Emanuele Grimaldi was unanimously re-elected President of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) since Board of Directors of the International Shipowners' Association meeting in Montreal during the Annual General Meeting of the organization representing 80% of the merchant fleet worldwide.

Grimaldi, Chairman and CEO of the Italian Grimaldi Euromed, will chair ICS for another two-year term. years. "I am deeply honored," said Emanuele Grimaldi - to have been re-elected president of the ICS for other reasons. two years. It is a privilege to be part of this important and the great work and progress made on the our industry. We have made good progress with our proposals to help achieve the 2050 targets of net zero emissions from the International Maritime Organization, and continue to work with UN bodies on issues affecting the maritime sector'. "We are going through a period of geopolitical crisis, which has seen maritime transport and Our innocent workers who have been targeted by conflicts in Middle East. This is in addition to the conflict in Ukraine and the attacks on merchant ships in the Red and Black Seas that jeopardised the safety of our seafarers and disrupted the Businesses. This is unacceptable and we will continue to Attention to the heart of our industry: our seafarers."

Commenting on Grimaldi's confirmation as president, the Secretary General of the ICS, Guy Platten, pointed out that "there is a There is a lot to do, but - he specified - under Grimaldi's leadership there are confident that we will move forward together with the industry and evolve the maritime sector'.

The advice of The ICS Board of Directors also elected Metin Duzgit of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping, new Vice-President, and Martin Kröger, Director-General of the German Shipowners' Association, is He was elected Chairman of the ICS Maritime Committee.