CESS Annual Meeting 2011
Press Release

CESS, Committee for Expertise of Shipbuilding Specifics held its annual
meeting in Gyeongju Korea on 1st September 2011 where the members
associations Japan, Europe, China, Korea and U.S.A. gathered anddiscussed key issues surrounding the global shipbuilding industry.
The meeting made the review on its activities in the past year andactivities expected in the year ahead, and exchanged views to seek
further cooperation in voicing common opinion on important issues.
The meeting observed that CESS continued to appeal to thecounterparts of the maritime industry of the importance to share views
on important matters to find practical solutions in harmony with eachother.
The subjects of discussion encompassed the important ongoing issues,
where particular attention was directed to the issue on reduction ofGHG emissions, where the CESS members have participated in a
number of occasions to share the common perception of the Energy
Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) among the stake holders which isessential in seeking practical and effective solutions for new building
ships, and resulted in the adoption of the EEDI concept for newbuildings
at the earlier held IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee at its
62nd Session. The CESS members further shared the understandingthat the shipbuilding industry plays an important role in the EEDIscheme, and it will be necessary for the shipbuilders to get prepared towork closely with the shipowners to enable the scheme to functionsmoothly.
Further issues discussed covers other environmentally related issues inthe shipbuilding industry and the on-going common structural rule
harmonisation in link with the goal-based standards.
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Press Release
The opinions were also exchanged on the anti-piracy measures, which
are greatly affecting the current business of the shipowners.
The report on Port State Control activities both in Paris and Tokyo MOU
during 2010 were made, and it was noted that both regions weresteadily carrying out their activities as in the previous years. The reportconfirms the observations made in the past years that shipbuilding
quality related deficiencies are continuing to be on the decline. But theshipbuilding industry is calling for further attention to the importance ofcarrying out proper repair and maintenance timely. In the Paris MOU,
decline in deficiencies and detentions were noted as opposed to theTokyo MOU, but there is a separate observation that substantial decline
in repair activities was seen in Europe, suggesting that further attention
is worthwhile to see that the ships continue to be maintained andrepaired in good intervals in the coming years when the market may
still be waiting for recovery.
CESS member associations noted that, in the year ahead, there will bea need to further activate the actions to effectively promote solutions in
the desired direction, and agreed to support the continuation of theactivities and the CESS and make report of the results of this meeting toJECKU Top Executive Meeting scheduled to take place in Jeju between
26th and 28th October 2011.

Dave Iwamoto
CESS Chairman
c/o The Shipbuilders’ Association of Japan
2-2 Toranomon 3-chome, Minato-ku
Tokyo 105-0001, Japansuzuki@sajn.or.jp

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