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Strong Line Up of Events on Final Day of Asia's Leading Maritime Show
Singapore, Wednesday April 4, 2007

The Sea Asia Conference and exhibition final day was marked by a sparkling and varied series of events and happenings.

As it was confirmed that more than 7,000 people had attended the iconic maritime event, the show itself was in full flow right until the end on Wednesday.

The show highlight was the Maritime Youth Day organized by the Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore with the support of industry partners.

More than 1,000 youngsters from local Singapore schools and colleges took part in a series of fun and engaging activities aimed at highlighting the attractions of working in the maritime sector.

Other events included :

• The Young Persons’ Guide to Shipping and Chartering , in association with BIMCO

• A session on Shipbuilding and shiprepair procurement which looked at the dynamics of maritime expansion and the search for greater efficiencies.

• A lively and entertaining session on marine insurance attended by 120 delegates. Some of the most senior marine underwriters attended this session including Mark Watkins, an active underwriter of the Mark Watkins Syndicate at Lloyd’s.

Earlier on Wednesday ,in a news conference at Sea Asia 2007, INTERTANKO Managing Director Peter Swift said the organization was committed to making certain that the Asian voice is heard, understood and considered, when discussing the international transport of petroleum energy and chemicals.

“Three of the ten largest tanker owners, who are members of INTERTANKO are Asians, and more than 35% of our overall membership is from Asia,” Mr. Swift said.

INTERTANKO has 260 members with 2650 tankers of over 220 million tonnes deadweight, according to the organisation’s statistics.

Mr. Swift also announced that Intertanko’s new chairman, Nicholas Fistes, had identified four broad objectives for the next two years.

“I want to actively encourage the wider involvement of our membership in INTERTANKO’s work,” Mr. Fistes had said in an earlier press release, adding that the group had a “vast pool of experience and expertise.”

Areas of priority identified are:

• Human Element – particularly, encouraging training at sea.

• Improving the tanker industry’s image – which is of crucial importance in attracting young people to a career at sea.

• The Poseidon Challenge – to strive towards making the sea-going workplace 100% safe and the marine environment 100% pollution free.

“We at INTERTANKO have to lead. We have to excel,” Mr. Fistes had said. “This is our destiny.”

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