Mr. Sasakawa talks
about the Northern Sea RouteThe following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Mr.
Yohei Sasakawa at an international forum on Resource
Development and Environmental Protection in the Northern
Seas. The forum was held at the Hotel Kaiyo in Tokyo, on
November 6, 2003. This selection should give readers aglimpse of the wide-ranging contributions that the Chairmanof "Friends" is making in the international maritime field.
INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Program) has
its origins in a 1992 meeting I held with the Norwegianambassador to Japan. The ambassador brought me a
proposal for a joint research project into the viability of acommercial sea route that would pass through the Arctic
Ocean. When I thought of the fact that the sea is becoming
less and less a part of humankind's dreams and hopes, I
decided that this was a project worth taking on.
Thus, I got involved as chairman of the INSROP
Steering Committee of Sponsors. The international project
began in 1993 and ran for six years: a cooperative effort
between the Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Norway, Russia'sCentral Marine Research and Design Institute, and theShip & Ocean Foundation. We studied the potential of anorthern sea route from every possible angle, including anexperimental voyage to test our theories. Finally, in Osloin 1999, the results were presented before a large
audience of experts. Our conclusion was that such a route
was definitely possible. (This project report, entitled The

Northern Sea Route - The Shortest Sea Route Linking East
Asia and Europe is available at the WMU library.)

I have strong expectations for this second phase of
INSROP, which will study two things: the development of
natural resources in the areas bordering the Arctic Ocean
and Sea of Okhotsk, and the improvement of the lives ofpeople living in such harsh arctic regions.

Though my busy schedule does not permit me thetime to respond to each of you individually, I would liketo take this opportunity to thank all of you from my heart.

Yohei Sasakawa

Chair, Friends of WMU

Editor’s Postscript
This is the 6th issue of the newsletter and, fortunately,
we had no difficulty in finding main articles. It might
be owing to the effort of the SOF staff, but I believethat it shows that the network of Sasakawa Fellows is
growing and their activities have expanded.
Many Sasakawa Fellows from Southeast Asian
countries gathered in Singapore to attend the Expert
Meeting on Marine Safety and Marine Environment
Protection in Southeast Asia, which will strengthen thecooperation among Sasakawa Fellows of those countries.
Since it was the first attempt in the region, SOF organized
the meeting, but I hope Sasakawa Fellows will make a plan,

2004

No.

Sasakawa Fellows Met in Singapore

6

Located within sight of the famous
Marlion statue, Marina Mandarin Hotel in
the Marina district of Singapore was thevenue of "The Expert Meeting on Maritime
Safety and Marine Environment
Protection in Southeast Asia" - the first of
its kind that invited WMU Sasakawa
Fellows in neighboring countries toexchange expert views and information
with each other on various maritime issues.

A message from the Chairman“My Dear Sasakawa Fellows:
I would like to express my deepest gratitude for thelarge number of Christmas cards and letters that you
students and graduates have written to me. In 2003 I
spent a total of 125 days traveling abroad, working onsuch projects as Friends of WMU. Your letters havecontinually buoyed my spirits.

Marchpossibly with the support of SOF, to operate suchactivities in the near future.
In early December, I visited Malmö in order to attend
two meetings, one an IMO stability correspondence groupmeeting, and the other ISO/TC8/SC11 security working
group meeting. It was my first trip to Malmö for me and I
was impressed by the beautiful sights in the city. As
everybody at WMU knows, it was the winter season anddaytime was very brief. I hope to go there again in summer.

Ko Koiso

Chief Researcher, The Shipbuilding Research Association of Japan

This newsletter is published under a grant from The Nippon Foundation
to promote communication among the Sasakawa Fellows of WMU (World Maritime
University) and edited by the Ship & Ocean Foundation in cooperation with
Mr. Ko Koiso, Prof. Toshio Hikima, Ms. Masako B. Otsuka, and Ms. Sue Jackson.

Secretariat: International Cooperation Division, Ship & Ocean Foundation
Kaiyo Senpaku Building, 1-15-16 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 105-0001
Tel. 81-3-3502-1887 Fax. 81-3-3502-2033 URL: http://www.sof.or.jp/

The meeting that took place on
November 19-20, 2003 was organized
and sponsored by the Shipbuilding
Division of the JETRO Singapore Center,
under financial support from SOF. Two
representative Fellows each from four
countries managed to squeeze time outof their busy routines to participate in
the meeting.

VietnamMsc. Vu The Quang, Vietnam National
Maritime Bureau
Mr. Nguyen Hai Nam, Hochiminh City
Port Authority

Indonesia

Mr. Rusman Hoesein, Indonesia
Maritime Institute
Mr. Roy Kasiono, Directorate General
Sea Communications

The Philippines

Ms. Sonia B. Malaluan, Maritime
Industry Authority
Mr. Joseph B. Badajos, Philippine
Coast Guard

Thailand

Ms. Wanna Waiwingrob, Ministry ofTransport
Mr. Narinsak Sattaprasit, Ministry ofTransport

Sasakawa Fellows at the Expert Meeting held in Singapore, November 19-20, 2003

The first day - November 19, 2003

ture and Transport (MLIT).

Opening Session

Presentation of Country Reports

The day's meeting was attended by Mr.
H. Ishiwata and Mr. I. Teranishi,
President and Vice-President, respectively, of The Cooperative Associationsof Japanese Shipbuilders.
Mr. M. Uesono, Director of
Shipbuilding Department of JETRO
Singapore Center described the scopeand purpose of the meeting. The
meeting had two agendas:
1) Current regulations on ships
engaged in domestic transportation in
the participant countries
2) Promotion of informationexchange on maritime safety andmarine environment protection
Mr. Eisuke Kudo, Managing Director
of SOF, made introductory remarks,
followed by the keynote address of Mr.
Ikuo Ishida, Director of Safety andStandards Division, Maritime Bureau,
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastruc-

Concerning the first agenda, theparticipants gave a presentation ofcountry reports, taking turns aschairperson.

Indonesia

Maritime safety (including marine
pollution prevention and combating /response) is carried out by the
Directorate General of Sea Communications.
As a flag state and port state,
Indonesia has its own regulations for nonconventional ships in Indonesian waters,oriented to international standards.
Regarding the ISPS code, Indonesia
has already issued Minister ofCommunication decree No. 33/2003 for
its implementation, and it will be
executed through the national maritime
safety committee.

