Collaboration between the Asian Initiatives to combat piracy and armed robbery
The ReCAAP ISC and INTERTANKO formalised their cooperation by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 11 May 2012. The Signing Ceremony took place at INTERTANKO’s Annual Event organised for its members at Conrad Centennial Hotel in Singapore.
The MoU records a mutual understanding on joint cooperation in the area of information exchanges and mutual support; and establishes a platform for future collaboration. It was signed by Mr Yoshihisa Endo, Executive Director of the ReCAAP ISC, and Capt Graham Westgarth, Chairman of INTERTANKO.
The ReCAAP ISC, launched in Singapore in 2006, has signed similar cooperative arrangements with the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Asian Shipowners’ Forum (ASF) and the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). Signing this MoU marks yet another step forward in furthering close collaboration between the Asian Initiatives to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia and the international shipping association representing the tanker community.
At the opening of the signing ceremony, Capt Westgarth remarked, “With this MoU INTERTANKO and ReCAAP establish a framework for working together in the future built on the strong and positive cooperation since ReCAAP’s establishment in 2006”.
“Such a Cooperative arrangement is one of the three pillars of ReCAAP. It allows a variety of organisations to collaborate and cooperate with the ReCAAP ISC in sharing information, and participate in our capacity building programmes. We thank INTERTANKO for providing us with very strong and continuous support since 2009, as a co-organiser of the annual ReCAAP ISC Piracy and Sea Robbery Conferences for the past four years,” says Mr Endo.
Source: ReCAAP
