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Confirmed Santiago Garcia-Milà president of the European Sea Ports Organisation
Vices president are Annaleena Mäkilä and Eamonn O'Reilly
November 4, 2014
Today the assembly of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO), met to Brussels, has confirmed unanimously Santiago Garcia-Milà president of the association for a next second term to that for period 2012-2014. The assembly has elected also Annaleena Mäkilä and Eamonn O'Reilly which vices president. O'Reilly, that he is the general manager of Dublin Port Company, begins therefore a second term with this charge. Annaleen Mäkilä is executive director of the association of the Finnish ports.
Currently Garci'a-Thousand is assistant general manager of the Harbour Authority of Barcelona; moreover he is vice president of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), president of port community system the PortIC of Barcelona, managing director of tmZ the Zaragoza Inland Terminal and associate university professor of international marketing near the University of Barcelona.
"Last the two years - Garci'a-Thousand has declared - have been very challenging for ESPO, both characterized from a new proposed of regulations on the table and from the development of a new political picture on IT TRY. On both topics ESPO it has succeeded, in spite of the differences of its ports, to assume a solid position and to work in professional way with the political responsibles of the EU in the optical of better politics". The job - it has added - is not ended: "I hope - it has specified - than can be continued on this road, to explain the political responsibles of the EU as the ports work, to share our acquaintances and our experience and to convince the decision maker European that the European ports work. I am happy for contributing to this job for others two years and would want to thank the associates of ESPO for this vote of confidence".
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