Posidonia has become the latest casualty of the coronavirus pandemic, with organisers announcing on Tuesday they are pushing back what is arguably the world's biggest shipping event to October.

Organisers said in a statement the biennial jamboree was postponed from early June to now start on 26 October.

Posidonia’s flagship conference, the TradeWinds Shipowners Forum, will now likely take place on 27 October, a Tuesday.