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PORTS &
SHIPPING POTENTIAL PROSPECTS FOR
COOPERATION - 1996:
The MMSP
being a professional
body has been actively involved in
organizing the events concerning
with development of Ports and
Shipping in Pakistan. MMSP was
established in 1978 to provide a
platform where the Maritime
Professionals to meet and discuss
common problems and find solutions,
acceptable and beneficial to Marine
Community. MMSP concentrated on
helping Government to help
themselves creating an awareness
and appreciation of new concepts,
changes and improvements in the
Global Maritime field and up-dating
the knowledge of Merchant Marine
Community in general. MMSP has been
honored of having arranged two
International Seminars earlier and
it was another feather in the cap of
MMSP being entrusted by the
ministry of Communications and
Ministry of Foreign affairs to
organize Seminar under the auspices
of SAARC. The South Asian Region
enjoys very important place in the
world economy, the countries of the
region represent a very large market
base for the International trade
with a population of about 1.3
billion people and being situated
strategion on East/West Lane.
It has been so
unfortunate that due to rivalries
between the Sub-Continental
countries, the region remained
unrepresented in terms of their
share in Ports and Shipping sector.
It is a matter of great
satisfaction that the SAARC
countries felt importance of having
discussion on Ports and Shipping
Industry and to learn from each
others experience thus agreeing for
holding of a Seminar at Karachi on
10th and II"1
December, 1996 at Sheraton Hotel
The Seminar provided
an excellent opportunity for
inter-action between the delegates
of the SAARC countries and helped in
establishing not only shipping but
business relations as well. The
Seminar not only benefited the
Government officials. Port
Managers. Shipping Companies.
Forwarders, Shippers and business
men in general but it also helped
in improving relations between the
SAARC countries. It provided an
opportunity for the delegates to sit
together and frame
recommendations/resolutions for the
benefit of Ports and Shipping sector
in Sub-Continent
The Members of the
Master Mariners Society who have
helped in organizing the Seminar
voluntarily deserve commendations
and appreciation for burning the
night oil to make the event a
success. It has been a great
satisfaction to the Members of the
Executive Committee and Members of
MMSP having seen the Seminar held
successfully and delegates
appreciating the arrangements. The
seminar was of International
standard and we are confident that
all participants must have been
benefited.
MMSP will continue
its efforts to hold such events in
future for the betterment of
Shipping Industry in Pakistan, it is
also interesting to note that our
regular publication Mariner has
played an important role in the
development of Maritime Sector in
Pakistan. The Special Edition on
this particular occasion was
published which was found equally
interesting and important as it has
been on previous occasion.
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