Sasakawa Fellows Met in Singapore
The Philippines

International conventions and codes
applicable to or covering Philippine
registered ships are being implemented
by MARINA and PCG, while applicableor practicable provisions are also
adopted in some areas to nonconventional ships.
Several national legislations were
promulgated and specific rules andregulations were implemented toprevent pollution or to protect themarine environment.
Contingency
plans were also prepared in case of
accidents/incidents of oil spill or
marine pollution.
Other safety policy measures wereintroduced to smaller domestic vessels
to enhance or improve maritime safety
in the domestic trade.

ThailandAccording to a recent strategy plan ofThailand, the Ministry of Transport isurged to create safe and environmentally friendly transportation
for better quality of life through therevision and innovation of laws
concerned.
Particularly, in domestic transport,
the marine department has taken an
important role in improving nationallaws such as the revision of navigationin the Thai Waters Act and enacting of
new rules for ship surveys. All laws areintended to contribute to better
maritime
safety,environmental
protection, to fit a rapidly changing
world. Thailand strongly believes thatsafer domestic transport will benefit
society, and support national economic
development to a great extent.

VietnamThe Vietnam country report gave an
overview of the country's location andgeographic feature, commercial portsystem, Vietnam National Merchant
Fleet, and occurrence of marine
disasters and marine pollution in
Vietnamese territorial water.
It also described the maritime andinland waterway administration in
Vietnam, including the organizational
structure,mainfunctionsofadministrative bodies and sub-bodies
such as port authorities, the maritime

safety agency, the maritime safety
inspectorate, the maritime search andrescue coordination center, and shipcommunication
andelectronic
companies.
The report also presented current
regulations and policies on maritime
safety of ships and maritime environment conservation for ships
engaged in domestic transportation.

Free Discussion

After the presentations by theparticipant countries, Ms. Sonia
Malaluan chaired an open discussion
on additional questions and clarifications on the presentations as well as
the following issues: 1) Issues on
demolishing/recycling
domestic
voyage vessels; 2) Regulations on rivergoing vessels and ocean-going vessels,
as well as Search and Rescue
operations and handling of crimes;
and 3) Harmonization of domestic
regulations in view of international
voyages using rivers.

The second day - November 20, 2003
The participants continued discussions with the second agenda,
promotion of information exchange
on maritime safety and marine
environment protection.
Under the chairpersonship of Mr.
Ishida, vigorous discussion was held on
the following topics:- Double Hull regulations for small
tankers (600-5000 DW) carrying
heavy grade oil- AFS convention- Exhausted gas (MARPOL Annex VI)- Fishing vessel safety (Torremolinos
convention / protocol)- ISPS code (SOLAS chapter X1-2)- Marine accident statistics- IMO discussions and positions of Asia
- Ship surveyors and PSC officers
For the agenda of the next meeting, thefollowing topics were proposed:- Impact of technological innovation on
ships and ports towards safety andenvironmental regulations- Training of ship surveyors and PSC
officers- Implementation of ISPS code

A workshop staged by Sasakawa Fellows in Vietnam

The participants reviewed the draft
minutes of the meeting and approved
it unanimously, and came to share thefollowing:
1) Whether or not the participant
countries become parties related byinternational conventions, it is ofprimary importance for each of thecountries to pursue the utmost effort toensure maritime safety and marine
environment protection under thecurrent circumstances in the respective
countries, and
2) To promote maritime informationexchange among the Southeast Asian
countries, the participants recognize
the usefulness and importance ofexpert meetings based on the transborder
comradeshipof
WMU
graduates, and will endeavor to makeknown the results of the present
meeting to the peers and the people
concerned in their own countries.
In appreciation of support from
MLIT, The Nippon Foundation and
SOF, the participants voiced the
expectation that expert meetings on
various maritime topics be held
continually or at regular intervals in
the future.

Reunion of Sasakawa Fellows and WMU graduates during the workshop at Vietnam Maritime University

Sasakawa Fellows and WMU graduates inVietnam implemented "The Workshop
on the Reform of Training Methods for
Seafarers to Meet Requirements in the
21st Century" at Vietnam Maritime
University (VIMARU) in Haiphong on
December 15, 2003. This article features
the VIMARU workshop.
The workshop began at 08:30 a.m.
with an opening address of Dr. Tran
Dac Suu (1992), rector of VIMARU andrepresentative of Sasakawa Fellows and
WMU graduates in Vietnam. His
address was followed by greetings from
Mr. Nguyen Cong Duc, Vice-Chairmanof VINAMARINE, and a keynote address
by Mr. Eisuke Kudo of SOF.
Among many presentations were an
informative one on concrete measures
to reform maritime education andtraining in Vietnam by Capt. Nguyen
Duc Hung, director of Seafarer Training
Center in Hochiminh City, and a special
lecture by Prof. Hiroaki Kobayashi,Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, on "A Basic Idea andMethods on Simulator Training." Thepresentations continued until 5:00 p.m.
Participants took notes on the speeches
and presentations, and joined actively
in question and answer sessions.
Vietnamese participants contributed
as many as 10 papers for the workshop.
Official languages at the workshop wereVietnamese and English.
Preparations for the workshop
began with an announcement of theevent conveyed by Dr. Tran Dac Suu
to Mr. Yohei Sasakawa at their meeting

Lastly, SOF announced that they are
ready to give support and assistancefor the national chapters of WMU
Sasakawa Fellows to voluntarily
implement activities useful to themaritime communities in their own
countries. SOF's concrete proposals tothis end included the following:
SOF believes the creation of a website is instrumental to promote
communication among WMU Sasakawa
Fellows at home and abroad. Consequently, SOF is ready to help any
Chapter to create its own web site, if it
has yet to make one.
To raise the professional status of
WMU Sasakawa Fellows in their own
countries, SOF will help them to stage
a conference, a technical seminar oran expert forum that will bebeneficial to the maritime community
in their countries.
The participant Fellows agreed tobring SOF's proposals back home to
discuss with their peers.

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3

in Tokyo in June 2002.
The participants from industry,
government and universities were
offered a valuable opportunity to
exchange views and information on theissue of seafarers' education. The
workshop was attended by a total ofsome 70 people including 28 WMU
graduates and Sasakawa Fellows.
On Sunday, December 14, a plenary
meeting of the Vietnamese Chapter of
WMU graduates took place at VIMARU
under the chairmanship of Dr. Suu.
Activities to date were reported to themembers, while a draft charter for the
Chapter was adopted. Action plans for
future activities were discussed as well.
On the evening of the same day, a gettogether was held, which was greatly
appreciated by the members, whoordinarily have little opportunity forreunion, due to the great distance
between Hanoi and Hochiminh City.
The participants joined in singing thesong of WMU, which seems to haveinspired the feeling of comraderie
among the WMU graduates in Vietnam.

