World Maritime Day Observance
November 17-18, 2010, Vancouver, British Columbia
Our goal is to produce a world-class conference in Vancouver in recognition of World Maritime Day.
This year’s theme is “The Year of the Seafarer.”
The timing for this event in Vancouver is to take advantage of a joint meeting of major global shipping interests: OCIMF, ITOPF and INTERTANKO. NAMEPA will be joining them to produce this World Maritime Day Observance.
We have been promoting World Maritime Day in North America for the past five years, and have engaged in a dialog with both Canada and the United States (Transport Canada and the United States Coast Guard) with the intent to alternate between the two countries and the coasts. It seemed obvious to us that Vancouver would be the perfect location for the 2010 observance. The synergies with the other organizations was an added benefit, and both Transport Canada and the USCG agreed.
The North American debut of the new “Anthem to the Seafarer” will be held on November 17 at Christ Church Cathedral.
November 18 will be the World Maritime Day Observance including an all-day conference with breaks and a luncheon, ending with a closing reception. One panel discussion at the all-day conference will be “Prevention and Response: The Role and Responsibility of Government and Industry.” Another discussion will be “Balancing Human Rights and Environmental Crimes.”
2010 Sponsors and Exhibitors:
The Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia | NAMEPA | Transport Canada |
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Last Year’s Event
Photos from the 2009 World Maritime Day Parallel Event
Video from the 2009 event by Amver
The United States hosted the 2009 International Maritime Organization (IMO) World Maritime Day Parallel Event. The Parallel Event was co-sponsored by the Department of State, Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, Maritime Administration, and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The theme for the 2009 event was Climate Change; A Challenge for IMO Too! The United States Parallel Event was held in New York City on October 16-18, 2009. Various other ports throughout the United States hosted simultaneous events in their location. The goal of World Maritime Day is to attract public, private, and government attention to the many environmental initiatives within the maritime community to reduce the effects of climate change.