24th Mare Forum Ship Finance 2025

Theme: The Capital Providers - Shipowners Dialogue
Date: Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Venue: Ahoy Exhibition Centre, Rotterdam
In conjunction with: International Europort Exhibition

The 23 previous Mare Forum Shipfinance conferences have bristled with ideas and dynamic debate. A high-level audience, consisting of leading executives from the shipping, trade, and banking industries, appreciates and makes the most of the dynamic format and honest debate.

The Mare Forum conferences are a hallmark for their vibrant exchange of ideas and spirited debates. High-level executives from the shipping, trade and chartering, capital providers industries, regulators and almost all shipping services providers come together in an interactive and dynamic setting to discuss the pressing issues shaping the future of the global shipping industry.

🔴 Why Attend the 24th Mare Forum Shipfinance 2025?
‍
👉 Engaging Discussions: Forget monotonous presentations. Mare Forum is all about meaningful dialogue, where panellists and audience participants engage in stimulating, unscripted conversations.
👉 Thought Leadership: Explore key topics like shipping's future, trade patterns, logistics, geopolitics, energy transition, decarbonisation, investment strategies, ship finance, and human capital imperatives.
👉 Networking Opportunities: Connect with industry leaders, including shipowners, capital providers, investors, charterers, logistics professionals, energy executives, regulators, and other decision-makers shaping the maritime world.
👉 Realistic Solutions: If you are in shipping and want to know what will happen next, come to Mare Forum. The good answers will be there.

🔴 Who Will Be There?
‍
The event brings together a diverse group of participants, including Shipping Executives, Shipowners, and Ship Managers, Capital Providers, Investors, and Traders, Logistics Providers, Energy Executives and Charterers, Regulators, Lawyers, Consultants, Shipbuilders, Classification Societies, the Press, and Smart Entrepreneurs.

🔴 Why You Can't-Miss This
‍
‍Mare Forum is more than a conference; it’s an annual think tank where innovation meets collaboration. It’s where the future of shipping is shaped. `
If you want answers, connections, and inspiration, this is where you’ll find them.

Don’t miss this opportunity to join the conversation defining the maritime industry’s future.

We look forward to your participation in an exciting and invigorating event in Rotterdam.
‍‍

P R O G R A M M E

[Stay tuned — the speakers, panellists, and detailed programme will be announced soon!]


🕙 08:15 -09:00 ‍

☕️ Registration and Networking
‍

🕙 09:00 - 09:30
SESSION 1

👉 Opening and Welcome

‍

🕙 09:30 - 10:10
SESSION 2‍

🌍 Geopolitics First! - Game changed!

‍- Who's afraid of the current and future geopolitical trends in trade, shipping, and ship finance?
Navigating the storms of global uncertainty in trade and shipping.
- Will Europe lose competitiveness to East and West?
Production, Critical Row materials, Circularity, shipbuilding and recycling etc.

🕙 10:10 - 11:00
SESSION 3

⚡ Maritime Energy Transition  - Still Waiting for Godot… While the Clock Runs Out

‍The long and winding voyage toward a greener maritime future.
Alternative Fuels and Propulsion Systems: CO2 captures, nuclear, debunking myths and examining production capacities and infrastructure imperatives
Progress. Setbacks. Momentum. In Today’s Climate: Green & Innovative Shipping — Goldmine or Money Pit?

🕙 11:00 - 11:20‍

☕️ Networking Break
‍

🕙 11:20 - 12:10
‍SESSION 4

💼 Smart Investment Moves - Where should the money go? ‍

- Market predictions in containers, dry bulk, tankers, cruise ships, gas carriers, Short Sea Shipping, etc.
- Investing in Next-Gen Technology -AI in Shipping, Automation, and Innovation.
Find the smart bets of tomorrow. 
Top analysts, investors, charterers, and owners. Opportunities abound in shipping and commodity markets—find the smart bets of tomorrow.  

🕙 12:10 - 13:00
‍SESSION 5

🚢 The Shipowners’ Strategies - The Gamble for Tomorrow: Bigger Fleets, Smarter Moves, and the Race for Talent

-  Owners' visions of the fleet of the future are shaped by bold decisions today.
Diversification in types, whether big or small, public or private? Grow or consolidate?
Where to invest your money today? Investing and Financing Requirements  
 - Investing in People:Creating tomorrow’s talent for shipping, trade, and logistics.
People first, build the future.

🕙 13:00 - 14:10

🍛 Networking Lunch
‍‍

🕙 14:10 - 15:10
‍SESSION 6

💰 Finance & Strategy - What shipowners want... what capital provides.

‍‍Alternative ship finance, leasing, bonds, short Sea Shipping, Government subsidies
Bridging the gap between ambition and investment.  

🕙 15:10- 16:10
‍SESSION 7

🇾🇪 🇪🇺 Enhancing the European and Netherlands Maritime Competitiveness  

Creating a brilliant European and Netherlands maritime future.
A strategic dialogue on: Shipping • Maritime Hubs • Ship Finance & Investment • Shipbuilding & Marine Equipment • Research & Development • Related Industries • High-Value Maritime Services.

A powerful exchange of ideas with the sea’s key stakeholders:
Shipowners, charterers, regulators, shipbuilders, equipment manufacturers, investors, capital providers, ports, consultants, and entrepreneurs. Together, they will confront challenges, seize emerging opportunities, and shape the future of European and Dutch maritime leadership.

🕙 16:10 - 17:00
‍SESSION 8

🔴  Concluding Session – Bold Moves & Hard Truths: Recommendations for the Future
‍

🕙 17:00 - 18:00

🍷🍺 Networking & Drinks ‍

‍‍
👉If you are an owner needing help finding a good capital provider, come to Mare Forum. Here they are.
👉 If you are a capital provider needing help finding a good owner, come to Mare Forum and meet them.
👉 If you are in shipping and ship finance and want to know what will happen next, come to Mare Forum. Good answers will be there.
‍

Rest assured, the Mare Forum Shipfinance conference will be an inspiring and enriching experience.
We are excited to see you participate.

🔴 Mare Forum – Where Brilliant Maritime Minds Converge to Shape the Future

Be there!