Press Release
For immediate publication
February 5, 2018
2nd Annual Capital Link Cyprus Shipping Forum
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 in Limassol, Cyprus
For a second year in a row, Capital Link organizes in Cyprus its Annual Capital Link Cyprus Shipping Forum.
The Forum will take place in Limassol at the Columbia Plaza, under the Auspices of the Republic of Cyprus with Bank of Cyprus as the Lead Sponsor and with the sponsorship and cooperation of the Cyprus Union of Shipowners. The event is also supported by the Department of Merchant Shipping and by the following Organizations: CYMEPA • Cyprus Master Mariners Association • Cyprus Naval Architects & Marine Engineers Association • Cyprus Shipping Chamber • Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers • Young Ship Cyprus • Wista Cyprus • Wista Hellas.
The event aims to highlight:
- the Cyprus maritime industry
- the Cyprus flag which has been recognized internationally as a quality and safe flag
- the significant role of Cyprus as a maritime, energy and logistics hub and as an investment and business destination.
Last year’s Forum was a huge success and this year’s Forum is expected to be a great success too.
It is of great importance that this Forum attracts in Cyprus top foreign executives from the global shipping, financial and capital markets as well as from the investment market who will have the unique opportunity to meet and network with their Cypriot counterparts.
The conference is supported with the participation and attendance of major International and Cypriot Shipowners, Government Officials, Ship Managers, Bankers, Financiers and other major Industry Participants.
Topics to be covered include the recent developments and trends in the shipping, financial and capital markets, issues pertaining to geopolitical developments as well as technical and commercial fleet management. The Forum will highlight the challenges the industry is facing with compliance to the new regulatory framework. And to innovative technologies as well.
Keynote speakers of the Forum are:
- Mr. Marios Demetriades, Minister of Transport Communications & Works of the Republic of Cyprus &
- Mr. Louis Pochanis, Director, International Banking, Wealth & Markets – Bank of Cyprus
The Conference Chairman of the Forum is Mr. George A. Tsavliris, Principal του Tsavliris Salvage Group & President of CYMEPA (Cyprus Marine Environmental Protection Association), Member of the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Union of Shipowners.
PARTICIPATING COMPANIES & ORGANIZATIONS:
ABN AMRO • American Hellenic Hull Insurance Company Ltd • Bank of Cyprus • Bureau Veritas • Citi •Columbia Marlow • Cyprus Sea Lines Shipping • Cyprus Union of Shipowners • Danaos Corporation •Deloitte • Department of Merchant Shipping of Cyprus • DNB Bank • DNV GL • Drewry Maritime Financial Research • Eniram • Erasmus Shipinvest Group • ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A. • Evercore Partners (TBC) • ExxonMobil Cyprus • EY Cyprus • Fourth Insurance Office •Hellenic Bank • International Maritime Organization (IMO) • Intership Navigation Co. • LLoyds Register • Marlow Navigation • Marsh Cyprus • Mastermind Shipmanagement (TBC) • Montanios & Montanios LLC Law Firm, Cyprus • MSC Shipmanagement Ltd • OL Shipping Group • Safe Bulkers • • Star Bulk Carriers • The American Club • Tototheo Maritime • Transmed Shipping Co. • Tsakos Energy Navigation • Tsavliris Salvage Group • Tufton Oceanic Shipping Management • VTTI Vassiliko • Wista Hellas • WISTA International
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF: Republic of Cyprus
LEAD SPONSOR: Bank of Cyprus
GLOBAL GOLD SPONSORS: Clay Maitland • Columbia Shipmanagement • DNV-GL • TOTOTHEO Maritime • Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd
GOLD SPONSORS: Cyprus Union of Shipowners • Deloitte • EY • Montanios & Montanios LLC
GLOBAL SPONSORS: ABN AMRO • Fourth Insurance Office, Inc.
SPONSORS: The American Club • Bureau Veritas • Cadwalader • DMS Cyprus • Eniram • Erma First • Hellenic Bank • Lemissoler • Lloyd’s Register • MARSH • Tufton Oceanic
SUPPORTING SPONSORS: Eurobank Cyprus • Flott & Co. PC • Singhai Marine Services
SPEAKERS DINNER SPONSOR: Bank of Cyprus
VALENTINE’S DAY SPONSOR: SafeBulkers
SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS: Cyprus Union of Shipowners • CYMEPA • Cyprus Master Mariners Association • Cyprus Naval Architects & Marine Engineers Association • Cyprus Shipping Chamber • Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers • Young Ship Cyprus • Wista Cyprus • Wista Hellas
MEDIA PARTNERS: AllAboutShipping • CyprusProfile.com • Economia • www.efoplistesnews.gr • Elnavi • Lloyd’s List • Maritimes.gr • The Maritime Executive • Mignatiou.com • Naftika Chronika • Nafsgreen World Shipping News • Ship2Shore •Shipping International Monthly Review • TradeWinds • Worldoils
REGISTRATION
To register please go to the link below:
http://forums.capitallink.com/shipping/2018cyprus/signup.html
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please visit the Forum’s website:
http://forums.capitallink.com/shipping/2018cyprus/index.html
Please contact:
NEW YORK // Mrs. Olga Bornozi & Mrs. Eleni Bej
Tel. +1 212 661 75 66 – Email:[email protected] ; [email protected]
ATHENS // Mrs. Maira Kitova & Mrs. Athena Kosmadaki
Tel: +30 210 610 9800 – Email: [email protected] , [email protected]
For more details and extensive information please visit:
The CAPITAL LINK website: www.capitallink.com
The CAPITAL LINK FORUM website: www.capitallinkforum.com
ABOUT CAPITAL LINK
Founded in 1995, Capital Link is a New York based investor relations, financial communications and advisory firm with a strategic focus on the maritime, commodities and energy sectors, MLPs, as well as Closed-End Funds and ETFs.
Based in New York City, Capital Link has presence in London, Athens & Oslo. Capital Link is a member of the Baltic Exchange and works very closely with the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and the London Stock Exchange as well as with major international and supranational organizations and industry associations in the areas of the firm’s strategic concentration.
Our proactive approach, which integrates Investor Relations, Information Technology and Media, enhances awareness and branding for our clients through tailored outreach programs targeting analysts, institutional and individual investors and the financial media complemented by extensive and uniquely powerful marketing platforms.
Capital Link offers a full suite of services including strategic and corporate advisory, investor relations, media relations, public and industry relations and the organization of corporate events.
Capital Link is also known for the organization of large scale, high quality Investment Forums focusing on maritime transportation and U.S. investment products in key industry centers, such as New York, London, Athens, Limassol, Shanghai and Singapore. We organize twelve to fourteen conferences annually, of which seven are focused on the maritime sector. The Capital Link Investment Forums feature industry leaders and draw the elite of the global financial and investment communities.
The Capital Link brand is widely-recognized and valued worldwide by participants in these communities for combining rich informational and educational content with superior networking opportunities.
In addition to conferences, Capital Link organizes Webinars focusing on investment strategies, sectors, critical topics of interest to the investment community and company presentations. Capital Link’s global marketing platform enhances the visibility and reach of these events on a global scale that lasts well beyond the date on which each event is held, becoming a continuous reference point for market participants.
Capital Link’s efforts have been recognized by the 2011 Lloyds’s List Greek Shipping Awards, in 2012 and 2013 by the InterContinental Finance Magazine and in 2016 by the Wealth & Finance Magazine, Also, by the International Propeller Club of the United States and AHI-American Hellenic Institute.
