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Dear ISSA Members and Maritime Colleagues

ast year was a very busy one OCEAN, the European Ship

with a number of activities and Suppliers Organization, has agreed to
public relations opportunities have a meeting in early May and this

for ISSA globally and now, in the first time it is going to be in Genoa, Italy on
quarter of 2014, it is also showing signs May 8th and 9th. This will give

of being a busy time for many of us.
members a chance to discuss any

matters of concern affecting ship We have seen small hints of an
supply in Europe.
economic recovery in many places

around the world. However, the signs Plans are also very much on track
are still few and far between which for the Panama AGM and Regional

means the work that we are doing in Meeting on 30th and 31st May and I
establishing our ‘Watchdog’ project is have personally received a lot of

becoming ever more urgent and we interest not only from our Assembly
have speeded up the work on this very Members but also from many ordinary

comprehensive service for our ISSA members who would like to
members. We hope to bring you more travel to Panama and attend.

news soon.
Because this is a combined
Also, earlier in the year, we started congress and regional meeting, we are

planned work to update the ISSA encouraging all members and

Conditions – one of the important members who do not normally travel
items in our ‘roadmap’ – and we are to our ISSA Conventions to attend.

scheduled to present a draft to the We have a great number of national,
ISSA Assembly at the Annual as well as associate, members in the

General Meeting and Regional South, Central and North American
Meeting in Panama.
regions but there is still a vast market

The work to become more visible in for new potential members, which we
the electronic presentation of our Ship intend to explore.

Stores database is also moving along We are also receiving a keen
according to schedule and our first interest for sponsorship so anyone

priority is to produce a ‘back office’ requiring further information or who

You can keep up to date with the facility which has been very much called has not yet signed up can do so by
for by many of our members and their visiting the ISSA website.
latest news on the ISSA website at
www.shipsupply.org and send in customers. We have also recently I hope to see as many of you there
launched a marketing drive for the as possible.
your comments and views to the
ISSA Secretariat either by phone printed catalogue – our industry is
on +44 (0)20 7626 6236; Fax +44 relatively conservative in the use of

(0)20 7626 6234 or alternatively online tools so I still feel that there is Jens Olsen
email secretariat@shipsupply.org
going to be a market for it.
ISSA President

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