Bahrain: GOP Hosts Regional Seminar on Safety of Maritime Navigation
More than 30 maritime professionals from the 6-GCC member states attended the seminar The General Organisation of Sea Ports (GOP) held a two-day regional executive seminar entitled 'Safety of Navigation and the Obligations of a Competent Authority with respect to Aids to Navigation.'The seminar was held under the patronage of H E Shaikh Daij bin Salman Al Khalifa, Chairman of the General Organisation of Sea Ports, in collaboration with the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) and Middle East Navigation Aids Services (MENAS).More than 30 maritime professionals from the 6-GCC member states attended the seminar which was held at the Gulf Hotel on 30th and 31st January 2012.The sessions were led by international experts, Rear Admiral Jean-Charles Leclair (rtd) consultant for International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and Dean of the IALA World-Wide Academy and Omar Frits Eriksson, Manager Maritime Technology at the Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) and chair of the IALA Engineering Committee.Highlighting the importance of the regional executive seminar,Mr Hassan Al Majed, Director General of GOP, said,"We are pleased to have distinguished international maritime experts to share their wealth of knowledge with our stakeholders on the latest navigation requirements of port authorities as per international ...
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