Principal Sponsor
NITC is an international tanker operator based in Tehran with overseas offices in Sharjah, UAE and other European locations such as Stockholm and Rotterdam. The company was privatised in 2000 with all of its shares passed to the private sector, and today 80% of its business is cross trading carried out for multinational oil majors.
NITC currently operates one of the world's most modern fleets of double-hulled tankers and during the last 15 years has never had a single Port State Control detention or accident resulting in oil pollution or failed an oil major vetting.
In addition, it has just taken delivery of a series of 17 new double-hull VLCC and suezmax vessels. Built at four of the world's leading shipyards - Hyundai Heavy Industries, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and Samsung Heavy Industries - all contain top-quality, state-of-the-art equipment and systems that exceed the standard yard specifications.
NITC also operates a brand new, residential training complex for its seafarers on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Here employees learn the corporate culture that safety, quality and respect for the environment are absolute values.
Sponsors & Supporters
DNV is a global provider of services for managing risk, helping customers to safely and responsibly improve their business performance. DNV is an independent foundation with the purpose of safeguarding life, property and the environment. Through its network of 300 offices in 100 countries, DNV serve a range of industries, with a special focus on the maritime and energy sectors, combining its technology expertise and industry knowledge.
DP World is one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, with 49 terminals and 13 new developments across 32 countries. We constantly invest in terminal infrastructure, facilities and people, working closely with customers and business partners to provide quality services when and where our customers need them. DP World handled more than 46.8 million TEU in 2008; expansion in growth markets like India, China and the Middle East is expected to raise capacity to 95 million TEU by 2020. DP World's Jebel Ali terminal has been voted “Best Seaport in the Middle East” for 15 consecutive years.
Eships offers a tailored approach to customers shipping requirements, specifically in the product/chemical tanker and dry bulk sectors. Eships business is formed on versatility and responsiveness to customers’ needs with a strong emphasis on business ethics and transparency. Giving substance to this claim is the calibre of Eships shareholders, Invest AD and Mubadala, each owning 50% of the company. Eships is strategically located between East and West and its customers benefit from uniquely engineered solutions while showing respect for the environment.
Islamic P&I Club (IPIC) was established in Oct. 2001 by the decision of 60 shipping companies who are the members of the Organisation of Islamic Shipowners' Association (OISA) affiliated to the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC).
IPIC provides full P&I and FD&D cover up to the limit of liability USD 500 million on a fixed premium basis through its strategic alliance with British Marine Luxemburg S.A (BML). Our network of more than 485 Correspondents who are located in more than 120 countries and 425 ports can assure IPIC members as well as re-insurers of the highest quality and the most professional services.
Lloyd's Register assesses and certifies ships, systems and facilities to help improve quality and increase safety. We provide ship yards, owners and operators with innovative solutions that help improve performance in ship design, construction and operation. We respond to change and lead the developments that make lives safer and help preserve the environment.
Because life matters, safety and a responsibility for the environment are not negotiable. Standards have to be applied consistently. Lloyd's Register has the confidence, independence and experience to do this. Besides classing ships, we provide a wide range of advisory, consultancy and training services.
For Lloyd’s Register, life matters.
Tufton Oceanic Finance Group is a Fund Management firm focused on the Maritime and Energy related sectors. The firm is committed to the provision of excellence in raising, structuring, investing and managing its Asset Backed Investment and Equity Funds within these target sectors. Tufton Oceanic personnel are highly qualified fund management and investment banking professionals with comprehensive and successful experience proven over 20 years.
Tufton Oceanic (Middle East) Limited was established in 2006 in the DIFC and has concluded over US$800.0m of asset based transactions in connection with its Shariah compliant and conventional ship leasing funds, M&A and advisory activities.
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The Baltic is the quarterly journal of the Baltic Exchange in London, the world's leading shipbroking representative body. The Baltic Exchange's members fix half the world's wet cargoes annually and over a third of the world dry cargoes. Its indices are key indicators of the health of the global shipping industry. Few institutions in shipping are more in tune with what is going on in the maritime sector than the Baltic Exchange. This is reflected in the quality of its journal. The Baltic magazine and its supplements have a reputation for accessible and reliable editorial, provided by some of shipping's most respected executives, columnists and journalists. The Baltic is a window to what is really going on in shipping.
From the region, a new publication that goes to the heart of business and current affairs in the GCC. Containing news, analysis , expert opinion and reviews as well as reliable economic data, The GULF is an essential read for anyone doing business in the Middle East. Written by experts in their fields, the GULF combines a weekly publication with an online service that offers insight into key markets such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar as well as Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The Gulf produces special reports on industries that are key to the region, together with surveys that form an essential reference for those interested in one of the most vibrant regions of the world.
The Gulf states are among the fastest growing economies of the world. They account for nearly half of the world’s oil reserves and some US$ 3 trillion in foreign reserves and sovereign wealth funds. Situated at the heart of the region that links the emerging markets of China and India with the established economies of the West , the states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have become a centre for Global investment.
The GULF has one of the widest guaranteed distribution of any weekly business publication in the region, with direct access each week to more than 20,000 senior executives in the GCC and internationally.
Noozz is a leading provider of information focused upon the Middle East and other emerging markets. It is fast becoming the information service of choice for Governments, multinationals, banks, investors – and a range of other users – who require good quality, and reliable, information on these countries.
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