"At a time when the world is beset by conflict and crisis, it is easy to forget that, day in and day out, the international shipping industry works quietly and efficiently to keep the wheels of global trade in motion and ensure the timely delivery of the goods and commodities ... On World Maritime Day, let us recall the often unheralded but always vital contribution by international shipping to peoples and communities all over the world."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
World Maritime Day 2014
IMO conventions:
effective implementation
World Maritime Day for 2014 is Thursday, 25 September.
The theme for this year's World Maritime Day "IMO conventions: effective implementation" was chosen in order to provide an opportunity to shine a spotlight on those IMO treaty instruments, which have not yet entered into force, as well as those for which ratification by more States and more effective implementation would yield significant benefits.
This year's World Maritime Day Parallel Event will be held in Morocco from 27 - 29 October 2014.