Future of seafarers' education was discussed at
the workshop

Sasakawa Fellows Met in Singapore
The Philippines

International conventions and codes
applicable to or covering Philippine
registered ships are being implemented
by MARINA and PCG, while applicableor practicable provisions are also
adopted in some areas to nonconventional ships.
Several national legislations were
promulgated and specific rules andregulations were implemented toprevent pollution or to protect themarine environment.
Contingency
plans were also prepared in case of
accidents/incidents of oil spill or
marine pollution.
Other safety policy measures wereintroduced to smaller domestic vessels
to enhance or improve maritime safety
in the domestic trade.

ThailandAccording to a recent strategy plan ofThailand, the Ministry of Transport isurged to create safe and environmentally friendly transportation
for better quality of life through therevision and innovation of laws
concerned.
Particularly, in domestic transport,
the marine department has taken an
important role in improving nationallaws such as the revision of navigationin the Thai Waters Act and enacting of
new rules for ship surveys. All laws areintended to contribute to better
maritime
safety,environmental
protection, to fit a rapidly changing
world. Thailand strongly believes thatsafer domestic transport will benefit
society, and support national economic
development to a great extent.

VietnamThe Vietnam country report gave an
overview of the country's location andgeographic feature, commercial portsystem, Vietnam National Merchant
Fleet, and occurrence of marine
disasters and marine pollution in
Vietnamese territorial water.
It also described the maritime andinland waterway administration in
Vietnam, including the organizational
structure,mainfunctionsofadministrative bodies and sub-bodies
such as port authorities, the maritime

safety agency, the maritime safety
inspectorate, the maritime search andrescue coordination center, and shipcommunication
andelectronic
companies.
The report also presented current
regulations and policies on maritime
safety of ships and maritime environment conservation for ships
engaged in domestic transportation.

Free Discussion

After the presentations by theparticipant countries, Ms. Sonia
Malaluan chaired an open discussion
on additional questions and clarifications on the presentations as well as
the following issues: 1) Issues on
demolishing/recycling
domestic
voyage vessels; 2) Regulations on rivergoing vessels and ocean-going vessels,
as well as Search and Rescue
operations and handling of crimes;
and 3) Harmonization of domestic
regulations in view of international
voyages using rivers.

The second day - November 20, 2003
The participants continued discussions with the second agenda,
promotion of information exchange
on maritime safety and marine
environment protection.
Under the chairpersonship of Mr.
Ishida, vigorous discussion was held on
the following topics:- Double Hull regulations for small
tankers (600-5000 DW) carrying
heavy grade oil- AFS convention- Exhausted gas (MARPOL Annex VI)- Fishing vessel safety (Torremolinos
convention / protocol)- ISPS code (SOLAS chapter X1-2)- Marine accident statistics- IMO discussions and positions of Asia
- Ship surveyors and PSC officers
For the agenda of the next meeting, thefollowing topics were proposed:- Impact of technological innovation on
ships and ports towards safety andenvironmental regulations- Training of ship surveyors and PSC
officers- Implementation of ISPS code

A workshop staged by Sasakawa Fellows in Vietnam

The participants reviewed the draft
minutes of the meeting and approved
it unanimously, and came to share thefollowing:
1) Whether or not the participant
countries become parties related byinternational conventions, it is ofprimary importance for each of thecountries to pursue the utmost effort toensure maritime safety and marine
environment protection under thecurrent circumstances in the respective
countries, and
2) To promote maritime informationexchange among the Southeast Asian
countries, the participants recognize
the usefulness and importance ofexpert meetings based on the transborder
comradeshipof
WMU
graduates, and will endeavor to makeknown the results of the present
meeting to the peers and the people
concerned in their own countries.
In appreciation of support from
MLIT, The Nippon Foundation and
SOF, the participants voiced the
expectation that expert meetings on
various maritime topics be held
continually or at regular intervals in
the future.

Reunion of Sasakawa Fellows and WMU graduates during the workshop at Vietnam Maritime University

Sasakawa Fellows and WMU graduates inVietnam implemented "The Workshop
on the Reform of Training Methods for
Seafarers to Meet Requirements in the
21st Century" at Vietnam Maritime
University (VIMARU) in Haiphong on
December 15, 2003. This article features
the VIMARU workshop.
The workshop began at 08:30 a.m.
with an opening address of Dr. Tran
Dac Suu (1992), rector of VIMARU andrepresentative of Sasakawa Fellows and
WMU graduates in Vietnam. His
address was followed by greetings from
Mr. Nguyen Cong Duc, Vice-Chairmanof VINAMARINE, and a keynote address
by Mr. Eisuke Kudo of SOF.
Among many presentations were an
informative one on concrete measures
to reform maritime education andtraining in Vietnam by Capt. Nguyen
Duc Hung, director of Seafarer Training
Center in Hochiminh City, and a special
lecture by Prof. Hiroaki Kobayashi,Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology, on "A Basic Idea andMethods on Simulator Training." Thepresentations continued until 5:00 p.m.
Participants took notes on the speeches
and presentations, and joined actively
in question and answer sessions.
Vietnamese participants contributed
as many as 10 papers for the workshop.
Official languages at the workshop wereVietnamese and English.
Preparations for the workshop
began with an announcement of theevent conveyed by Dr. Tran Dac Suu
to Mr. Yohei Sasakawa at their meeting

Lastly, SOF announced that they are
ready to give support and assistancefor the national chapters of WMU
Sasakawa Fellows to voluntarily
implement activities useful to themaritime communities in their own
countries. SOF's concrete proposals tothis end included the following:
SOF believes the creation of a website is instrumental to promote
communication among WMU Sasakawa
Fellows at home and abroad. Consequently, SOF is ready to help any
Chapter to create its own web site, if it
has yet to make one.
To raise the professional status of
WMU Sasakawa Fellows in their own
countries, SOF will help them to stage
a conference, a technical seminar oran expert forum that will bebeneficial to the maritime community
in their countries.
The participant Fellows agreed tobring SOF's proposals back home to
discuss with their peers.

