2024 年 2 月 19 日
(2024 年 2 月 26 日更新)
日本船主協会GALAXY LEADER 乗組員の早期解放を訴える国際海運団体の声明発表について～当協会も共同署名団体として参画～

自動車専用船 GALAXY LEADER が 2023 年 11 月 19 日に紅海でイエメン武装組織ホーシ―派に「拿捕」されてから本日で 3 か月が経過しましたが、依然として船舶および乗組員の解放には至っておりません。そのような中、国際海運会議所（ICS）をはじめとする国際海事団体（計 30 団体）は同日付で乗組員 25 名の早期解放を訴える声明を発表しました。当協会やアジア船主協会（ASA）もその趣旨に賛同し、共同署名団体（co-signatories）として参画しております。声明の詳細につきましては添付をご覧ください。

＜ご参考＞
ICS（International Chamber of Shipping）: 国際海運会議所
各国船主協会を会員とする国際海事団体として 1921 年に設立（本部：ロンドン）され、現在の正会員数は 36 船協。当協会（前身）は設立メンバーとして 1921 年 11 月にロンドンで開催された第 1 回会合に参加（現在の「日本船主協会」が加盟したのは 1957 年 4 月）。
海洋環境保全、船舶航行安全、海事法制、海運政策、情報システムおよび海上労働問題等について検討を行い、IMO 等において海運業界を代表する国際組織として活動している。
同団体の HP はこちら。

＜添付＞-ICS 等国際海運団体声明（2 月 19 日付）

Shipping industry calls for release of Galaxy Leader crew still held captive
Today - Monday 19th February 2024 – marks the three-month anniversary since the Houthis seized
the Galaxy Leader and its 25 seafarers in the Red Sea. The vessel, a roll-on/roll-off vehicle carrier, wasseized on the 19 November. The maritime industry has joined together from around the world toexpress their concern for the seafarers who have been held hostage, and call on the Houthis torelease the crew of the Galaxy Leader.
“The 25 seafarers who make up the crew of the Galaxy Leader are innocent victims of the ongoingaggression against world shipping, and their plight is a major concern as the merchant shipping
community continues to come under attack.
“All efforts must be made by international organisations and States to secure the release of theseafarers.”“It is abhorrent that seafarers were seized by military forces and that they have been kept from theirfamilies and loved ones for too long. All 25 crew members of the Galaxy Leader must be releasednow”.
Please kindly see below the full list of co-signatories to this statement.

Asian Shipowners Association (ASA)
Yuichi Sonoda, Secretary General

Bahamas Shipowners Association
Domenico Rognoni, Chairman

Asociación de Navieros Españoles (ANAVE)
Elena Seco, Director General

BIMCO
David Loosley, Secretary General & CEOChamber of Marine Commerce

Chamber of Shipping of America

Bruce Burrows, President & CEO

Kathy J Metcalf, PresidentConfitarma
Mario Zanetti, President

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA)
Kelly Craighead, President & CEO

Cyprus Shipping Chamber

Danish Shipping

Thomas Kazakos, Director General

Anne H. Steffensen, Director General & CEO

European Community Shipowners’ Association(ECSA)

Finnish Shipowners’ Association

Sotiris Raptis, Secretary General

Tiina Tuurnala, CEOFONASBA (The Federation of National
Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents)
Javier Dulce, PresidentInterManager
Capt. Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General

International Chamber of Shipping
Guy Platten, Secretary General

IFSMA
Jim Scorer, Secretary General

International Association of Ports & Harbors(IAPH)
Patrick Verhoeven, Managing Director

International Christian Maritime Association
Dr. Jason Zuidema, General Secretary

International Marine Contractors Association(IMCA)

International Maritime Employers’ Council(IMEC)

Iain Grainger, CEOFrancesco Gargiulo, Chief Executive Officer

International Parcel Tankers Association (IPTA)
Manish Jain, Chairman

Japanese Shipowners’ Association (JSA)Toshiya Morishige, Director General

Norwegian Shipowners’ Association (NSA)
Harald Solberg, CEO

Swiss Shipowners Association (SSA)
Eric André, PresidentInternational Transport Workers’ Federation(ITF)
Stephen Cotton, General Secretary

Liberian Shipowners’ Council Ltd (LSC)
Kierstin Del Valle Lachtman, Secretary General

Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners(KVNR)
Annet Koster, Managing Director

The Seamen’s Church Institute
The Rev. Mark Nestlehutt, President &UK Chamber of Shipping
Sarah Treseder, CEOWorld Shipping Council (WSC)John W. Butler, President and CEO