World Maritime Day 2026 (and 2027)
IMO putting policy into action.
The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) World Maritime Day for 2026 is on 24 September. The theme for this year and also next year is “From Policy to Practice: Powering Maritime Excellence.”
From the IMO website:
From Policy to Practice in the theme underscores IMO’s core mission of ensuring that the global regulatory framework it develops is not merely adopted in principle but translated into concrete national legislation, enforcement and day-to-day operations across the maritime sector.
Powering signals the momentum and targeted support through capacity-building, technical cooperation and knowledge sharing which IMO, together with its partners, provides to drive this transition.
Maritime Excellence conveys the ultimate objective: a consistently safe, secure, efficient and environmentally sustainable shipping industry, operating to the highest international standards and continually striving for improvement.
