University visits

The Director, Mr José Maura, was pleased to return to the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden on 4 June 2018, to deliver presentations on the role of the IOPC Funds and the legal framework of the international liability and compensation regime. He also informed students of the recent developments and issues being dealt with by the IOPC Funds.
Later the same week, on 7 June 2018, Mr Maura, visited the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and delivered further general presentations on the IOPC Funds and also covered in detail a number of incident case studies, including the Agia Zoni II. In relation to that incident, he took the opportunity of his presence in Athens to meet up with the team at the IOPC Funds’ Claims Submission Office in Piraeus.