2

3

in Tokyo in June 2002.
The participants from industry,
government and universities were
offered a valuable opportunity to
exchange views and information on theissue of seafarers' education. The
workshop was attended by a total ofsome 70 people including 28 WMU
graduates and Sasakawa Fellows.
On Sunday, December 14, a plenary
meeting of the Vietnamese Chapter of
WMU graduates took place at VIMARU
under the chairmanship of Dr. Suu.
Activities to date were reported to themembers, while a draft charter for the
Chapter was adopted. Action plans for
future activities were discussed as well.
On the evening of the same day, a gettogether was held, which was greatly
appreciated by the members, whoordinarily have little opportunity forreunion, due to the great distance
between Hanoi and Hochiminh City.
The participants joined in singing thesong of WMU, which seems to haveinspired the feeling of comraderie
among the WMU graduates in Vietnam.

Future of seafarers' education was discussed at
the workshop

News from Alumni

SOF Research Delegation visited Malaysia and Vietnam

SOF delegation was welcomed in Malaisia

SOF, in cooperation with the Japanese
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransport (MLIT), has been implementing
research into a potential network for
seafarers' education and training by useof simulators since FY 2001. Experts
were dispatched to Europe in FY 2001,
and the Philippines and Indonesia in FY
2002, which are major providers ofseafarers for the world fleet.
As for FY 2003, the SOF-sponsoreddelegation of MET experts visited
Malaysia and Vietnam during the periodof December 10-18, 2003 to look into thepresent state of seafarers' training byusing simulators in the two countries.
The mission was headed by Prof. Hiroaki
Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology, and Prof.
Makoto Endo, Toyama National Collegeof Marine Technology. They wereaccompanied by Mr. Eisuke Kudo,
managing director of SOF, and Mr.
Tatsuya Sendo, general manager ofInternational Affairs Department of SOF.

The delegation paid a visit to thefollowing organizations in those countries:
MinistryofTransport
Maritime
Department
Peninsular
Malaysia;
Malaysia Maritime Academy; Vietnamese
Ministry of Transport (MOT); Vietnam
National Maritime Bureau (VINAMARINE);
Vietnam Maritime University (VIMARU),
and VINIC (The Center for Training and
Improvement of Maritime Professions,
Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd.).
The delegation visited Malaysia
Maritime Academy on December 12 andmet with the following people: Zainar
Akbar Abdul Samad, M.Sc. Mni, Milt
M.Ikmal, Master Mariner, Director ofTraining and Education; Chong Chee
Wah, Head of Marine Electronics &Communication; Ahmad Zahari Mohd
Tahir, MS (Ed), B.Sc., Academic Registrar;
Ben Lee, Msc., Master Mariner, Adv. Dip.
Logistics; and Wong Yoon Quee.
Mr. Abdul Samad (1992), head of theeducation and training department of theuniversity, had time to accompany theJapanese visitors on a small campus tour,
providing total support for their research.
The
three-year
long
SOF/MLIT
research program has developed anagenda of technical cooperation for
Asian countries in the area of seafarers'
education and training, and expedited
the creation of a network linking thoseseafarer supplying countries and Japan.
SOF would like to take this opportunity
to thank all the WMU graduates for theircooperation and hospitality extended to
us in execution of the program.

Sasakawa Fellow Alumni 2003
Specially attentive to the necessity ofbuilding and maintaining friendship andcommunication, the Sasakawa Fellows ofClass 2003 voluntarily set up an alumni
association to 1) facilitate an exchange of
information among their peers; 2)
promote international understanding andpolicy harmonization in maritime matters;and 3) maintain a close relationship andcooperation for the development ofmaritime industry worldwide.
Similar associations like this are expected
to work together with the individual
national chapters of Sasakawa Fellows, towhich members of such associations belong
on a country basis, as warp and woof of the
Sasakawa Fellows' global network.
The voluntary alumni association,"Sasakawa Fellow Alumni 2003 (SAF)," wasestablished on October 11, 2003. Mr. Tafik
Fajar Nugroho, the 2003 recipient of the C.
P. Srivastava Award for International
Fellowship, became the first Secretary
General of SAF. He will gather and update
information on SAF members anddistribute it through the SAF mailing list.
The members will take on the one-yearterm position in turn in alphabetical orderof the names of their countries. SAF

members will keep in contact and exchange
updated information through the Internet.
Mr. Kentaro Furuya drafted the Deed of
Establishment of Sasakawa Fellow Alumni
2003, which was signed by all 25 members
from 14 countries.

The Deed of Establishment of Sasakawa Fellow
Alumni 2003 signed by the members

The Filipino Chapter chairman joined in an international
cooperation program for marine accident investigation.
participants was a familiar face from thePhilippines, Mr. Luis Masangque Tuason Jr.,
Commander, the Philippine Coast Guard
Intelligence and Investigation Force, andchairman of the Association of WMUSasakawa Fellows (Philippine Chapter), Inc.
Mr. Tuason represented PCG at the program.
Keeping in mind that extensive
international cooperation is essential tocope with marine accidents involving
foreign flag ships where owners and other
Mr. Tsuya (left) and Mr. Tuason (right)
parties of investigation are of different"The Mock Drill/Meeting for Asia Regional nationalities, MAIA has provided an
Cooperationon
MarineAccident opportunity to exchange views andInvestigation" was held at Moji, Kitakyushu, information among experts from Asia,
Japan, on December 4-5, 2003.
thereby forming an effective cooperation
The event was organized and hosted by sheme of joint investigation of marine
the Marine Accident Inquiry Agency accidents in the future.
(MAIA) of Japan, under the sponsorship ofBetween-meetings, Mr. Tuason recounted
SOF. A total of 15 experts from Korea, the action plan for 2004 of the Filipino
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Chapter to Mr. Takuo Tsuya, manager of thePhilippines, Russia, and the United States International Cooperation Division of SOF,
were invited to the drill-cum-meeting who also participated in the program
program. To our joy, among the foreign representing the sponsor.

Prof. Hikima met WMU graduates in the Philippines
By Prof. Toshio Hikima
Marine Technical College
Although I'd taken business trips to a great
number of countries by sea and air, it was
my very first time to visit Manila, thePhilippines in October. At the MARINA
meeting, I was so happy to see a Sasakawa
Fellows on the other Philippine side, and I
was very proud to see them doing a greatjob. Also, I was pleased that I had a chance tomeet and talk to many WMU graduates when
I visited Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). It is
my greatest pleasure to see WMU graduatesworking extensively and with pride.
I think that I am very lucky to be one of
the WMU graduates all over the world, and
it is even more meaningful to me because I
am working in the field of maritime affairs.
Needless to say, this business trip also Prof. Hikima with WMU graduates of Philippine
turned out to be such a joyful one.
Coast Guard

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News from Alumni

SOF Research Delegation visited Malaysia and Vietnam

SOF delegation was welcomed in Malaisia

SOF, in cooperation with the Japanese
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransport (MLIT), has been implementing
research into a potential network for
seafarers' education and training by useof simulators since FY 2001. Experts
were dispatched to Europe in FY 2001,
and the Philippines and Indonesia in FY
2002, which are major providers ofseafarers for the world fleet.
As for FY 2003, the SOF-sponsoreddelegation of MET experts visited
Malaysia and Vietnam during the periodof December 10-18, 2003 to look into thepresent state of seafarers' training byusing simulators in the two countries.
The mission was headed by Prof. Hiroaki
Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Marine
Science and Technology, and Prof.
Makoto Endo, Toyama National Collegeof Marine Technology. They wereaccompanied by Mr. Eisuke Kudo,
managing director of SOF, and Mr.
Tatsuya Sendo, general manager ofInternational Affairs Department of SOF.

