2022
The BMA attend Seatrade Cruise 2022
The BMA welcomed the opportunity to return to Seatrade Cruise Global 2022 in Miami. The BMA delegation was led by BMA Board Chairman, Jacqueline Simmons, who was joined by fellow board members Peter John Goulandris, Dario Lundy-Mortimer, LaMarque Drew and V. Moreno Hamilton, Minister of Transport & Housing Permanent Secretary Antoinette Thompson and BMA Managing Director & CEO Capt Dwain. Hutchinson, BMA Head of Nassau Office Katie Clarke, Assistant Director (Inspections & Surveys) Alessandro Lo Piccolo, BMA New York Registrar Felicia Alleyne and BMA Marketing Manager Charlotte Ward and Bahamas Shipowners Association Manager Anders Brodje.
Bahamas delegation meet with clients at Seatrade Cruise
(Left to right: Royal Caribbean International, Disney Cruise Line and Virgin Voyages)
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Bahamas delegation meeting with our classification societies
(Bureau Veritas, Lloyds Register Reception, DNV, RINA
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BSA and BMA Luncheon at Seatrade
BMA – Proud Headline Sponsors of CLIA’s Business
on the Beach event at Seatrade Cruise Global
BMA Board embark on a tour of the Port of Miami
Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Meeting – Nassau
The meeting was to strengthen the already existing MOU with the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF), and to streamline and improve the communication process. The RBPF currently reviews and approves applications for carriage of armed guards aboard Bahamas registered vessels.
The BMA attend CMA Shipping
The BMA in Korea
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The BMA in Japan
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The BMA attend Marine Money London Ship Finance Forum 2022
Leon Dorsett at Marine Money – London
The BMA attend Norshipping 4th – 7th April
Managing Director & CEO Captain Dwain Hutchinson and our Head of Seafarers & Manning Department Captain Oli Olsen represented The BMA.
Welcoming the opportunity to reconnect and engage in person with our industry partners and the maritime community in Norway as we build upon our COVID-19 experience and discuss positive change under the theme #ACTION.
Opening new opportunities in the Pacific
Pictured are Gro Isadora Isaksen (middle) of Caiano/Green Reefers and Hans Mol (right) of Seatrade. The meeting took place 12/04/22 at our premises dedicated to discussion of future prospects to allow the Bahamian reefers a greater access to fisheries cargoes from regulatory areas around Central and Western Pacific Region.
BMA – proud supporting sponsors at the 117th IMarEST Annual Dinner
The BMA were proud sponsors of the 28th Annual HACC-NACC Shipping Conference
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) were proud sponsors of the 28th Annual HACC-NACC Shipping Conference – Out of the Abyss – Shipping Roars Back!
2021
The BMA attends Lloyds List Greek Shipping Awards
Friday 3rd December was an important date in the Greek Shipping calendar as it saw the comeback of shipping’s largest awards dinner – the Lloyds List Greek Shipping Awards. Attending on behalf of The BMA was Regional Director Dimitri Tsiftsis and his guest, Spiros Gkinis, Managing Director of Tri Bulk Shipping Ltd.
The Bahamas is re-elected to the IMO Council for 2022 – 2023
The Bahamas was successfully re-elected to the IMO Council for the period 2022-2023, securing the 5th highest number of votes (out of 27 contestants) for Category C, which currently has a membership of 20 IMO Member States.
Maritime SheEO – ‘Best practices – the business case for diversity’.
The BMA participated in the Maritime SheEO Conference 2021 for the second year!
John Harrison, General Manager Fleet Operations, Chevron Shipping Company LLC, visits The BMA in London
Chevron Shipping Company is a highly valued, longstanding client of The BMA. Mr Harrison (left) is pictured here receiving a 25th Anniversary momento from Stephen Keenan, Deputy Director of The BMA’s Inspections & Surveys Department, in front of the picture of Chevron’s Bahamas flagged LNG carrier ASIA ENDEAVOUR.
COP26 – The shipping industry is ready to play its part, and has identified solutions to address decarbonisation
Capt. Dwain Hutchinson, comments, “My take away from the conference is that the shipping industry is ready to play its part, and has identified solutions to address decarbonisation but… there should be global standards under the IMO remit, clarity of any requirements and no negative implication for first time movers. The positive collaboration between shipowners and seafaring bodies was recognised noting the key role of the human element in long term sustainability.”
Bahamas Minister of Transport & Housing meets IMO General Secretary in first official overseas engagement
Following the general election in The Bahamas and the appointment of the Hon Jobeth Coleby-Davis as The Minister of Transport & Housing, The BMA was honoured that her first official engagement overseas was in London where she met the IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim.
The Bahamas Maritime Authority is proud to sponsor the Annual Amver Awards
The BMA were honoured to once again sponsor the Awards with our Regional Director, Dimitri Tsiftsis (pictured below right) receiving The BMA’s honorary plaque of recognition from Costis J Frangoulis, President of the Board of Governors of the International Propeller Club of Port of Piraeus.
Campbell Shipping visits The BMA in London
The BMA was pleased to welcome Capt. Rajesh Dhadwal from Campbell Shipping in Nassau when he visited our London Head Office. It has been some time since in-person visits were the norm!
