Update on the situation in Asia region includ. the increase in oil siphoning incidents
IMO Secretary-General, Mr Koji Sekimizu, visited the ReCAAP ISC’s Office on 28 September 2015 and had an hour meeting with ReCAAP ISC Executive Director, Mr Yoshihisa Endo. This visit further demonstrates the existing close cooperative relation between the two.
| The meeting covered wide ranging issues of mutual interest, among others, the update of situation in Asia region including the increase in number of incidents involving thefts of marine gas oil, the Future of the ReCAAP ISC in conjunction with the 10th Anniversary of the ReCAAP, and several recent development in the Asian region, such as the implication of certain media reports regarding the International Meeting on Global Piracy, Armed Robbery and Maritime Security held on 14-15 September 2015 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
In the course of meeting, Mr Sekimizu applauded good work done to-date by the ReCAAP ISC under the leadership of Mr Endo and expressed his appreciation to its steady development in the past 10 years which has enormously contributed to the safe navigation in Asia. He underscored the high expectation of the maritime community has on the ReCAAP ISC, in particular for the upcoming 10-years as the ReCAAP ISC has already had the established basis to be able to respond to the evolving situation. He reaffirmed that the IMO would spare no efforts to continue extending its cooperation to the furtherance of the ReCAAP ISC. Lastly, he sent his best wishes to the successful conduct of the ReCAAP’s 10th Anniversary Event.
Both of them concluded that the meeting was timely, useful and informative and that close contact between the two shall continue.
Source & Image Credit: ReCAAP ISC
