The Maritime Standard recently hosted the inaugural Maritime
Standard Tanker Conference at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Dubai to highlight
sustained growth and expansion potential within the region’s
tanker sector.
Approximately 150 guests attended, including delegates from
the leading tanker owner and operators across the region. During the event, a
wealth of high-quality speakers provided insight into the challenges and
opportunities that lay ahead.
Shaikj Daij Al Khalifa, chairman of
the board at ASRY in Bahrain, spoke about the factors that could influence the
tanker business in the coming years. Ali Shebab, CEO of Kuwait Oil
Tanker Company (KOTC), delivered an address about the need for public dialogue
around tanker freight rates.
“This is our first dedicated
tanker conference and we believe it is very well timed, as this is probably the
only shipping sector that is doing relatively well at the moment,” Trevor Pereira, managing director of The Maritime Standard, said. “We
managed to gather together a high quality cast of speakers and the 150 or so
attendees found their insights to be enormously valuable I am certain. The
networking opportunity was exceptional with delegations from Iran, China and Turkey in
the room, for example.”
