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A delegation of senior government officials from the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) traveled to Rio de Janeiro in April of this year for face-to-face meetings with existing and potential clients in Brazil. The visit was designed to consolidate existing relationships and to seek new business opportunities in the fastest growing oil and gas offshore market in the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cService, service, service\u201d was the Authority\u2019s theme in every single meeting. BMA\u2019s Chairman, Anthony Kikivarakis, said, \u201cThe Bahamas prides itself on service and sees the shipping industry and related services as the third pillar of its economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
BMA\u2019s delegation was led by Anthony Kikivarakis, Board Chairman and included Peter John Goulandris, Deputy Chairman; Commodore Davy Rolle, Managing Director and Deputy Directors, Captain Dwain Hutchinson, Seafarers & Manning; Stephen Keenan, Inspections & Surveys and Christine Scavella, Registrar NY.<\/p>\n
Initially, the BMA held talks with the Maritime Authority of Brazil and with Vice Admiral Raul Bittencourt, Deputy Executive Secretary, Brazilian Navy Directorate of Ports and Coasts, after which the delegation visited the Brasa Shipyard in Niteroi, where they saw fabrication of topside modules for a Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit.<\/p>\n
Additionally, the BMA held meetings with the following agencies:<\/p>\n
The BMA\u2019s objective was not only to increase its tonnage but as part of the global shipping industry, to promote safety, security and the protection of the environment. The Authority is currently ranked 5th among Flag States with more than 1600 ships on the Register and a gross tonnage of 57 million.<\/p>\n
The face-to-face exercises with clients and potential clients as well as the on-hand technical expertise were well received by the delegation\u2019s Brazilian hosts.<\/p>\n
The BMA is planning to revisit Brazil later this year in order to maintain this positive momentum and relationships developed during its April initiative.<\/p>\n
By Ministry of Transport and Aviation<\/span> A delegation of senior government officials from the Bahamas Maritime Authority recently traveled to Rio de Janeiro for meetings with existing and potential clients in Brazil. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[79,128],"class_list":["post-34696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-marine","tag-shipping"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCaption: Pictured left to right: Petrobras Transporte S.A. Transpetro, Mrs Julio Cezar da Costa Muniz, Maritime Transportation Executive Manager, Mr. Agenor Cesar Junqueria Leite, Shipping Director, Mr. Sergio Machado, President; Bahamas Maritime Authority – Mr. Anthony Kikivarakis, Chairman, Mr. Peter John Goulandris, Deputy Chairman, and Commodore Davy Rolle, Managing Director & CEO. (Photo by Renata Mello)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"