November 5, 2025 9:00 AM
Conference
700 EUR (ex. VAT)
International Europort Exhibition at the Ahoy Exhibition Center. Rotterdam

24th Mare Forum Ship Finance 2025

The Capital Providers - Shipowners Dialogue

The Mare Forum Odyssey continues — next stop: Rotterdam. Following the success of the 23 previous Mare Forum Ship Finance events held in the Netherlands - and the numerous Mare Forums hosted in key maritime hubs such as Oslo, Geneva, Monaco, Athens, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Mykonos, Rotterdam, Singapore, and across the USA — we are delighted to announce our return to Rotterdam for the 24th Mare Forum Ship Finance 2025.[scroll down]..

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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!

Speakers & Panelists

Gilbèrt de Bock
Gilbèrt de Bock
Managing Director
De Bock Maritime B.V.
Rico Luman
Rico Luman
Senior Economist - research lead - global sector research
ING Bank
Nurettin Caliskan
Nurettin Caliskan
President International Relations,
Turkish Shipbuilders Association GISBIR
Nicholas Brown
Nicholas Brown
Corporate Affairs Director. Marine & Offshore Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
Katalin Dobranszky
Katalin Dobranszky
Senior Director, Policy Analysis, Social Affairs and Finance
European Shipowners (ECSA)
Paul Altena
Paul Altena
Director, International Safety, Environmental, Digitalization and Classification Affairs
Sea Europe
Joep Gorgels
Joep Gorgels
CFO / CBDO – Chief Financial and Business Development Officer
EST- FLOATTECH
Caspar van Overklift
Caspar van Overklift
Business Development & Manager ESG, ForestWave
Member of SPLITHOFF GROUP
Dagfinn Lunde
Dagfinn Lunde
Chairman and Co-founder / Chairman
eShipfinance.com, DagMar Navigation Ltd / Cleaves Securities AS
Zhongyi (John) Su
Zhongyi (John) Su
Group Chairman & CEO
Erasmus Shipinvest Group
Francesco Fuselli
Francesco Fuselli
Managing Director
Banchero Costa & co
Geert Dokter
Geert Dokter
CEO
Conoship International BV
Michael de Visser
Michael de Visser
Managing Director
SEAHORSE Consulting & Invest
Phrixos Papachristidis
Phrixos Papachristidis
Chief Executive Officer
Hellespont Group
more panellists to be announced
more panellists to be announced
Pieter Baan
Pieter Baan
Director
ING Business Banking Shipping
Marc Buijs
Marc Buijs
Lending Specialist and Board Member, Young Maritime
ING BANK and and Board Member, Young Maritime
Annet Koster
Annet Koster
Managing Director
Royal Association of Netherlands' Shipowners
Marina Tzoutzouraki
Marina Tzoutzouraki
CFO and co-founder
eShipfinance.com
Michiel Steeman
Michiel Steeman
Managing Partner
Zuyderzee Capital
Pieter van der Burg
Pieter van der Burg
Managing Director
NESEC Ship Finance
Nienke Blans
Nienke Blans
CFO
MSEACAPITAL
Iraklis Tsirigotis
Iraklis Tsirigotis
Director of Origination
Neptune Maritime Leasing
Heleen Quint
Heleen Quint
Senior Export Credit Specialist
Atradius Dutch State Business NV
Connie Roozen
Connie Roozen
Tax Partner
C&B More

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