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03 Dec 2012

FONASBA Highlights Complexity of Ship Agents’ Role

Shipowners, port users and regulators have been provided with a comprehensive and detailed overview of the many activities undertaken by port agents by The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents (FONASBA). The international association today (Monday 3 December) publishes the Port Procedures Survey (www.fonasba.com/fonasba-initiatives/fonasba-port-procedure-survey), an ambitious project which has codified the numerous separate functions required to get a ship into port, get it loaded or unloaded, and sail to the next port of call. The move is designed to aid regulatory efforts to streamline and harmonise port procedures as well as demonstrate the value of ship agents to shipowners and operators.

01 Mar 2012

Fonasba Endorses Revised Norwegian Saleform

The Federation of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents, (FONASBA), has endorsed  the newly released SALEFORM 2012, developed jointly by the Norwegian Shipbrokers Association (NSA) and BIMCO. SALEFORM is the shipping industry’s most widely used agreement for the sale and purchase of second-hand ships. SALEFORM 2012 builds upon SALEFORM 93 retaining the accepted general principles and familiar structure. “At FONASBA, we are pleased and proud to support publication of the revised NSF 2012, a document whose development reaffirms the position of NSA and BIMCO at the forefront of our profession,” said. the President of FONASBA, Christakis P. Papavassiliou.

08 Nov 2010

Bulkore Chartering Chooses ShipDecision

New York based Bulkore Chartering Inc. has selected ShipDecision technology to support its maritime cargo brokerage business.“We exchange a tremendous number of emails and critical documents with our business partners on a daily basis, and must carefully track and manage both vessel and cargo movement,” explained Broker Marygrace Collins. “The ShipDecision system helps us handle our day-to-day business with maximum efficiency. “We are very pleased that our Maritime solution has been selected by Bulkore,” commented Albert Carbone, President of Stelvio Inc., the company behind ShipDecision. ShipDecision is a Maritime Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that helps organize the sharing and use of information among business partners in the Maritime sector.