The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS) is a
professional
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and
learned society
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for all members of the commercial
shipping industry
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) and hydraulic effluvial transport, or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people ( passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used thro ...
worldwide. After being founded in 1911 in
London
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, the
ICS was granted a
Royal Charter
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in 1920.
The Institute provides the
shipping industry
Maritime transport (or ocean transport) and hydraulic effluvial transport, or more generally waterborne transport, is the transport of people ( passengers) or goods (cargo) via waterways. Freight transport by sea has been widely used thro ...
with highly qualified professionals being the only internationally recognised
professional body
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in the commercial maritime sphere.
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It represents shipbroker
Shipbroking is a financial service, which forms part of the global shipping industry. Shipbrokers are specialist intermediaries/negotiators (i.e. brokers) between shipowners and charterers who use ships to transport cargo, or between buyers an ...
s, ship managers and ship agents throughout the world with 24 branch
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es in key locations and comprises 4,000 individual Member
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* Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon
* Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set
* In object-oriented programming, a member of a class
** Field (computer science), entries in ...
s and Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
Within the context of higher education ...
s.
See also
* Baltic Exchange
The Baltic Exchange (incorporated as The Baltic Exchange Limited) is a membership organisation for the maritime industry, and freight market information provider for the trading and settlement of physical and derivative contracts. It was locate ...
* Worshipful Company of Shipwrights
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights is one of the ancient livery companies of the City of London. Although the Shipwrights' Company is no longer a shipbuilding trade association representing solely London-based industry, through its members ...
References
External links
* ICS'
Code of Governance and Professional Conduct
''Shipping Network'' – Magazine of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers
1911 establishments in the United Kingdom
Business organisations based in London
International organisations based in London
International professional associations
Learned societies of the United Kingdom
Organisations based in the London Borough of Southwark
Organizations established in 1911
Chartered Shipbrokers
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