IAMU - International Association of Maritime Universities

ProfDrWangZuwen It is my great pleasure and honor, to take over the office on 1st of April, 2008, as the Chair of International Association of Maritime Universities (IAMU) for the term of 2008 to 2010.

IAMU has made great progress under the leadership of my predecessor, R. Adm. Tyler and with the generous support from The Nippon Foundation and the participation and efforts from all the member institutions as well as the dedicated hard work from the secretariat.

Bearing the vision of the Association in mind, IAMU will continue to further its progress in pursuit of its goals in the future development.

The International Executive Board will meet on 10th and 11th April at California Maritime Academy to review the activities and achievements of last year, and make the plan for the coming year. The 9th Annual General Assembly will take place in San Francisco, California from October 19th -22nd, 2008 under the theme of 'Common Seas, Common Shores: The New Maritime Community'. I would like to encourage all of you to attend.

IMO (International Maritime Organization) approved NGO Status to IAMU on 29th November 2007 at its 25th Assembly meeting in London. This status provides us with a stronger voice in IMO activities, especially those related to maritime education and training. IAMU has already established 'IMO Liaison Committee' internally as a standing committee to satisfactorily meet the privilege and responsibilities of this honor.

With the guidance of the revised Basic Agreement approved at AGA8 at Odesa, Ukraine in 2007, IAMU established five standing committees of the International Executive Board. The nomination and recommendation of the members of these standing committees will be discussed and finalized at the International Executive Board Meeting in April.

IAMU will continue to contribute to the world maritime community through various academic and research activities on topics of maritime interests, which all the member institutions are encouraged to participate.

The progress and achievements of IAMU owe much to the participation and efforts from all the member institutions and the generous support from The Nippon Foundation. I hope you will remain committed to the goals of IAMU and continue to offer the same gracious cooperation and support as you have always granted IAMU.

Sincerely yours,

Prof. Dr. Wang Zuwen,
Chair, IAMU

The 9th Annual General Assembly, 2008:
The 9th Annual General Assembly will take place 19-22 October, 2008 in San Francisco, U.S.A, hosted by California Maritime Academy.

The Paper Selection Committee welcomes your article submissions.
Please send abstracts by February 1, 2008 to Dr. Donna NINCIC, Chair, IAMU AGA9 Paper Selection Committee (papers.iamuaga9@csum.edu).

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LNG Trainer Training Courses in 2008 - Invitation

IAMU Asia LNG Education and Training Center (ALETC) is the world's very first LNG Courses purposely designed for LNG Instructors at Korea Maritime University, Busan, Korea. The very first course started on 2nd April, 2007. The relevant rule is STCW I/6.

IAMU ALETC has now fixed the training schedule for 2008. All the qualified and interested instructors of LNG courses are cordially invited to register and join.

For details, please contact:

Prof. Dr. Jinsoo PARK, PhD, Master Mariner
Director, ALETC
Korea Maritime University
1, Dongsam-dong, Yeongdo-ku,
Busan 606-791, KOREA
Telephone: +82 (051) 410-5090, Fax: +82 (051) 405-2818
Email: altc@hhu.ac.kr, jspark@hhu.ac.kr

Course Schedule for 2008
Registration Form

IAMU NGO Status was approved by IMO
IMO (International Maritime Organization) approved NGO Status to IAMU today, 29 November 2007 at its 25th Assembly meeting in London. It takes immediate effect.
IAMU applied for the status in 2005, and has gone through a number of scrutiny of various committees and council meetings. According to the official rules and regulations of IMO concerning NGO, IAMU can now enjoy privileges to attend official meetings, to voice its views and comments, to provide information, to submit proposals, to participate in various working group activities of IMO, and so forth.
This status is certainly a prestige to any organization in the international maritime community.

IAMU has already established "IMO Liaison Committee" internally as a standing committee to satisfactorily meet the privilege and responsibilities of this honour.

Groups of members are already preparing submission of information to IMO as early as January next year.

IAMU Monograph:Call for Papers (3rd Call)
IAMU Editorial Board welcomes your manuscript submissions for IAMU Monograph on "Maritime Education and Training - STCW 78 as amended in 1995 - An IAMU Vision".
[References for writers]
* Presentation file "IAMU Special Monograph Issue " (by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Loginovsky at AGA8 )
* IMO Update: The Report of 38th STW Sub-Committee

Amendment of the Basic Agreement
The final text should be approved by all the members at the coming AGA8 in September , 2007 at Odessa.

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