The delegation paid a visit to thefollowing organizations in those countries:
MinistryofTransport
Maritime
Department
Peninsular
Malaysia;
Malaysia Maritime Academy; Vietnamese
Ministry of Transport (MOT); Vietnam
National Maritime Bureau (VINAMARINE);
Vietnam Maritime University (VIMARU),
and VINIC (The Center for Training and
Improvement of Maritime Professions,
Nippon Steel Shipping Co., Ltd.).
The delegation visited Malaysia
Maritime Academy on December 12 andmet with the following people: Zainar
Akbar Abdul Samad, M.Sc. Mni, Milt
M.Ikmal, Master Mariner, Director ofTraining and Education; Chong Chee
Wah, Head of Marine Electronics &Communication; Ahmad Zahari Mohd
Tahir, MS (Ed), B.Sc., Academic Registrar;
Ben Lee, Msc., Master Mariner, Adv. Dip.
Logistics; and Wong Yoon Quee.
Mr. Abdul Samad (1992), head of theeducation and training department of theuniversity, had time to accompany theJapanese visitors on a small campus tour,
providing total support for their research.
The
three-year
long
SOF/MLIT
research program has developed anagenda of technical cooperation for
Asian countries in the area of seafarers'
education and training, and expedited
the creation of a network linking thoseseafarer supplying countries and Japan.
SOF would like to take this opportunity
to thank all the WMU graduates for theircooperation and hospitality extended to
us in execution of the program.

Sasakawa Fellow Alumni 2003
Specially attentive to the necessity ofbuilding and maintaining friendship andcommunication, the Sasakawa Fellows ofClass 2003 voluntarily set up an alumni
association to 1) facilitate an exchange of
information among their peers; 2)
promote international understanding andpolicy harmonization in maritime matters;and 3) maintain a close relationship andcooperation for the development ofmaritime industry worldwide.
Similar associations like this are expected
to work together with the individual
national chapters of Sasakawa Fellows, towhich members of such associations belong
on a country basis, as warp and woof of the
Sasakawa Fellows' global network.
The voluntary alumni association,"Sasakawa Fellow Alumni 2003 (SAF)," wasestablished on October 11, 2003. Mr. Tafik
Fajar Nugroho, the 2003 recipient of the C.
P. Srivastava Award for International
Fellowship, became the first Secretary
General of SAF. He will gather and update
information on SAF members anddistribute it through the SAF mailing list.
The members will take on the one-yearterm position in turn in alphabetical orderof the names of their countries. SAF

members will keep in contact and exchange
updated information through the Internet.
Mr. Kentaro Furuya drafted the Deed of
Establishment of Sasakawa Fellow Alumni
2003, which was signed by all 25 members
from 14 countries.

The Deed of Establishment of Sasakawa Fellow
Alumni 2003 signed by the members

The Filipino Chapter chairman joined in an international
cooperation program for marine accident investigation.
participants was a familiar face from thePhilippines, Mr. Luis Masangque Tuason Jr.,
Commander, the Philippine Coast Guard
Intelligence and Investigation Force, andchairman of the Association of WMUSasakawa Fellows (Philippine Chapter), Inc.
Mr. Tuason represented PCG at the program.
Keeping in mind that extensive
international cooperation is essential tocope with marine accidents involving
foreign flag ships where owners and other
Mr. Tsuya (left) and Mr. Tuason (right)
parties of investigation are of different"The Mock Drill/Meeting for Asia Regional nationalities, MAIA has provided an
Cooperationon
MarineAccident opportunity to exchange views andInvestigation" was held at Moji, Kitakyushu, information among experts from Asia,
Japan, on December 4-5, 2003.
thereby forming an effective cooperation
The event was organized and hosted by sheme of joint investigation of marine
the Marine Accident Inquiry Agency accidents in the future.
(MAIA) of Japan, under the sponsorship ofBetween-meetings, Mr. Tuason recounted
SOF. A total of 15 experts from Korea, the action plan for 2004 of the Filipino
China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Chapter to Mr. Takuo Tsuya, manager of thePhilippines, Russia, and the United States International Cooperation Division of SOF,
were invited to the drill-cum-meeting who also participated in the program
program. To our joy, among the foreign representing the sponsor.

Prof. Hikima met WMU graduates in the Philippines
By Prof. Toshio Hikima
Marine Technical College
Although I'd taken business trips to a great
number of countries by sea and air, it was
my very first time to visit Manila, thePhilippines in October. At the MARINA
meeting, I was so happy to see a Sasakawa
Fellows on the other Philippine side, and I
was very proud to see them doing a greatjob. Also, I was pleased that I had a chance tomeet and talk to many WMU graduates when
I visited Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). It is
my greatest pleasure to see WMU graduatesworking extensively and with pride.
I think that I am very lucky to be one of
the WMU graduates all over the world, and
it is even more meaningful to me because I
am working in the field of maritime affairs.
Needless to say, this business trip also Prof. Hikima with WMU graduates of Philippine
turned out to be such a joyful one.
Coast Guard

