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Liverpool
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London’s
shipping success

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Maritime Logistics & Energy

n exciting opportunity to sector’s involvement in the Festival region. It will also deliver new

network and gain important stressing that the extensive and growing investment that will not only benefit this
business links will take place in
list of events “forms the basis of a historic maritime and trade-oriented

June when over 250,000 visitors considered and comprehensive city, but also the north west of England
descend on the UK city of Liverpool programme which aims to showcase and the rest of the UK.”

for the International Festival for our sector in all its breadth and rich Events already in the programme
Business 2014.
diversity, and mark the start of new and include a Maritime & Logistics

increased trade opportunities for In what is being described as the Conference bringing together
the UK.”
business equivalent of the 2012 London stakeholders from across the industry

Olympics and hot on the heels of the He added: “Our members and including ship owners and charterers,
very successful London International partners have risen magnificently – with port and terminal operators and there

Shipping Week held last year, two of an enthusiasm that seems to be hard- will be An Introduction to Shipping

the six weeks are dedicated to the wired into the DNA of Liverpool explaining the basics of ships and the
Maritime, Logistics and Energy sectors people – to the challenge of working business of shipping for those new in

with over 40 themed events taking with us to create a programme of the maritime sector as well as non-
place. Other sectors being showcased in events which will draw in visiting specialists.

the Festival include Professional & delegates from every corner of the Other events scheduled so far
Financial Services, Manufacturing, world. And despite many months of include An Introduction to Bunkering

Science & Technology and Low planning, we still expect this to be the and a WISTA (Women’s International
Carbon & Renewables.
tip of the iceberg as UK businesses Shipping & Trading Association)

become increasingly aware of the The MLE thematic, which takes Grand Debate, which will see key
opportunities of getting involved.”
place from 9th to 20th June, is being figures from the maritime industry,

organised jointly by Mersey Maritime Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Director government and media engaged

and Shipping Innovation, which was of Shipping Innovation, said: “The two in lively discussions on shipping’s
responsible for co-ordinating last year’s weeks of focused maritime, logistics and hot topics.

highly successful inaugural London energy events during IFB 2014 will For further information, please visit
International Shipping Week (LISW).
bring thousands of people to Liverpool the Maritime, Logistics & Energy

and highlight the multiple business Jim Teasdale, Chief Executive, website on:
opportunities in this fast-developing
Mersey Maritime Group, welcomed the
www.maritimelogisticsandenergy.com

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