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Esben Poulsson is elected president of the International Chamber of Shipping
Is president of the Singapore Shipping Association
June 3, 2016
the president of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), Esben Poulsson, is elected president of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) in the course of the shareholders' meeting of the held international shipowning association yesterday to Tokyo. Poulsson succeeds to Masamichi Morooka who has decided to leave the assignment after four years of mandate the presidency of the ICS. Vices president are elected John C. Lyras (Greece), Karin Orsel (Holland), Mark Martecchini (Liberia) and Gerardo Borromeo (Philippine).
Poulsson has anticipated that they will be the two main challenges of its mandate: "the first - it has explained - will be to work with the Member States of the IMO in order to complete ulterior progresses in facing the topic of the emissions of co2 of international the marine transport, between which our proposal second which the IMO would have to develop a "determined programmed contribution from the IMO" for the reduction of the co2 of the field, in a similar manner to the engagements already assumed from the governments which part of the agreement to the COP21 of Paris. But still more it press, from the point of view of the field - it has specified Poulsson - is to assess itself that we are ready to almost the sure effectiveness of Convention IMO on the management of the ballast water, engaging to us with the governments, in particular with that of the United States, in order to exceed some remaining but absolutely serious problems of implementation".
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the president of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA), Esben Poulsson, is elected president of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) in the course of the shareholders' meeting of the held international shipowning association yesterday to Tokyo. Poulsson succeeds to Masamichi Morooka who has decided to leave the assignment after four years of mandate the presidency of the ICS. Vices president are elected John C. Lyras (Greece), Karin Orsel (Holland), Mark Martecchini (Liberia) and Gerardo Borromeo (Philippine).
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