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ISSA and Ship Supply News
New Zealand Association hosts 35th
anniversary AGM
it was enjoyable and would be happy to
follow the same format next time.”
Two new membership applications
were approved and Mrs Innes said the
Association was looking forward to
welcoming them at the next AGM to be
held in September 2016.
Mrs Innes also provided a detailed
presentation on the 60th Jubilee
ISSA Conference held in Singapore in
April this year. Members found the
1/information shared from this conference
Tto be of great interest and relevance
he New Zealand Association of attending the meetings - Mark Barry from to their businesses. It was agreed that
Ship Suppliers (NZSSA), which Auckland Provedores and John Fitzgerald New Zealand should seek to have a
celebrates its 35th anniversary from Voyce and Co in Port Lyttelton.more regular attendance at future
this year, held its Annual General Meeting “It was really interesting listening to ISSA conferences / meetings due to the
in Christchurch, New Zealand recently.John Fitzgerald tell us about how our obvious value that ISSA brings to the
The Association has three members Association was formed and we were individual businesses. u
in Christchurch and at last year’s meeting all enthralled with his recollections,”
it was decided that the Association would said Chairperson Fiona Innes, who was
show support for them and their city, re-elected unopposed for another year
which was devastated by the earthquakes along with Secretary Fiona Russell.
1/ Pictured at the 35th Anniversary NZSSA AGM are
in 2010 and 2011.She added: “We had a very robust (left to right): Brett Dean (Bay Providors); Dave
The very irst meeting held in 1977 meeting at the Lone Star Restaurant and Smith (Bay Providors); Fiona Innes, Chairperson
(NZ Shipping Services, Nelson Shipping Services);
at the James Cook Hotel in Wellington, due to having so much to discuss, we ate Terry Sigvertsen (Kingston Catering & Providoring);
was attended by members from nine our meal whilst continuing to discuss Fiona Russell, Secretary, (Sea Stores), John Fitzgerald
(J Voyce and Co), Brian Russell (Sea Stores), Cara
companies. Of those nine company business. A novel and new way to hold Beauvais (NZ Shipping Services, Nelson Shipping
attendees, two original members are stillour meeting but everyone agreed thatServices), Chris Innes (NZ Shipping Services, Nelson
Shipping Services).
German Shipsuppliers Association
publishes new Register
T
he Hamburg-headquartered German Shipsuppliers Association has published the 43rd
edition of its annual German Shipsuppliers Register containing information on 135 ship
store merchants in 23 German ports along with some specialised maritime lawyers.
More than 4,000 copies of the Register will be distributed worldwide to ship owners, ship
brokers, ship suppliers and other companies allied to the shipping industry and shipyards.
The Register includes data on Association member companies considered as bona-ide
ship store merchants and enables a ship owner to select a supplier from a large number of
companies. It also provides extensive information on the ship store trade in Germany for the
wholesale trade and others connected with the shipping industry.
An online version of the German Shipsuppliers Register 2015/16 can be downloaded
from the Association’s website www.shipsuppliers.de under ‘Publication’, ‘By our Association’.
Companies interested in the print version of the Register can be included in the
distribution list for next year’s delivery. u
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