BIMCO Education & Training Award

Julie Lithgow accepts the Award on behalf of the Institute

The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is honoured for its ongoing commitment in supporting professional maritime education around the world London 19 November 2015.

The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers is honoured for its ongoing commitment in supporting professional maritime education around the world London 19 November 2015.

The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, the maritime industry's only body dedicated to professional education, has won the BIMCO Education and Training Award 2015. The Institute scooped the award in recognition of its investment in new learning, growth in student and graduate numbers and innovative teaching techniques.

In 2014 the Institute took the decision to double its examination programme and for the first time organised two series of exams inside 12 months. In the first year, more than 4,000 students sat some 6,000 exams in more than 100 exam centres around the world.