How to create better shipping for a better future was a theme running throughout the 2018 IMO World Maritime Day Parallel Event held from 13-15 June in Szczecin, Poland.

In the words of IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim (illustrated), in his keynote address: ‘IMO’s heritage for 70 years has been to drive improvements in shipping to achieve a better world today. But we cannot rest on past achievements. Our challenge for the years to come remains the same: to create better shipping – for a better future.’