On May 17, 2021, the Sixth Plenary conference of Global Shipping Think Tank Alliance (hereafter refer to as the Alliance) was successfully held through online video conference. The conference aims to strengthen alliance members' contacts and explore the development and Prospect of the global port and shipping industry under the influence of the COVID-19.
Delegates from Shanghai International Shipping Institute (China), Korea Maritime Institute (Korea), World Maritime University (Sweden), Drewry (United Kingdom), Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (Germany), Maritime Research Center (Italy), PolyU Maritime Library and R&D Center (Hong Kong, China), Centre for Maritime Studies of National University of Singapore (Singapore) and the Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport (Egypt) and other members attended the meeting.
The conference was hosted by Shanghai International Shipping Institute on behalf of the GSTTA Secretariat. The incumbent chairman of GSTTA, the President of the Korea Maritime Institute, Chang Young-Tae delivered a welcome speech and Professor Yin Ming, the deputy secretary-general of SISI, delivered secretariat speech. At the meeting, the representatives of the members analyzed the impact of the COVID-19 on the global port and shipping industry from different levels and perspectives, and the future development and prospects of the global port and shipping industry under the COVID-19.
At the conference, the GSTTA Book The Impact of Covid-19 on Maritime Industry was released, which included wonderful opinions and analysis from Shanghai International Shipping Institute (China), Korea Maritime Institute (Korea), and World Maritime University (Sweden), Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (Germany), Maritime Research Center (Italy), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands), PolyU Maritime Library and R&D Center (Hong Kong, China). The book mainly focuses on the impact of Covid-19 on the shipping industry and the development of the regional shipping industry, highlights practices, policies and challenges in the digital era, and provides suggestions for global port and shipping industry.
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