In the latest of a series of roundtable debates, ShipManagement International spoke to some of our industry leaders in the Isle of Man about how they see the future panning-out for this important maritime cluster.
Is the future as rosy as they would like or is diversification in the type of businesses they attract to the Island, the name of the game?
Panellists included:
Lesley-Anne Walker – Director of Isle of Man Maritime / Chair of the Isle of Man Superyacht Forum and Head of Marketing/New Business, Sentient International;
Lee Clarke – General Manager, Isle of Man Maritime;
Cameron Mitchell – Director, Isle of Man Ship Registry;
Bruce MacGregor – Director, PDMS;
Kuba Szymanski – Secretary General, InterManager;
Robert Hockel – Managing Director and Tony Whittaker – Company Contracts Manager & Company Secretary, Shell Ship Management Ltd;
Luke Tippett – Managing Director, Dohle (IOM) Ltd;
David Furnival – Executive Chairman, Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
To read the full article, check out pages 32 – 40 in the latest issue of ShipManagement International.