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International Registrar of Shipping
& Seamen, Mr. Nigel Smith accompanied by Registration Executive Ms Jas
Virdi and our Maritime Registrar in Greece ISB (Hellas) Ltd (Panos Kirnidis)
invites you to join us at stand 541 of the Posidonia exhibition on 2-6 June
2008 at Hellenikon Exhibition Centre, Greece to learn more about this expanding
and exciting centre for ship registration, financial services and tourism in
the Eastern Caribbean.
Please click on the following link
to pre-register for the event. http://www.posidonia-events.com/online/register.asp
Please see attached our
regular Newsletters keeping you up to date with developments in St. Kitts &
Nevis & our Ship Registry. We hope
you find the information in it informative and useful. We welcome your
comments. 


Neva, St. Petersburg - September 2007
St. Kitts & Nevis International
Ship Registry exhibited at the Neva Maritime & Shipping Exhibition in St. Petersburg, Russia, accompanied by our Maritime
Registrar ISB Moscow Ltd (Ms. Tatiana Matvievskaya), in September 2007.
Our stand was visited by existing Russian ship owning clients who have
registered ships with us and we were also able to discuss with other Shipowners
the benefits of St. Kitts & Nevis as an
International Open Register. During the exhibition our International
Registrar of Shipping & Seamen also met with senior management of the
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) and officials of the Russian
Government.

IMO Marine Accident & Incident
Investigation Course
The St.
Kitts & Nevis Government was host to a 10 training course on Marine
Accident & Incident Investigation recently. Organised by the
International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Regional Liaison office for the
Caribbean, the course drew participants from 20 Caribbean
countries and included 6 senior officials of the Maritime, Coast Guard &
Ports Department of St. Kitts & Nevis. The course leaders were Mr.
John Laing - Consultants to IMO and Mr. Marcel Ayeko, Chief of Marine Safety
Analysis of the Transport Safety Board of Canada. The 33 participants
were lead through various investigations of previous marine casualties and
incidents including, "the Titanic Sinking", "the Herald of Free
Enterprise Capsize", "Scandinavia Star Fire" - to give guidance
on the way in which a Government has to investigate casualties and
incidents."

Sea Asia, Singapore
We took part in the Sea Asia
exhibition in Singapore
from 2-4 April 2007 at Suntec City Exhibition Centre. We were accompanied
by our Maritime Registrar in Singapore, Shiplink Marine Surveys &
Consultancy Pte Ltd (Capt. K L Tan) & our Technical Consultants,
International Register of Shipping (IRS). The event was a huge success
with over 7,000 visitors who attended during the three days. We received
commitments from existing Owners to bring a further 7-10 ships to us within the
next 1-2 months. We received visits from shipbrokers and lawyers who are
interested in the St. Kitts & Nevis ship
mortgage. We were also visited by our Maritime Registrars from Panama, Korea
and Thailand.
Articles were published about us in the 2nd and 3rd day editions of the show
newsletter.

McClean Hobson's Visit to SKANReg,
London
The Government's Director of
Maritime Affairs, Mr McClean Hobson who is presently studying at Southampton University, England recently visited the
offices of St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry to meet staff and
see the work of the Ship Registry first hand. Mr Hobson was introduced to
staff and shown the daily workings and activities of the Ship Registry.
The visit also gave Mr. Smith the opportunity to personally update Mr. Hobson
on the most recent activities and plans for the near future.

Presentation to Shipping Community
in Piraeus, Greece
Our International Registrar of
Shipping & Seamen, Mr. Nigel E Smith made a presentation to Ship Owners,
Managers and others in the Shipping Community at the Piraeus Marine Club in
February 2007. This presentation was made at the invitation of ISB Hellas
S.A. our Maritime Registrar in Piraeus.
Mr Smith & ISB Hellas Managing Director Mr. Panos Kirnidis were
subsequently interviewed by Greek media which have been widely reported in the
Greek Shipping Press.
Seatrade Middle East Maritime
We took part in the Seatrade Middle
East Maritime exhibition in Dubai
on 4-6 December 2006. SMEM was a great success and the biggest in the
events history. The exhibition was 33% larger than in 2004. We were
accompanied by our colleagues St. Kitts Financial Services and supported by our
Technical Consultants, International Register of Shipping. Our Maritime
Registrar in Dubai,
International Shipping Bureau also participated with us.
Maritime Registrar Seminar
Our Biennial Maritime Registrar
seminar took place on 28th September 2006. We also received our ISO
9001:2000 Quality Assurance Certificate which was presented to our High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom H.E Dr. James Williams by American Bureau of
Shipping.

Dr James Williams receiving the
Quality Assurance Certificate from David Holden, Manager of Certification from
American Bureau of Shipping on behalf of St. Kitts & Nevis International
Ship Registry.

Gail Stoll from International
Shipping Bureau (Dubai) Ltd receiving a Certificate for Highest Number of Ship
Registrations 2005-2006.

Capt. Tan from Shiplink Marine
Surveyors & Consultancy Pte Ltd, Singapore receiving a certificate for the
Highest Number of New Buildings Registered 2005-2006.

Julian Padilla, President of
International Register of Shipping receiving a Certificate of Appreciation of
the Technical and Consultancy Services Given by International Register of
Shipping (IRS) to St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry.
"Which Register, Which
Flag" conference and exhibition
We recently
co-sponsored "Which Register, Which Flag" a conference and exhibition
organised by Lloyds List Events in Singapore.

This picture shows from left to right Capt K L Tan (Maritime Registrar -
Singapore), Nigel Smith
(International Registrar of Shipping & Seamen), Michelle Lei & David
Lei (Maritime Registrar - Taiwan).
Visit to Dubai by International Registrar of Shipping
& Seamen
Our International
Regisrar of Shipping & Seamen recently visited Dubai where he met some of our ship owner
clients and Government Officials. He paid a courtesy call to the cadet
training Ship "RTS Sindbad". An initiative by Zambezi Shipping
Agencies, this and its sister "RTS Sindbad Nui" have been placed
under St. Kitts & Nevis flag.
Training of cadets is carried out with educational support from Australian and
New Zealand Maritime Institutes. Nigel Smith congratulated Capt. Ajay
Kotwal of Zambezi Shipping Agencies for taking this bold initiative to address
the problem of seafarer training that the industry faces.

Nigel Smith presenting Capt. Mukund of "RTS Sindbad" with a
St.Kitts & Nevis desk flag.

Cadets under instruction

Nigel Smith with Mr. Salem Ali Al Zaabi,
Assistant Under Secretary for Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Communications, United Arab Emirates.