Hello World…
Posted on | November 30, 2009 | No Comments
This blog has been created to start
a dialogue and debate in the shipping industry worldwide to stimulate support for my quality objectives.
These are to build support for action to create safer ships, cleaner seas and greater protection for the environment. The achievement of these goals is vital during the current recession, to prevent slippage in quality due to financial pressures.
I will be blogging entirely as an independent person, expressing my own views and not those of International Registries, Inc (IRI) of which I am a Managing Partner, nor those of the Marshall Islands ship registry which it administers. They also are not the views of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association [NAMEPA], of which I am Chairman.
In addition to shipowners, the important participants in this process include regulators, the IMO, the EU, ship managers, charterers, underwriters, bankers, private equity interests, port states, coastal states, flag states, class, IACS, RO’s, and last but not least the seafarers themselves, the vital human element and the crews aboard the ships.
This site will aim to stimulate maximum participation within the industry and all interested parties, with lots of “buzz” and “twitter”. This site will be updated frequently, possibly several times a day.
To help achieve my aims and to assist me as Editor-In-Chief of the blog, I have assembled an all-star team of columnists including Hans Payer, Michael Grey and Neville Smith
Happy reading and I look forward to the open dialogue and thought-provoking discussion this site will generate.
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