FONASBA and ACB have opened registrations for the 12^th Liner Shipping Transportation course which runs from 30^th March to 25^th June. Full details can be found here.

As a result of COVID-19, the 2020 FONASBA Annual Meeting is being held virtually, with the meetings spread across a period of three months, from November 2020 to February 2021.

Whilst the Council Meeting was held as a formal meeting, the plenary meetings of the Standing Committees are being held as webinars and therefore no minutes were taken.

Copies of the papers and presentations given at the Council Meeting and Standing Committee plenary webinars can be found below:

Council Meeting:

Delegate Attendance List

Council Meeting Agendum

President’s Welcome

Minutes of the 2019 Miami Council Meeting

Annual Meeting 2022, Presentation by the Bahrain Shipping Agents Association

ECASBA Brussels Representation

Regional Reports:
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East and South Asia

Finance Report

Articles and By Laws Revision

Election of Officers

Education Report

External Relations Report

Annual Meeting 2021, Presentation by NAVES, Belgium

Council Meeting Minutes

Association Best Practices Committee Plenary Meeting:

Slide Deck

“Inspiring our Future” (Digitalisation and Automation) Committee Plenary Meeting:

Slide Deck

A recording of this webinar can be watched below:

Ship Agent Committee Plenary Webinar

Slide Deck

A recording of this webinar can be watched below

Ship Broker Committee Plenary Webinar

A recording of this webinar can be watched below.

European Committee (ECASBA) Plenary Webinar

A recording of this webinar can be watched below.

Slide Deck

 

Held as part of European Shipping Week 2020, ECASBA’s European seminar took place at the NH Berlaymont Hotel on Wednesday 19th February.

The presentations given at the seminar can be downloaded as .pdf files using the links below.

European Issues Update: The traditional opening presentation summarising the issues currently being addressed by ECASBA, presented by General Manager Jonathan C. Williams FICS

ECASBA Position Papers and Action Plans – presentations on two of the subjects covered by ECASBA’s newly launched position papers:
Customs Action Plan: Presented by Hilde Bruggeman, – coordinator of the ECASBA Customs Working Group
Recognition of Agents: Presented by Jean-Pascal Bidoire, ECASBA Vice Chair

Digitalisation and Innovation, the impact on ship agents:
“Port +”: Presented by Jan van Dooren, this is an introduction to the Antwerp-based port-call optimisation and data sharing facility
“Innovating Together”: Presented by Raoul Tan, an overview of the extensive digitalisation projects being undertaken by the Port of Rotterdam

The European Single Window Projects:
Three presentations by the European Commission:
The EU Single Window Environment for Customs: Presented By Zahouani Saadaoui, Head of Sector, DG-TAXUD
The European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe): Presented by Jukka Savo, Policy Officer, DG-MOVE
The Impact of the EMSWe on Customs: Presented by Marco Marsili, Policy Officer, DG-TAXUD

The EMSWe: the industry view: Presented by Capt. Peter Langbein and Bastian Güttner of BSMD, Bremen

 

FONASBA is pleased to announce that it has linked up with the World Customs Organisation to offer company members of its national associations discounted access to the range of customs training courses provided by WCO. Further information can be found via this link:  http://www.fonasba.com/world-customs-organisation-customs-training-courses

Entries are now open for the 2020 Young Ship Agent or Ship Broker Award. Applicants must be aged under 40 at the time of making their entry and be employed by a company that is a member of FONASBA national association or is itself an Associate or Club Member.

As in previous years, candidates are invited to submit a short (one page) synopsis of the subject and coverage of their proposed entry to the Review Committee, this year by 31st March 2020.

The 2020 Award entry criteria, can be found here.  Synopses and entries should be sent to admin@fonasba.com

FONASBA marked its 50th anniversary with the launch at the Miami Annual Meeting of a book entitled “FONASBA, the First Fifty”, which reviews the history of the Federation since its foundation in London in 1969, examines its current role and then looks forward to the next 50 years. It includes contributions from all of FONASBA’s current past Presidents,  the Chairs of its Committees and the winners of the Young Ship Agent and Ship Broker award.

Copies of the book are being presented to all FONASBA member associations and to all the contributors. An electronic copy of the book can be downloaded from Dropbox using this link. Please note that this is an 86mB file so may take a significant time to download.

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2019 FONASBA Young Ship Agent or Ship Broker of the Year Award is Stefan Gielen of MSC Belgium, based in Antwerp.

Stefan’s paper, entitled “Crusade towards correct Dangerous Goods declarations – A comprehensive overview of the current document flow” was described by the Award Review Committee Chairman, FONASBA Past President and Honorary Member Gunnar J. Heinonen as being “an excellent, intelligent, informative and forward-looking analysis, spotting and analysing the problems of Dangerous Goods declarations. It was well set out, well referenced and provided much food for thought for the challenges of future development”.

A copy of his paper can be found here.

As is customary, Stefan received his prizes, once again very generously sponsored by BIMCO and ITIC, during the Gala Dinner held at the close of FONASBA’s 50^th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Miami. Pictured below Stefan Gielen, centre left, receives his prizes from, left to right, Education Vice President Capt. Jakov Karmelić, Award Winner and BIMCO Documentary Committee Chair Francis Sarre.

The presentations and minutes from the plenary and Council meetings  held during the 2019 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Miami  (1st – 3rd October 2019) are being made available in the Documents Download page in the Members’ Area.