Meeting to discuss the resolutions and recommendations of the Supreme Council of ports with respect to “removing the obstacles to maximize the development of the maritime transport national fleet “,

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      • On Sunday June 2nd , 2013  at the club Syrian, Alexandria Chamber of Shipping headed by Eng. Ahmed El Akkad a consultative meeting under the auspices of  the Egyptian Maritime Transport Sector and the Alexandria Chamber of Shipping to discuss the resolutions and recommendations of the Supreme Council of ports with respect to “removing the  obstacles to maximize the development of the maritime transport national fleet “, in the presence Adm. El Sayed Hidayat, Head of the maritime transport sector and  some representatives of the maritime transport sector as well as Adm. Ahmed Sharaf ,Chairman of the Port Said Port Authority,  Adm. Ibrahim Fulayfel ,the head of the Safety Authority, Captain. Mohammed Hamdy, the head of the Union of Ship-owners. The meeting was attended by Eng.Fathallah Abd El Aziz, the Secretary General, Mr. Walid Badr, the Treasurer, Eng. Mohammed Hassan Abd El Kadir, and Captain. Tarek Shahin, the board   member as well as representatives from the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport and representatives of the French and Englishsupervisory bodies, a number of attorneys who specialize in maritime transport issues with member companies also some companies participated such as Mahoney, Pyramid and Maersk as sponsors of the meeting, which was followed by dinner.

Customs Committee Meeting

Posted on: December 19th, 2012 by Admin No Comments

Customs Committee

On Sunday, 10.06.2012, the customs committee held a meeting to discuss the recent customs decisions and business. The head of the committee mentioned what was discussed at the meeting, which was held on Sunday, May 20th, 2012 at the chamber and what has been done concerning the issue of the neglected containers in the port and the actions had been taken in this regard in the presence of representatives of the Alexandria Port Authority and the Customs Authority inside Alexandria and Dekheila ports as well as Alexandria container Handling Co. the attendees also reviewed  the problems faced the shipping agencies in dealing with customs, where all the attendees asked for developing a clear publication about the transit and transited goods and review publication No. (10) Procedures, which issued by the customs authority in this regard. The attendees as well discussed the issue that the customs authority is not currently implementing the risk management and not using the green Line because of the smuggling.

Marine Works Meeting

Posted on: December 19th, 2012 by Admin No Comments

On Tuesday 19/6/2012, the Marine Works Committee held a meetings to discuss the constraints collected by the committee members concerning what they face from the routine and bureaucracy in their dealings with the companies operating in Egypt ports as well as the sector supervisory bodies plus the requirements and procedures required in all ports to obtain daily,weekly, monthly or annually permits such as the certificate of criminal record, security verification,insurance….. Etc. They also discussed the problem of the differences in the value of customs duties for port entry that vary from port to another. The attendees demanded the validity for the port entry permit to bepermanent for all activities for all the companies and workers operating in the ports. The workers has been divided within companies into two types: permanent employment and temporary employment

Moreover, they discussed the problem of the validity of theactivity licenses in Alexandria asit is notapplicable in other ports and determine its duration so the companies must provide new fees and procedures annually.Consequently the attendees asked that the activity licenses to be permanent and valid unless the company stopped the licensed activity or announced itsbankruptcy.

Marine Works Committee

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The first meeting was held for the Marine Works Committee headed by the Captain of the Chamber / Mohammed Sharaf to date and discuss the Suggestions of the Members for the Committee’s work plan. He referred to the importance of the presence of members of the committee meetings to participate in the consensus.

Mr / Samir Abu kharbia was selected by Egyptian Warehouses Company as Vice-President of the Committee   for studying the problems of the Committee members in the absence of Chairman of the Committee entrusted with the work of the Commission, and that for the speed and ease of the work, and Professor / Said Said Tayel of the Egyptian Company for Supplies and marine has chosen to  works as Rapporteur of the Commission.

The training Committee

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On Monday, 05/28/2012, the trainees of the coursebasic skills for executives” received their certificates in the presence of Eng. Ahmed El Akkad, the Chamber Chairman and Dr. Mohammed Muharram, the head of the Training Committee wishing all the trainees all the best. The trainees expressed their gratitude from the course and its presenters because of its good effect in practical life.

