15 Esben Poulsson and Guy Platten, International Chamber of Shipping
The ICS chairman and secretary-general have found new prominence as shipping’s public voice in 2021, from vaccinating seafarers to pushing for global emissions measures at COP26
The Ever Given grounding kicked off a year of unprecedented global attention on the shipping industry; the ICS has used that attention to lobby for seafarers and supply chains, as well as backing a carbon levy and a net-zero-by-2050 target