FONASBA granted IMO status
LONDON 13 December – Ship agents' and brokers' association FONASBA has been granted consultative status with the IMO, although formal endorsement will not take place until the next IMO assembly. FONASBA president Mario Fróio said the move was in recognition of the role agents and brokers play in the safe and efficient transport of goods by sea, and that agency members in particular are becoming more closely involved in issues such as ship and port security and vessels reporting, which come under the aegis of IMO. A statement from the Federation said that until now agents and brokers had no means of contributing to the discussions within IMO or of putting their knowledge and experience at the disposal of the UN agency in developing regulation that was effective and appropriate. Fróio, who heads up Brazil's Federação Nacional das Agências Navegação Maritima in Santos, took over as president at the recent FONASBA gathering in Morocco. He paid tribute to his predecessors, Umberto Masucci and Philip Wood, for guiding the application through.
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