Denoting an achievement accomplishment in the UAE maritime industry, today (Tuesday 24th September) saw the UAE Shipping Association (UAESA) turning into a full member of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS).

The signing, which occured on Day 2 of Sea trade Ship tech at the Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE, will give a structure to closer coordinated effort of the two affiliations. The occasion is a piece of the UAE Maritime Week occuring under the support of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai.

The MOU plots the roles that UAESA and ICS should have to represent proprietors and administrators in all shipping sectors and exchanges over the worldwide and territorial associations, controllers and different bodies which effect and influence the interests of global transportation.

ICS Chairman, Mr Esben Poulsson stated: The UAE has a glad history of seeking to the sea for its future. From the mid 1900s when Dubai was proclaimed a free port to today when the UAE places seaport foundation quality at the core of Vision 2021. It is therefore only natural that as the delegates of the worlds national ship owner affiliations we should need to further bond our connections to guarantee that we fill in as successfully as conceivable on the side of a worldwide administrative system for shipping.

Mr Poulsson included: The UAE has been driving the manner in which with regards to the vitality progress. As the ICS hopes to shape the eventual fate of shipping we can just get profit by the experience and initiative that the UAE is giving during this time of change for the maritime sector.

Representing UAESA, the Chairman Capt. Abdul kareem Al Mesabi, stated: As chairman of the UAE Shipping association I have the delight to report that today we will be formally joining the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) as its most recent full member.

The ICS has a countless full and related individuals and accordingly a near worldwide network. When I say nearly I imply that so far the Middle East has not been spoken and I am glad to close this hole and to offer UAE based ship proprietors a platform to voice their worries and opinions and to be heard!

Capt. Al Mesabi included: UAESA was propelled in 2005 and officially established in 2007. The vision of the affiliation is to advance and ensure the interests of ship owners and the shipping community of the UAE, whilst moreover giving a mutual platform for communication within the remaining maritime industry.

We have till date a sum of 32 individuals and our goal is to be a focal communication point between the business and the specialists. As UAE keeps on fortifying its situation as one of the worlds driving global maritime clusters, our vision is to include more an incentive towards this development. By joining the ICS we will have the option to concentrate on representing provincial substances on worldwide platforms to acquire more global acknowledgment.

The ICS is legitimately working with the IMO; accordingly we are in a viable situation with both the UAE government as well as the IMO as a global body. It will also reinforce the position the membership position of the UAE with the IMO.

The advantages towards the UAE as a maritime hub won't just guide in the investigation and alternatives that are accessible to us already, yet make and create practices and direction's with the broad assistance of information controlled by the ICS so as to help our very own ship owners and operators in all sectors and trades.