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7th Issue
Dec 2010
Dear friends and colleagues,
We cannot avoid the fact that the world is still suffering
the effects of the financial crisis. When the crisis first hit
us, it was predicted that the problems would be short-lived
and that soon everything would go back to normal.
Unfortunately, this does not seem to be the case, but
regardless what the financial situation may be like, we have
thankfully managed to keep all our seafarers employed.
As I mentioned in the June 2010 issue, our contribution to
the “Year of the Seafarer” was to focus even further on
training initiatives for the safety and well being of our
seafarers onboard.
This “Year of the Seafarer” was
celebrated throughout 2010 and gave the
world an opportunity to show its
appreciation and recognition for the
positive contribution of the “seafarer” to
the world society; such contribution very
often made under extremely difficult
working environment.
ICSW - Party in the Park
One of our “further initiatives” taken was
‘Luneta Seafarer’s Center in Manila’
to promote the anti-piracy campaign!
More than 800.000 people signed this electronic petition demanding more effective
measures by Governments to find at last a solution to this long lasting problem.
I hope you all enjoyed Christmas and wish you and your families a Happy New Year!!!
Hermann Eden
Chairman
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