Shipping’s unique role in providing most of everything that the world’s people need and want was once again the focus for an international audience, as Turkey hosted the 2016 World Maritime Day Parallel Event (4-6 November).rnrnThe event in Istanbul , which focused on the World Maritime Day theme, “Shipping: Indispensable to the World was formally opened by IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim, who emphasized that almost everyone on the planet is dependent on shipping.
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During the closing ceremony, a commemorative plaque was presented to Turkey by Secretary-General Lim and the World Maritime Day Parallel Event flag was handed over by Mr. Ahmet Arslan, Turkey’s Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications, to Mr.Jorge Barakat Pitty, Minister of Maritime Affairs of Panama, which will host the 2017 parallel event
