Maritime law association wants your input

The Gauteng Chapter of the Maritime Law Association is on a recruitment drive. The association is keen to take on board anyone involved in the maritime industry – shippers, marine insurers, surveyors, shipping agents, maritime lawyers – to become actively involved in the Chapter’s meetings, which are held every four months. “The Association takes upon itself the task of ensuring that maritime legislation is kept up to date by drafting necessary legislation and amendments to legislation and then passing this legislation on to the National Department of Transport, latterly via Samsa, to process,” says chairman of the Gauteng chapter, Brian Watt. Among its many areas of focus, the association has been involved in all aspects of legislation directed at the prevention of oil and other marine pollution, including advising the authorities on international conventions regulating such pollution. Members have also played an important role in advising the SA government on matters of maritime policy, most recently on the issue of tonnage tax. If you’re interested in joining email brwatt@iafrica.com