The head of the committee asked the trainees to participate in the committee meetings and provide us with their training needs to be implemented within the action plan.

The training seminar (the importance of training and its role to improve the employees)

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On Tuesday 09/11/2012, the Training Committee headed by Dr. / Mohamed Mehrem, held a seminar for companys’ executives and human resources staff at Alexandria Chamber about  (the importance of training and its role to improve the employees). Dr. Abd El Moneim Hafez (International expert in Human Resources and Training Affairs) gave a lecturer about importance of training for employees and he presented and explained best practices of companies inside and outside Egypt, which focused on the areas of training. At the end of the seminar, there was an opened discussion to answer inquires facing workers in the work environment.

The session of procedures of the Council of Alexandria Chamber of Shipping

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Alexandria Chamber of Shipping Board Procedures Meeting

Referring to the decision of the Minister of Transport No. (599) for the year 2011 regarding the composition of Alexandria Chamber of Shipping Board of Directors of for its new period (2011/2015), the board memberswere invited on Saturday 10/12/2012 to attend the procedures meeting of its new formation  as follows:

The formation of the Board of Directors:

For each of the following positions: Chairman, Vice ChairmanGeneral Secretary and Treasurer:

It was decided the following:

1. Eng.  Ahmed El Akkad, to be the Chamber Chairman

2. Mr. Khaled El Bahtimy, to be the Chamber Vice Chairman

3. Eng. Fathallah Abd El Aziz, to be the ChamberGeneral Secretary

4. Mr. Walid Badr, to be the Chamber Treasurer

The formation of the Chamber Executive Bureau:

Mr. Khaled El Bahtimy, the Vice Chairman to be the Head of the Executive Committee.

The membership of:

1. Eng. Fathallah Abd El Aziz, theChamber Secretary General

2. Mr. Walid Badr, the ChamberTreasurer

3. Eng. Mohamed Hassan Abd El Qadir,theBoard Member

4. Captain. Tarek Shahin, the Board Member

The first meeting of the Board of Directors of Alexandria Chamber of Shipping

Posted on: November 17th, 2012 by Admin No Comments

The Board of Directors of Alexandria Chamber of Shipping, headed by Mr. Eng / Ahmed Akkad first meeting of the new Council on Wednesday, 21/12/2012 to discuss the performance of the committees during the previous period and how to develop it.That has been assigned to prepare an imagine of the formation and selection of committee chairmen of the Executive Committee also discussed the suggestions and the action plan in the next stage and change the name of the committee ship owners to the Committee of the fleet and add the Investment Committee and the Tourism Committee of social activities, as well as discuss the program of periodic meetings proposed with various maritime activities (ship owners – Shipping Agencies – loading and unloading – works marine) to start the implementing through the appointments and the specific

Meeting of the Board of Directors Alexandria Chamber of Shipping with the members of the chamber shipowners

Posted on: November 17th, 2012 by Admin 2 Comments

On 25.12.2012,the Chamber Board of Directors with its new its formation headed by Eng. Ahmed El Akkad held its first meeting with the shipowners to listen to their views. Eng. El Akkad mentioned the meeting which was held at the morning of the same day, with the Head of the Maritime Transport Sector regarding the position of the Egyptian fleet. He presented a memorandum mentioning the proposals that enables the raise of the fleet efficiency in line with Egypt’s maritime position as well as the national interests.

The attendees discussed as well the improving of the level of maritime labor to get out qualified cadres for the advancement of ship repair industry.

Eng. El Akkad pointed out the importance of participation and presenting the point of views during meetings that have been rescheduled with different specialties and will be activated during the next phase as to be:

The chamber is thebasic communication channel between its members and other various sectors in the field of maritime transport, especially the Maritime Safety Authority, the maritime transport sector and Port Authorities

Need more positive participation from the members to exchange and present their point of views

Study legislation in the field of ships owningand their suitability and then propose required amendments

Alexandria port must be an attractive area for work, especially in the field of stevedoring through providing opportunities to gather exporters and importers to ensure = direct communication between the owners of the goods and the Egyptians carriers.