An all-star cast of shipping people gathered in Monaco last week to toast the 20th anniversary of commercial manager and shipowner C Transport Maritime group.
CEO and owner John Michael Radziwill said CTM was honoured by the presence of “industry heavyweights and, frankly, legends” — and that was no understatement. (TradeWinds was there too).
The guest list not only included the people who are important to CTM today but also honoured those who have helped the company and Radziwill himself along the way.
Shipping stalwart Tim Huxley, CEO of Mandarin Shipping, was present. During his time at Clarksons, Huxley was the broker who sold Radziwill his first ship, which the young shipowner renamed — appropriately — Nautical Dream.
In his speech, Radziwill credited CTM’s employees, family, friends, partners and clients for the group’s success.
“Over two decades ago, we started together here in Monaco with a shared vision and steadfast dedication to continually achieving ever-improving excellent outcomes in value creation, in thought partnership and meaningful relationships,” Radziwill said.
He said the event was to recognise CTM’s growth “in performance, growth in creativity and growth in distinctive impact to all those we serve, and lastly — most importantly — growth in people, which is the core of everything we do”.
“Over the past 20 years, we’ve introduced many initiatives that are a testament to the innovative spirit that we’ve worked hard to cultivate, from our pools, the launch of GoodBulk, Stone Shipping to the small changes that go unseen but not unfelt,” Radziwill said.
He closed CTM’s first two decades and ushered in the next one with a rallying cry: “We must always challenge each other and we never ever lower the bar!”
We’ll drink to that.
