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The eighth meeting of the officials, port authorities and maritime administrations in the GCC States | 11-06-2009 Print E-mail
Saturday, 08 August 2009 16:51
The National Transportation authority participated in the  eighth meeting of the officials port authorities and maritime administrations of the GCC delegation headed by HE Salem Ali Al Zaabi the Executive Director of the Maritime Transport Sector and Captain Abdul Wahab Al Dewany customs of the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport and

Mr. Yaakub Hasab Abdullah from Sharjah Ports and Customs, which took place during the from 7 to 8 2009 at the Secretariat General in Riyadh, and the meeting was attended by representatives of all Member States.

At the beginning of the meeting, participants reviewed the agenda items, which contains the Secretariat's note on the memorandum of understanding Riyadh and the Safety of Maritime Navigation and Hydrographic Survey in the GCC States and included the coordination of the audit on the application of international treaties and obligations, and the vessels are not subjected to detention and the imposition of fines and prevent them from entering the global ports, and the adoption by each of the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman State of Qatar and the establishment of a collaborative information between these States to Bahrain to oversee the administrative coordination with" Paul Starr" company. It also provides items to the note by the Secretariat on the port and a national alternative to the Gulf Cooperation Council, and safety regulations for ships with small cargo that are not covered by international treaties and maritime ships and tracking system for the detection and identification of obstacles that obstruct the march of joint action in the GCC State
It have been discussed of the items and a number of recommendations, including Riyadh, a Memorandum of Understanding, which includes ratification of the final account of the 2008 memorandum of understanding to Riyadh, he urged Member States that have not paid their share to pay, has also been recognized in the recommendation on the Safety of Maritime Navigation and Hydrographic Survey States of the Council and which included the approval to pay the total value of the cost of the study on the establishment of a navigational aid for the Gulf to the company, "AMNAS" for the initial study provided. as provided recommendations on the coordination of the audit on the application of international treaties and obligations, which showed through the UAE approval to host a workshop program to be organized by the voluntary audit (IMO) In the city of Abu Dhabi during the second half of the month of October 2009 and approved the recommendations tracking system of vessels and on the condition of anonymity, after (LRIT) Member States setting up a system for tracking ships and disclosure of their identity in order to vessels are not subjected to detention and the imposition of fines and prevent it from entering the port and the world as well as all of the United Arab Emirates and the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Sultanate of Oman State of Qatar and the establishment of a collaborative information between these States to Bahrain to oversee the administrative coordination with "Paul Starr" company.