International Maritime Organization
 World Maritime Day

World Maritime Day was celebrated on 29 September. From Trinidad and Tobago, where celebrations in Port of Spain involved the whole community with ship visits and maritime-themed activities, to the Pacific, where school children in the Cook Islands got the chance to visit a merchant ship. Maritime training institutes, seafarers, shipping companies and organisations as well as governments from South Africa to Canada shared their #WorldMaritimeDay stories. A stimulating debate on shipping’s future challenges took place at the IMO headquarters in London, while on social media, hundreds of thousands of people engaged with the theme – Shipping: indispensable to the world. The day rounded off at the IMO headquarters with the traditional evening reception.