45

International Maritime Information

Essay

The 23rd IMO Assembly

Secretary-General of the IMO, and Secretariat of "Friends of WMU, Japan"
many significant Assembly Resolutions at SOF who were quick to find
By Kei Tanaka were adopted, such as:
Sasakawa Fellows from among theparticipants in the recent session and
Director General, Japan Ship Centre - IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling- IMO Policies and Practices related to advise us to contact them. Two
the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Sasakawa Fellows - diplomats stationed
Emissions from Ships
in London - Mr. Heru Prasetyo (1992)- Guidelines on Places of Refuge for of Indonesia and Ms. Xu Cuiming
Ships in Need of Assistance(1996) of China helped organize the
MEPC50, which was held from get-together.
My
proposalinDecember 1 to 4, tackled legislative connection to this is that the Sasakawa
matters related to the oil tanker Fellow who will be attending IMO
Prestige incident, which occurred on meetings contact the Secretariat of thethe west coast of Spain. As a result of "Friends" beforehand. In this way, theconstructive discussion at this Secretariat can make the necessary
meeting, a new universal rule on oil arrangements for a reunion or othertankers was adopted, relating to the get-together for the fellows.
WMU graduates are playing aphase-out and survey regime of Single
much more important role in
Hull tankers.
WMU graduates playing important roles at IMO
On December 2, five Sasakawa maritime matters than ever before,
Assembly
Fellows and Japanese participants in particularly through IMO related
the Assembly met and renewed their activities. And this Assembly was a
The 23rd session of the IMO Assembly old friendship over an Indian lunch. good opportunity to recognise this.
was held from 24 November to 5 They had a very enjoyable time Thus it is to be expected that all
December 2003. It was noted that talking about the major topics at this Sasakawa Fellows of the WMU will
many graduates from WMU including Assembly and cultural matters, as become key players in the field of
Sasakawa Fellows also made positive well as catching up on how they have maintaining safety and security at sea,
contributions to the proceedings.
all been getting along in recent years.
preserving the marine environment,
Admiral E. Mitropoulos of Greece
What made a get-together like this and promoting sound shipping. The
was unanimously approved as the next possible were the efforts of the future is in your hands!

Ghana’s River Volta

GHANA

VOLTA RIVER

ATRANTIC OCEANIMO guidelines on ship recycling were adopted
Responding to the growing concerns
about environment, safety and healthmatters in the ship recycling
industries, IMO started discussions on
enhancement of vicious ship recycling
practices from March 2000. As an
outcome,Assembly
Resolution
962(23) on IMO Guidelines on Ship
Recycling was adopted in December
2003, which offers advice to all stakeholders in the recycling process,including shipowners, shipbuilders
and recycling yards.
In the Guidelines, the term “shiprecycling” is used instead of “shipscrapping,” because virtually nothing
goes to waste in the process. It is also
noted that the industry makes apositive contribution to the global

environment, if properly handled.
Basic principles of the Guidelines
are identification of potentiallyhazardous materials in ships andminimization of hazardous substances.
It is difficult to mention everything inthis limited space, but the main ideasof the Guidelines are:
1. Shipbuilders and manufacturersof marine equipment should be awareof the need to minimize hazardous
substances used in new ships andtheir equipment and to create designs
that facilitate removal of hazardous
materials.
2. Shipowners (and shipbuilders)should prepare a Green Passport,
which describes where and how muchthe potentially hazardous materials

are used in the ship, and keep it
updated.
3. Recycling facilities should have acapability to recycle ships, andcompetent authorities in Recycling
States should assess the capabilities offacilities and make the results
available.
4. The last owner of a ship sold forrecycling should, consistent with thesafe operation of a ship, remove or
minimize
potentiallyhazardous
materials from the ship and should
provide the recycling facilities with
the Green Passport.
5. Recycling facilities, in consultation
with the shipowner, should develop a
Ship Recycling Plan.

6

Ms. Felicity Ankoma-Sey(Ghana 2001)

7

I

have grown to believe that Mother
Nature has natural ways of repairing
her environment that gets degradedas a result of humans’ unending searchfor economic prosperity and comfort.
Because of the time frame which she
normally uses, man continues to findalternative ways of restoring or quickly
controlling the degraded environment but
not at the expense of economic activity.
One such distinguished person is ourmentor, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, whose
calling and crusade amongst other things,
has been dedicated towards preserving
Earth and all that it has from destruction.
Through his benevolence, Mr. Sasakawa
has inspired us even more to be caring
and sensitive in joining the quest topreserve the Earth’s rich and beautiful
resources amongst developing economic
activity. This cause can be pretty difficultand fruitless if it is tackled on an
individual basis. I am therefore privileged
to be a member of ‘Friends of WMU’, adistinguished association made ofinternational intellectuals who can share
their experiences and expertise for thecommon interest of preserving Earthwhilst promoting economic activity.
Mother Nature has blessed Ghanawith the River Volta. It lies on the easternpart of the country and stretches fromthe coast to the north, covering about
three-quarters of the total length of thecountry. It is used amongst other things
for irrigation, aquaculture, hydroelectric
power generation and transportation.
Though all these economic activities arevery important to Ghana, my interest istransportation. I have two concerns:
First, the River Volta provides thenation with easy assess to the landlockedWest African countries. Ghana’s corridors,
which are already highly rated, could gaineven higher competitive advantage over its
neighboring countries in providing
logistics services if the potential of thisgold mine is seriously tapped. This would
support Ghana’s vision of becoming the
gateway to West Africa.
Presently the transport services along
the river are used for the movement of
oil/oil products to the north, as well astransportingfoodstuffs
fromthehinterland to urban areas. Statistics showthat this mode carries only 9% of Ghana’scargo traffic. I am looking forward to the
day when containers can be moved toand from the hinterland using this service,
and also when the tourism potential of
the river can be boosted.
Secondly, over the years, statistics
have shown that the maximum waterlevel of the river has a pattern of steadydecline. The foundations of somedolphins along the riverbanks, whichwere completely submerged, can now be
clearly seen. In some months of the year,
some parts of the river are not navigable
even though vessels with very shallow
drafts are used. Could this be due toenvironmental factors and humanactivities? For example, the source of thisriver lies in neighboring Burkina Faso.
This source in recent years has been
dammed at a point to serve irrigation andother purposes. My personal fear is that if
nothing is done in due course to save theriver, the generation of my children’schildren may learn about this beautiful
river in history books.
Further research in these areas is yet
to be undertaken to explore the potentialof this river. Your countries' experiences,
as well as suggestions, would be muchappreciated. Matters of major interest
includegovernment
policies
andinternational laws governing the use ofinland water bodies running throughmore than one country, environmental
issues, and nature of transport/trade on
inland water bodies. These may go a long
way to help restore the river and boost
trade. They may also serve as good
lessons for ‘Friends’ in other countries
who are facing similar problems. Please
contribute to this topic in the next or
coming editions of the newsletter.

