Mideast Shipping and Trading’s Shabbir Baig and Steve Wansell celebrated their 50th birthdays in style at the Royal Exchange in central London.

Brokers, lawyers, underwriters, bankers and others turned out in force as managing director Baig and general manager Wansell also toasted more than nine years of working together.

Guests of shiprecycling cash buyer Mideast came from as far as Stockholm and Hamburg but included many familiar faces from companies including Clarksons, Braemar ACM, Howe Robinson Partners, Seasure and HFW.