In its 13th year, rather than Hanseatic Underwriters, it was the team of Thomas Miller Specialty P&I who hosted this year's German P&I 'Summer Lounge'.
The UK P&I Club traces its beginnings to 1869, a pivotal year in maritime history marked by the Suez Canal's opening and the launch of the famous Cutty Sark.
The recent spate of attacks on tankers in the Straits of Hormuz has brought into focus the risks faced by shipowners when trading to areas of political unrest.