FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin On the third day of Posidonia 2026 (1-5 June), discussions at the Athens Metropolitan Expo extended well beyond geopolitics, cargo volumes, insurance costs and charter rates. Instead, some of the most influential voices in global maritime governance, including the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the President of the Union of Greek Shipowners, and shipping ministers from several of the world’s leading flag states, focused attention on two challenges widely seen as defining the future of the industry – safeguarding the welfare, safety and dignity of seafarers, and accelerating the transition toward a lower-carbon shipping sector. RelatedNews Jotun & SSI: Biofouling requires constant vigilance, while excellence delivers benefits beyond compliance IRI: Safety remains the unchanging core priority for flag states var jnews_module_21374590_0_6a3697a99053f = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21374590","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2596,1504,3684,1567,4299,3309,2161,1582","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable"