CMA Shipping

The audio recordings and presentation materials from CMA Shipping 2014 are now available.

Visit http://www.shipping2014.com/postprogram/postprogram.htm for links to all content, much of which relates to regulatory issues facing flag states, class societies and ship owners and managers.

The Connecticut Maritime Association's Annual Shipping 2014 conference and exposition will take place March 17-19, 2014.

As is customary the OGSR staff took time to speak with representatives from the various ship registries throughout CMA Shipping this past week.

Representatives from several of the world's flag states spoke with the OGSR team at CMA Shipping 2012 regarding their clients' rights to hire armed personnel to protect their vessels and crews.

The Bahamas Maritime Authority today has joined the Panama, Liberia and Marshall Islands as the newest registry to sign the Washington Declaration Condemning Acts of Violence Against Seafarers.