World largest shippers’ body joins Colombo International Maritime Conference

• GSF Secretary General Chris Welsh to address CIMC

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The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) representing the global shippers was formally incorporated and registered as a non-governmental organisation in the United Kingdom in June 2011. It’s the world’s leading trade association for shippers engaged in international trade moving goods by all modes of transport; it is the first time that GSF will present itself in a conference in South Asia.

The GSF was created in 2006 as the successor to the informal Tripartite Shippers’ Group (TSG), first organised in 1994. The decision to incorporate the GSF was taken to enable the GSF to establish formal recognition, consultation status and accreditation with the major UN agencies such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the World Customs Organisation.

The GSF represents shippers’ interests and that of their respective organisations from Asia, Europe, North and South America and Africa.

The main focus of the GSF is to influence commercial developments in the international freight transport industry and the policy decisions of governments and international organisations as they affect shippers and receivers of freight.

Chris Welsh was Secretary General of the European Shippers’ Council from 1997-2002 where he played the prominent role in deregulating EU shipping and air cargo markets, spear-heading a series of successful maritime legal cases culminating in the repeal of anti-trust immunity for liner shipping conferences in 2006.

Chris will talk about, IMO regulation of weighing of containers from 2016 and IMO emission control regulations at the regulatory session of the CIMC 2015

Chris holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA), is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and a Member of the Chartered Management Institute (MCMI).