2017 : Mercy Ships Cargo Day

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Cargo Day nets more than $650,000 for Mercy Ships

Shipping and trading industry support of Mercy Ships’ Cargo Day has reached $651,400 — double the figure of a year

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National Geographic

Nat Geo has produced an amazing documentary series on Mercy Ships called “The Surgery Ship”. More than 70% of the

Mercy Ships Cargo Day has $500k in its sights

Very happy to see the result so far, considering the market is weak compared with last year.

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Industry rallies behind Cargo Day

Mercy Ships has already raised over $394,000 from its second annual Cargo Day — easily beating last year’s $320,000. It

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Concordia Maritime supports Mercy Ships Cargo Day

Mercy Ships Cargo Day is being held for the second year and Concordia Maritime is one of the companies supporting

Big names urge owners to support Mercy Ships event

40 companies have so far signed up to participate. By last week, about $40,000 had been pledged, but it is hoped that this figure will soar to at least $640,000, double the amount raised at the inaugural Cargo Day in 2016. Much of this is expected to flow from charterers committing so-called Mercy Cargoes to participating shipbrokers, port agents and inspection companies, which will then donate 50% of their commissions to Mercy Ships.

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