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Dear ISSA Members and Maritime Colleagues

e had an extremely positive payers and also assist them in

Regional Meeting
in recovering payments, and we hope this
Panama at the end of May can be released by the end of the year.

with everyone very interested in what The next big meeting is the
the speakers had to say and, with over
Executive Board Meeting in the UK in

70 attendees and also guests coming in,
September when we will have quite a
all in all it was a great success.
few things to decide on, and then

We focused on how to make money, attention will turn to our 60th
how to save money and how to make anniversary Convention in Singapore,

sure you get paid and these topics were from 24th to 26th April, 2015.
found to be very interesting.
At the AGM in Panama, it was also

approved that in 2016, the annual We also held the Association’s
Convention will be held in Dubai. It Annual General Meeting – I shall be

will be the third time we have held it stepping down as President at the end

there, and it will take place in late
of this year and Abdul Hameed Hajah
from Singapore will take up this role October/early November.

from January next year.
For now, we will be concentrating
I still have half a year left of the on tying up the aforementioned

Presidency and will be working to projects before my presidency ends
finalise the projects we already have in then, of course, it will be up to the

the pipeline – one of which is the back new Board to come up with new ideas
office data licence which, for and carry on the good work for

unavoidable reasons, could not be ISSA members.
We have now grown our presented in Panama. We should

membership to more than 1,700 and so hopefully see this released at the

You can keep up to date with the all is looking positive for the Association beginning of the autumn.
Another is the e-catalogue which is and with the industry starting to
latest news on the ISSA website at
www.shipsupply.org and send in still being finalised and we hope the recover, albeit slowly, there is a little bit
Executive Board can approve it when it of light at the end of the tunnel and we
your comments and views to the
ISSA Secretariat either by phone meets in September. There is also the hope it continues to shine through.
on +44 (0)20 7626 6236; Fax +44 Watchdog initiative, which will help to

(0)20 7626 6234 or alternatively ensure members get paid by enabling Jens Olsen
email secretariat@shipsupply.org
them to share experiences about bad
ISSA President

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