International Maritime Information

Essay

The 23rd IMO Assembly

Secretary-General of the IMO, and Secretariat of "Friends of WMU, Japan"
many significant Assembly Resolutions at SOF who were quick to find
By Kei Tanaka were adopted, such as:
Sasakawa Fellows from among theparticipants in the recent session and
Director General, Japan Ship Centre - IMO Guidelines on Ship Recycling- IMO Policies and Practices related to advise us to contact them. Two
the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Sasakawa Fellows - diplomats stationed
Emissions from Ships
in London - Mr. Heru Prasetyo (1992)- Guidelines on Places of Refuge for of Indonesia and Ms. Xu Cuiming
Ships in Need of Assistance(1996) of China helped organize the
MEPC50, which was held from get-together.
My
proposalinDecember 1 to 4, tackled legislative connection to this is that the Sasakawa
matters related to the oil tanker Fellow who will be attending IMO
Prestige incident, which occurred on meetings contact the Secretariat of thethe west coast of Spain. As a result of "Friends" beforehand. In this way, theconstructive discussion at this Secretariat can make the necessary
meeting, a new universal rule on oil arrangements for a reunion or othertankers was adopted, relating to the get-together for the fellows.
WMU graduates are playing aphase-out and survey regime of Single
much more important role in
Hull tankers.
WMU graduates playing important roles at IMO
On December 2, five Sasakawa maritime matters than ever before,
Assembly
Fellows and Japanese participants in particularly through IMO related
the Assembly met and renewed their activities. And this Assembly was a
The 23rd session of the IMO Assembly old friendship over an Indian lunch. good opportunity to recognise this.
was held from 24 November to 5 They had a very enjoyable time Thus it is to be expected that all
December 2003. It was noted that talking about the major topics at this Sasakawa Fellows of the WMU will
many graduates from WMU including Assembly and cultural matters, as become key players in the field of
Sasakawa Fellows also made positive well as catching up on how they have maintaining safety and security at sea,
contributions to the proceedings.
all been getting along in recent years.
preserving the marine environment,
Admiral E. Mitropoulos of Greece
What made a get-together like this and promoting sound shipping. The
was unanimously approved as the next possible were the efforts of the future is in your hands!

Ghana’s River Volta

GHANA

VOLTA RIVER

ATRANTIC OCEANIMO guidelines on ship recycling were adopted
Responding to the growing concerns
about environment, safety and healthmatters in the ship recycling
industries, IMO started discussions on
enhancement of vicious ship recycling
practices from March 2000. As an
outcome,Assembly
Resolution
962(23) on IMO Guidelines on Ship
Recycling was adopted in December
2003, which offers advice to all stakeholders in the recycling process,including shipowners, shipbuilders
and recycling yards.
In the Guidelines, the term “shiprecycling” is used instead of “shipscrapping,” because virtually nothing
goes to waste in the process. It is also
noted that the industry makes apositive contribution to the global

environment, if properly handled.
Basic principles of the Guidelines
are identification of potentiallyhazardous materials in ships andminimization of hazardous substances.
It is difficult to mention everything inthis limited space, but the main ideasof the Guidelines are:
1. Shipbuilders and manufacturersof marine equipment should be awareof the need to minimize hazardous
substances used in new ships andtheir equipment and to create designs
that facilitate removal of hazardous
materials.
2. Shipowners (and shipbuilders)should prepare a Green Passport,
which describes where and how muchthe potentially hazardous materials

are used in the ship, and keep it
updated.
3. Recycling facilities should have acapability to recycle ships, andcompetent authorities in Recycling
States should assess the capabilities offacilities and make the results
available.
4. The last owner of a ship sold forrecycling should, consistent with thesafe operation of a ship, remove or
minimize
potentiallyhazardous
materials from the ship and should
provide the recycling facilities with
the Green Passport.
5. Recycling facilities, in consultation
with the shipowner, should develop a
Ship Recycling Plan.

6

Ms. Felicity Ankoma-Sey(Ghana 2001)

7

I

have grown to believe that Mother
Nature has natural ways of repairing
her environment that gets degradedas a result of humans’ unending searchfor economic prosperity and comfort.
Because of the time frame which she
normally uses, man continues to findalternative ways of restoring or quickly
controlling the degraded environment but
not at the expense of economic activity.
One such distinguished person is ourmentor, Mr. Yohei Sasakawa, whose
calling and crusade amongst other things,
has been dedicated towards preserving
Earth and all that it has from destruction.
Through his benevolence, Mr. Sasakawa
has inspired us even more to be caring
and sensitive in joining the quest topreserve the Earth’s rich and beautiful
resources amongst developing economic
activity. This cause can be pretty difficultand fruitless if it is tackled on an
individual basis. I am therefore privileged
to be a member of ‘Friends of WMU’, adistinguished association made ofinternational intellectuals who can share
their experiences and expertise for thecommon interest of preserving Earthwhilst promoting economic activity.
Mother Nature has blessed Ghanawith the River Volta. It lies on the easternpart of the country and stretches fromthe coast to the north, covering about
three-quarters of the total length of thecountry. It is used amongst other things
for irrigation, aquaculture, hydroelectric
power generation and transportation.
Though all these economic activities arevery important to Ghana, my interest istransportation. I have two concerns:
First, the River Volta provides thenation with easy assess to the landlockedWest African countries. Ghana’s corridors,
which are already highly rated, could gaineven higher competitive advantage over its
neighboring countries in providing
logistics services if the potential of thisgold mine is seriously tapped. This would
support Ghana’s vision of becoming the
gateway to West Africa.
Presently the transport services along
the river are used for the movement of
oil/oil products to the north, as well astransportingfoodstuffs
fromthehinterland to urban areas. Statistics showthat this mode carries only 9% of Ghana’scargo traffic. I am looking forward to the
day when containers can be moved toand from the hinterland using this service,
and also when the tourism potential of
the river can be boosted.
Secondly, over the years, statistics
have shown that the maximum waterlevel of the river has a pattern of steadydecline. The foundations of somedolphins along the riverbanks, whichwere completely submerged, can now be
clearly seen. In some months of the year,
some parts of the river are not navigable
even though vessels with very shallow
drafts are used. Could this be due toenvironmental factors and humanactivities? For example, the source of thisriver lies in neighboring Burkina Faso.
This source in recent years has been
dammed at a point to serve irrigation andother purposes. My personal fear is that if
nothing is done in due course to save theriver, the generation of my children’schildren may learn about this beautiful
river in history books.
Further research in these areas is yet
to be undertaken to explore the potentialof this river. Your countries' experiences,
as well as suggestions, would be muchappreciated. Matters of major interest
includegovernment
policies
andinternational laws governing the use ofinland water bodies running throughmore than one country, environmental
issues, and nature of transport/trade on
inland water bodies. These may go a long
way to help restore the river and boost
trade. They may also serve as good
lessons for ‘Friends’ in other countries
who are facing similar problems. Please
contribute to this topic in the next or
coming editions of the newsletter.

