GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FORUM – GIMF WAS FOUNDED IN 2016 UNDER THE INITIATIVE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GEORGIA IN ORDER TO REFLECT THE WORLD MARITIME INITIATIVES AND PROMOTE GEORGIA AS A MARITIME NATION THROUGHOUT THE GLOBE AND TO PROMOTE COMMON VALUES GEORGIA SHARES WITH INTERNATIONAL MARITIME COMMUNITY. FIRST EVER GEORGIA INTERNATIONAL MARITIME FORUM 2016 AIMED TO HIGHLIGHT THE READINESS TO BE THE HOST COUNTRY FOR IMO 2016 SHIPPING: INDISPENSABLE TO THE WORLD.