The flag March 2016

MARCH 2016 • ISSUE 33the ag Newsletter of the BAHAMAS MARITIME AUTHORITYIn this issue:uUncertainty On A uRegulation and The uOffshore Decline uCasualty Reporting uAudit of STCW Training Global Scale Cruise Industry – Surprising Bonus & Investigation in The BahamasBAHAMAS RE-ELECTED TO IMO COUNCILNot only was The Bahamas successful in its re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation at the 29th IMO Assembly held in London in November 2015, the country also improved its international standing on the Council. The Bahamas attracted a total of 124 votes from 154 valid votes.The Honourable Glenys Hanna Martin, Minister of Transport and Aviation, said that it was hard won effort that had enhanced The Bahamas’ position since the Election two years ago.“When you know that 90 percent of world trade is done by sea,” she said, “the implications for economies, standards and policies that this body in uences are immense. Our country, our archipelago, sits on the Council and in our own right we bring substantive involvement in representation to these matters.”In the last two years on the IMO Council, The Bahamas has substantially contributed to committees and sub-committees which handle global issues facing the maritime industry.u LTOR:ALLISONBOOKER,DEPUTYHIGHCOMMISSIONER,ANTHONYKIKIVARAKIS,CHAIRMANBMA,DR.CLEOPATRA DOUMBIA-HENRY, PRESIDENT WMU, THE HONOURABLE GLENYS HANNA MARTIN, MINISTER OF TRANSPORT & AVIATION, COMMODORE DAVY ROLLE, MD & CEO BMA AND PETER JOHN GOULANDRIS, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN BMA.IMO Secretary General is presented with The Bahamas assessed 2015 contribution of more than £1 million. L to R Commodore Davy Rolle, CEO & MD, BMA, Kitack Lim, IMO Secretary General, HE Eldred Bethel, Bahamas High Commissioner.uSAVE THE DATE 6-10 JUNE 2016 BAHAMAS POSIDONIA STAND 2.210 – SEE PAGE 12 FOR DETAILSOUTSTANDING SUNY STUDENTLa’Quey Smith is in the nal semester of a four-year State University of New York Maritime College (SUNY) programme, at the end of which she will graduate with a degree and a US Coast Guard Licence.Already, she has achieved a place on SUNY’s Admirals List with a 3.92 grade-point average and a 3rd Mate’s licence. She has also been invited to join the Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, a society for the most outstanding graduates at SUNY.La’Quey was awarded a BMA scholarship in 2012 and is one of about 1200 students in SUNY’s Maritime’s Regiment of Cadets.She has held numerous positions of responsibility – as a Resident Advisor (RA), Building Manager looking after 500 cadets, a 90-day voyage as a No.2 Cadet Of cer on board a 1st class cruiser and most important, Regimental Commander for two semesters. La’Quey is the third female to hold this position at SUNY Maritime College. The RegimentalContinued on page 4...