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Foreword

Dear ISSA Members and Maritime Colleagues

Fresh from seeing many of you at systems. It proved very popular in the

IMPA in London – where we were made past and once again will shortly be
most welcome and for which we thank the available to all on a three-year licence

Association most sincerely – I am delighted basis. Again – further information is
to report great interest in the 2016 ISSA available from the ISSA Secretary and a

Convention & Trade Exhibition in Dubai.link will be present from 1st November
Many of you will know that in on the ISSA website www.shipsupply.org

Singapore last May we re-established I am delighted to say that our old
the ISSA Convention & Trade Exhibition friends at Lloyd’s List have agreed to offer

once again as a “must attend” event for ISSA Members new products and services
at discounted rates after an absence of
ship suppliers worldwide.
Next year promises to build on that some years. You can read about this in

raising of the bar by teaming up through this edition of The Ship Supplier. This is the
our national association – UNSSA – start of a range of new services for ISSA

with Seatrade Middle East and their Members which will help you in your daily
spectacular show.business and increase still further the

ISSA will be very prominent in the beneits of membership.
Dubai Exhibition Centre with our own Work is well underway inalising one

pavilion, the option to locate your stand of our most important publications: the
wherever you want within the Seatrade ISSA Register 2016. Our aim is to have

Middle East Exhibition and our own this distributed from London before the
end of the year.
dedicated Plenary Hall ideally situated
for the all-important presentations by The revised and refreshed ISSA

senior and signiicant maritime igures.website – www.shipsupply.org –
The dates are 31st October to 2nd continues to be the “go to” location when

November 2016 and I invite all ISSA a ship owner is searching for an ISSA
Members to do their best to attend Member and the number of “hits” is into

what promises to be one of next year’s the millions over the course of a year,
premier maritime occasions.which amazes and delights me as it goes

Initial expressions of interestto show just how important the maritime
need to be e-mailed to the ISSA industry considers ISSA to be.

Secretary at secretariat@shipsupply. You will have noticed we have
org to guarantee you are in the loop introduced advertising on to the website

for all the information as it is produced and this is proving very popular with

concerning ISSA 61 in Dubai.members. Any are most welcome
We took the opportunity earlierto advertise their companies on the

in the month in London to stage an website for a modest fee.
informal gathering of the ISSA Executive Shipping – in particular the dry bulk

Board (utilising state-of-the-art video sector – continues to face challenging
conferencing for those who could not times and I am fully aware of the impact

attend) and following sign-off by the this slow-down is having on Members.
Board I am pleased to conirm thatRest assured that the ISSA Assembly and

our long-awaited and brand new ISSA Executive Board remain committed to
You can keep up to date with the Catalogue Back Ofice System will be protecting your economic interests and
latest news on the ISSA website at
launched by the end of the year.doing our best to ind innovative solutions
www.shipsupply.org and send in your
comments and views to the ISSA This will allow ship owners,of value to ISSA Members worldwide.
ship managers and ship suppliersBest wishes to all.
Secretariat either by phone on +44
(0)20 7626 6236; Fax +44 (0)20 to incorporate the ISSA Catalogue
7626 6234 or alternatively email descriptors and images into their own Abdul Hameed Hajah

secretariat@shipsupply.org“back ofice” purchasing and supplyISSA President

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