The conference
will, like last year, be held at the iconic Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai, one of
the best quality venues in the Middle East.
Trevor Pereira, Managing Director, The
Maritime Standard, says, “The evening before, the Atlantis
Ballroom will host the TMS Awards which will be attended by all the region’s
leading tanker owners and operators. Having these two outstanding events back
to back at the Atlantis ensures we attract all the main players in the tanker
shipping business, making the Conference an event that really adds value for all
attendees.”
Aimed
at key decision makers and influencers within the tanker shipping business, the
event takes places at a time when there has never been a greater focus on
environmental challenges, making the
over-arching theme of this year’s conference – Sustainable tanker shipping: accelerating the
journey to net zero
– highly topical and relevant. This year all three conference
sessions will cover ongoing efforts to achieve a sustainable tanker shipping
sector, and how to press forward purposefully with initiatives and investments
that will enable ambitious net zero carbon emissions targets to be reached.
The shipping industry in general, and tanker shipping
in particular, has a crucial role to play in the battle to address climate
change harms worldwide. The pace of technological change in pursuit of this
goal has been rapid, and the conference will be a chance to hear about the
latest developments, as well as those being researched and developed. This will
also be an opportunity to assess recent and planned regulatory developments,
including the CII and EEXI frameworks, and the increasingly influential EU ETS
scheme.
Alongside sustainability issues, the Conference will focus on key market trends
in the crude, products, chemicals and gas tanker markets. Market prospects are
highly promising overall with high freight rates and strong global demand for
oil and oil products. Tanker owners and operators seem well placed to take
advantage of favourable market conditions. Offsetting that, continued
geopolitical tensions, disruption to Red Sea trade lanes, and the uncertain
outcomes of key national elections have combined to create a sense of
uncertainty, which will provide a backdrop to discussions.
Attendees will get the chance to hear
from leading figures in the tanker business presenting their assessments of the
key issues. As well as topics relating to tanker ship owning and operating,
the event will also look at related support sectors, such as classification,
bunker supply, law, ship agency and supplies, ship technology, logistics and
terminal handling and storage.
Clive Woodbridge, Conference Chairman
& Editor, says,
“The TMS Tanker Conference
is now firmly established as one of the must-attend events for anyone involved
with tanker shipping, and this year promises to be the best one yet. There will be nowhere better to discuss
and debate all the important maters facing this key sector of the global
shipping industry at a critical moment in its development.”
For more information about the conference, and how to register, as well as
sponsorship opportunities, please go to https://tmstankerconference.com/