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  • 8 May, 2024

    KSAA Has Appointed Elijah Mbare FICS As Its Chief Executive Officer.

    Elijah Mbaru FICS, esteemed Chairman of the East Africa Branch, has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer designate of the KSAA, marking a pivotal moment in the organization's leadership. …

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  • Visit us at Posidonia Exhibition

    The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers Greek Branch announces its participation at «Posidonia 2012», the world's most prestigious Shipping Exhibition that takes place in Greece every two years. This year the «Posidonia 2012» will …

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  • 2015/6 Academic Year Begins - Registration opens

    2015/6 Academic Year Begins - Registration opens…

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  • Singapore Branch Prize Giving Ceremony 2019

    The Singapore branch held its annual prize giving ceremony and cocktail reception on 28th February 2019.  The guest of honour this year was Mr David Chin, Immediate Past Executive Director Singapore Maritime Foundation. There …

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  • London & South East Branch LISW Seminar

    On Wednesday 11th September the London and South East branch of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers held an LISW seminar.  The subject was "International Shipping Finance" Where is the money coming from?   There was …

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  • Institute President, Lord Mountevans gave an interview to Lloyds

    Institute President, Lord Mountevans gave an interview to Lloyds List which was published last week.

    The link is below in case you have not already seen it.

    https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1129802/The-Interview-Lord-Mountevans
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  • North East (Tees) Annual Branch Dinner

    Our Chair Nikki Sayer welcomed over 190 guests at The Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough

    when she presented the Branch Rose Bowl to Anne Hall who had achieved the highest marks

    in the Foundation Diploma in Dry Cargo Chartering. She is also seen welcoming her top table

    guests which included The Mayor of Tees Valley Ben Houchen who gave an interesting speech

    on the future of the Tees region. The after dinner speaker Willie Thorne entertained guests with

    his stories from the world of snooker. A raffle raised over £2000 towards the Branch Education Fund

    and The Local Branch of The Sea Cadets (who had welcomed guests) An enjoyable evening with an

    excellent Toastmaster in Nic Ingle!…

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  • The Ted Renshaw award presented to Capt Norman Lopez FICS

    The Ted Renshaw award presented to Capt Norman Lopez FICS…

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  • Middle East branch virtual open day

    The ICS Middle East Branch organized a virtual Open Day on 22nd August which was attended by 35 participants and tutors from the Middle East Branch.
    During the session, questions related to Bill of Lading, Incoterms and Agency matters were discussed.
    The event was anchored by Mr. Dinesh Lobo, Committee Member (Education). Mr. Ravi Shankar, General Secretary of the Branch, explained the ICS educational programs and guided the participants on the syllabus, Examinations and registration process. Mr. Abu Bakr, tutor and a Branch prize winner shared his experiences on preparing for the ICS examinations. Mr. Krishna Prasad, President of the Middle East Brach, highlighted the importance of professionalism and education in building a successful career. The session concluded with a question and answer session.
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  • Continuous Professional Development

    19TH JUNE CPD SESSION BY SURESH SETHURAMAN

    The ICS Middle East launched the new Continuous Professional Development series with a presentation on RoRo business by Mr. Suresh Sethuraman of GAC-Dubai. Through the CPD sessions members with expertise and experience in various segments of the shipping industry share their knowledge with other members.

    Suresh, with his extensive experience in the business, lucidly explained the types of RoRo ships, their specialities and the types of cargoes carried by the RoRo ships. Even the participants who were familiar with the RoRo trade found the presentation very interesting.



    25TH JULY CPD SESSION BY SHOBA RAO

    The second webinar in the ICS- Middle East Silver Jubilee Continuous Professional Development series was presented by Ms. Shoba Rao, General Manager – RHS (Cruise Division) and a Fellow of the Middle East Branch.

    Ms. Shoba made an interesting presentation on the Cruise Industry: the various types of cruise ships, facilities and amenities onboard, types of services and the agent’s challenges. Apart from the Members of the Middle East Branch, Mr. Norman Lopez and Ms. Karlie Cavanagh of the Australia and New Zealand Branch attended the session and actively participated in the discussions. The finer aspects of the cruise industry is alien to many of the ICS members and the session definitely helped in the participants gaining insights in to the industry and the practical challenges of a port agent attending to cruise ships…

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