International Marine Purchasing Association

The International Marine Purchasing Association (IMPA), founded in 1978, is a non-profit membership organization headquartered in Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom, representing the maritime procurement and supply chain management industry. Established by a group of senior purchasing executives seeking an industry voice, IMPA now represents a community of more than 1,000 maritime purchaser and supplier members across more than 90 countries, with its purchaser members collectively representing over 6,000 vessels, or more than 10 percent of the global fleet. The association organizes its work around five pillars: Insights, Sustainability, the Marine Stores Guide, Education, and Networking, and it created the industry's first UN-aligned responsible supply chain management system through its IMPA ACT initiative, alongside the IMPA SAVE program supporting ocean stewardship and reduced environmental impact. IMPA publishes Marine Trader, its official journal for maritime procurement and supply chain management, maintains an extensive members' directory and library and resource center, and hosts the annual IMPA London conference along with training courses and educational programming for purchasers and suppliers across the global maritime business.

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