regulated chartering, sale and purchase and freight derivatives markets. It also provides a central
forum for competing freight market interests.

Gala Dinner Sponsor

Clarksons Platou

www.clarksons.com

Clarksons Platou is the world’s leading provider of integrated shipping services. It works with its clients to achieve
their business objectives across all broking, inance, support and research. Clarksons PLC successfully completed the
acquisition of RS Platou ASA on February 2, 2015. The combination of these two heritage houses brings together a

combined history of over 240 years of servicing clients in the maritime sector. Clarksons Platou’s team of brokers
brings together companies with cargo to ship and those with vessels capable of shipping it. It also provides best-in-class
inancial services. It helps clients identify and manage risk, fund transactions and bring deals to life that would often be

impossible via more traditional routes.

Conference Sponsor

Dubai Maritime City Authority

www.dmca.ae

Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA) has brought about a lot of changes in the local maritime sector through

a range of industry initiatives and regulations. These support its ambitious approach to creating a safe investment
environment for industry leaders from all over the world. DMCA was established to monitor, develop and promote
maritime activities. It develops regulations and guidelines in a bid to improve the maritime industry and boost its
infrastructure, operations and logistics services. DMCA aims to build effective and strategic partnerships with relevant

government agencies, private businesses and stakeholders.

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