An independent non-profit organisation founded in 1979, the Institute of Shipping and International Trade works closely with several major research institutes and universities around the world. Operating from our bases at Norwich and Ipswich, we also have satellite Learning Centres in Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Essex. The Institute seeks to foster closer international relations through advanced scholarship and educational exchanges between the various nations of the world. The Institute provides an independent forum for scholarly enquiry and affords various financial support, facilities and resources to educators, scholars, researchers advanced postgraduate students.

 

An important part of our our work is to serve as a liaison between academia and the wider maritime and intermodal shipping communities. The Institute has longstanding links with regional producers and manufacturers, shipping interests, ports and port authorities, freight handlers, charterers, insurers, shipowner associations, P&I clubs, coastal and waterways agencies, and governmental and intergovernmental bodies. Working together with affiliate institutions and trade bodies, the Institute is committed to the development of East Anglia as a premier global trading hub in its own right and to position the constituent community with direct and independant access to global trading opportunities.

 

 

Our mission

 

Maintaining position as a centre of excellence for postgraduate research and education in maritime shipping and international trade, our mission is to serve the global community through education, research and training, to ensure safe, secure, efficient, and conscientious shipping and international trade practices.

 

The Institute seeks to contribute to maritime capacity-building and to the development of effective policies for the regional, national and international maritime and trade communities. To achieve these aims, the Institute continues to provide technical, operational and scientific support assistance to individuals and organisations involved in maritime transportation and international trade.

Our core work is to develop knowledge, insight and skill amongst leaders, experts and professionals in the fields of maritime shipping and international trade.

The Institute is committed to sustainability through education and research in the multiple academic disciplines touching maritime shipping and international trade. We seek to instill in our constituent members an ethos of rigourous intellectual learning, disciplined academic enquiry, applied technological skills, leadership development, and global awareness.

 

The Institute is an open forum for international collaboration on maritime transportation and international trading relations, dedicated to academic freedom. We seek to recognise and develop the potential of all individuals. We respect human rights and hold an inviolate stance against invidious discrimination.
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