SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
SSG No 10 - Shipgaz
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finnish shipowners<br />
join their forces<br />
ssg-åbo. The Finnish shipowners’ associations<br />
Finlands Rederiförening, Fraktfartygsföreningen<br />
and Ålands Redarförening have<br />
agreed on a merger into a new organisation<br />
named Suomen Varustamot ry – Rederierna<br />
i Finland rf from 1 June, 2008.<br />
The new organisation will have offices<br />
in Helsinki and Mariehamn. The current<br />
associations have a total of 27 member<br />
companies with 1<strong>10</strong> vessels under the Finnish<br />
flag. The activities of the three present<br />
organisations will cease. Suomen Varustamot<br />
ry – Rederierna i Finland rf will be organised<br />
in three sections, led by the managing<br />
directors of the present organisations.<br />
Mika Nykänen is responsible for matters<br />
concerning shipping policy and contacts to<br />
politicians and media, Hans Ahlström for<br />
the ferries and Olof Widén for the cargo<br />
vessels. Chairman of the new association is<br />
Thomas Franck, managing director of Rettig<br />
Oy Ab Bore.<br />
Tax liability will probably remain in new scheme<br />
ssg-åbo. The Finnish Ministry of Finance<br />
is preparing a proposal for revised tonnage<br />
tax legislation, which is expected to be<br />
completed by no later than the beginning<br />
of June.<br />
”The big problem is the treatment of<br />
deferred tax liabilities”, says Hans Ahl-<br />
ström, MD of the Åland Shipowners’ Association.<br />
The shipping companies propose<br />
that these disappear within ten years.<br />
”It seems that the Ministry of Finance is<br />
not willing to agree to this”.<br />
The new legislation is expected to come<br />
into force on 1 January, 2009.<br />
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”Vacancies in shipping”<br />
porTs geTs financial benefiTs<br />
The Russian competition authorities<br />
will determine which ports to get<br />
financial benefits 49 years ahead and<br />
be declared as special economic zones,<br />
reports SeaNews.ru.<br />
Next year the appointed ports will be<br />
presented. Probably the competition<br />
authorities will choose to pick one port<br />
per sea or region; the Baltic Sea, the<br />
Black Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Far<br />
East and the Arctic.<br />
Many calls To Medical service<br />
The Danish Radio Medical Service had<br />
on average three calls per day during<br />
2007. In total the Radio Medical Service<br />
had 1.<strong>10</strong>7 calls. The 24h service is<br />
conducted from the hospital in Esbjerg<br />
on behalf of the Danish Maritime<br />
Authorities. The service helps ships to<br />
minimise the number of evacuations to<br />
only 57 times in 2007.<br />
On the other hand the number of<br />
calls from passenger vessels with illness<br />
amongst passengers saw an increase of<br />
19 per cent in 2007.<br />
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