Glasses clinked at the first Cargo Day Ball held by Mercy Ships Switzerland on May 18 where talk focused on how to make a lasting difference in Africa.
Overlooking Lake Geneva in the grounds of the Domaine de Penthes, the setting could not have been more different to the African ports where the hospital vessel serves the needy.
But the event provided the well-heeled Swiss shipping community with the chance of proving that there was more to the shipping business than making money.