Mr. Sasakawa talks
about the Northern Sea RouteThe following is an excerpt from a speech delivered by Mr.
Yohei Sasakawa at an international forum on Resource
Development and Environmental Protection in the Northern
Seas. The forum was held at the Hotel Kaiyo in Tokyo, on
November 6, 2003. This selection should give readers aglimpse of the wide-ranging contributions that the Chairmanof "Friends" is making in the international maritime field.
INSROP (International Northern Sea Route Program) has
its origins in a 1992 meeting I held with the Norwegianambassador to Japan. The ambassador brought me a
proposal for a joint research project into the viability of acommercial sea route that would pass through the Arctic
Ocean. When I thought of the fact that the sea is becoming
less and less a part of humankind's dreams and hopes, I
decided that this was a project worth taking on.
Thus, I got involved as chairman of the INSROP
Steering Committee of Sponsors. The international project
began in 1993 and ran for six years: a cooperative effort
between the Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Norway, Russia'sCentral Marine Research and Design Institute, and theShip & Ocean Foundation. We studied the potential of anorthern sea route from every possible angle, including anexperimental voyage to test our theories. Finally, in Osloin 1999, the results were presented before a large
audience of experts. Our conclusion was that such a route
was definitely possible. (This project report, entitled The

Northern Sea Route - The Shortest Sea Route Linking East
Asia and Europe is available at the WMU library.)

I have strong expectations for this second phase of
INSROP, which will study two things: the development of
natural resources in the areas bordering the Arctic Ocean
and Sea of Okhotsk, and the improvement of the lives ofpeople living in such harsh arctic regions.

Though my busy schedule does not permit me thetime to respond to each of you individually, I would liketo take this opportunity to thank all of you from my heart.

Yohei Sasakawa

Chair, Friends of WMU

Editor’s Postscript
This is the 6th issue of the newsletter and, fortunately,
we had no difficulty in finding main articles. It might
be owing to the effort of the SOF staff, but I believethat it shows that the network of Sasakawa Fellows is
growing and their activities have expanded.
Many Sasakawa Fellows from Southeast Asian
countries gathered in Singapore to attend the Expert
Meeting on Marine Safety and Marine Environment
Protection in Southeast Asia, which will strengthen thecooperation among Sasakawa Fellows of those countries.
Since it was the first attempt in the region, SOF organized
the meeting, but I hope Sasakawa Fellows will make a plan,

2004

No.

Sasakawa Fellows Met in Singapore

6

Located within sight of the famous
Marlion statue, Marina Mandarin Hotel in
the Marina district of Singapore was thevenue of "The Expert Meeting on Maritime
Safety and Marine Environment
Protection in Southeast Asia" - the first of
its kind that invited WMU Sasakawa
Fellows in neighboring countries toexchange expert views and information
with each other on various maritime issues.

A message from the Chairman“My Dear Sasakawa Fellows:
I would like to express my deepest gratitude for thelarge number of Christmas cards and letters that you
students and graduates have written to me. In 2003 I
spent a total of 125 days traveling abroad, working onsuch projects as Friends of WMU. Your letters havecontinually buoyed my spirits.

Marchpossibly with the support of SOF, to operate suchactivities in the near future.
In early December, I visited Malmö in order to attend
two meetings, one an IMO stability correspondence groupmeeting, and the other ISO/TC8/SC11 security working
group meeting. It was my first trip to Malmö for me and I
was impressed by the beautiful sights in the city. As
everybody at WMU knows, it was the winter season anddaytime was very brief. I hope to go there again in summer.

Ko Koiso

Chief Researcher, The Shipbuilding Research Association of Japan

This newsletter is published under a grant from The Nippon Foundation
to promote communication among the Sasakawa Fellows of WMU (World Maritime
University) and edited by the Ship & Ocean Foundation in cooperation with
Mr. Ko Koiso, Prof. Toshio Hikima, Ms. Masako B. Otsuka, and Ms. Sue Jackson.

Secretariat: International Cooperation Division, Ship & Ocean Foundation
Kaiyo Senpaku Building, 1-15-16 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 105-0001
Tel. 81-3-3502-1887 Fax. 81-3-3502-2033 URL: http://www.sof.or.jp/

The meeting that took place on
November 19-20, 2003 was organized
and sponsored by the Shipbuilding
Division of the JETRO Singapore Center,
under financial support from SOF. Two
representative Fellows each from four
countries managed to squeeze time outof their busy routines to participate in
the meeting.

VietnamMsc. Vu The Quang, Vietnam National
Maritime Bureau
Mr. Nguyen Hai Nam, Hochiminh City
Port Authority

Indonesia

Mr. Rusman Hoesein, Indonesia
Maritime Institute
Mr. Roy Kasiono, Directorate General
Sea Communications

The Philippines

Ms. Sonia B. Malaluan, Maritime
Industry Authority
Mr. Joseph B. Badajos, Philippine
Coast Guard

Thailand

Ms. Wanna Waiwingrob, Ministry ofTransport
Mr. Narinsak Sattaprasit, Ministry ofTransport

Sasakawa Fellows at the Expert Meeting held in Singapore, November 19-20, 2003

The first day - November 19, 2003

ture and Transport (MLIT).

Opening Session

Presentation of Country Reports

The day's meeting was attended by Mr.
H. Ishiwata and Mr. I. Teranishi,
President and Vice-President, respectively, of The Cooperative Associationsof Japanese Shipbuilders.
Mr. M. Uesono, Director of
Shipbuilding Department of JETRO
Singapore Center described the scopeand purpose of the meeting. The
meeting had two agendas:
1) Current regulations on ships
engaged in domestic transportation in
the participant countries
2) Promotion of informationexchange on maritime safety andmarine environment protection
Mr. Eisuke Kudo, Managing Director
of SOF, made introductory remarks,
followed by the keynote address of Mr.
Ikuo Ishida, Director of Safety andStandards Division, Maritime Bureau,
Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastruc-

Concerning the first agenda, theparticipants gave a presentation ofcountry reports, taking turns aschairperson.

Indonesia

Maritime safety (including marine
pollution prevention and combating /response) is carried out by the
Directorate General of Sea Communications.
As a flag state and port state,
Indonesia has its own regulations for nonconventional ships in Indonesian waters,oriented to international standards.
Regarding the ISPS code, Indonesia
has already issued Minister ofCommunication decree No. 33/2003 for
its implementation, and it will be
executed through the national maritime
safety committee.