I. Patronage:

• Rektor of the University of Gdansk, JM Rektor Uniwersytetu Gdanskiego, Prof. Jerzy Gwizdała
• Pommeranian Marshall, Mieczysław Struk
• Der Senator für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Häfen, Freie Hansestadt Bremen

II. GlobMar 2018 Conference is jointly organized with:

• City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen
• Freie Hansestadt Bremen
• University of Szczecin Maritime
• University in Szczecin
• Gdynia Maritime University
• Maritime Institute in Gdansk

III. Academia:

• Shanghai Maritime University
• University of Antwerp
• Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics - ISL Bremen
• Erasmus University of Rotterdam
• Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku
• Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
• Klaipeda Shipping Research Centre
• Transport and Telecommunication Institute of Riga
• Dokuz Eylül University, Maritime Faculty,
• Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Columbia

IV. Business:

• Port of Gdansk Authority
• Rezerwa Sp. z o.o.

IV. Media:

• Baltic Transport Journal
• Harbours Review
• NAMIARY
• Baltic LINes