Page 2 - FOSMA Beacon Issue 3

FOSMA / BEACON / Jan 2023
From the,

CEO’s

Desk

appy New Year to all my colleagues and fellow seafarers!
I hope you celebrated the start of 2023 safely and in good health with
Hyour loved ones.

2022 was a year during which we had to deal with a series of challenges from
Russia's invasion of Ukraine to ination, and to soaring energy prices, while
the world was still recovering from the lingering impact of the pandemic.

Everything in the world somehow has an effect on shipping. The opposite is
also true. Shipping impacts everything around us in one way or another. This
is what makes our shipping industry so wonderful, and so valuable. At the

heart of it all lie our seafarers; their toil and hardship and resilience during
difcult times has been unmatchable. Seafarers make a tangible contribution

to our economy and they are the basis on which the foundation of our
association stands. The primary objective of FOSMA is to understand the
needs and expectations of our clients which also includes largely the

seafarers, and then to dedicate our resources in servicing them to the fullest of
our capabilities.

We have been doing this for over 3 decades now. By understanding, and
embracing our clients' business challenges, vision, objectives and goals, we
have enabled ease of business for our member companies in India. For our

seafarers, we have created state of the art training facilities in Noida and
Kolkata. We are delighted to announce the introduction of the IGF Training

capabilities at NOIDA & Kolkata, and resumption of the GMDSS program. At
every step we strive to address our seafarers' needs and expectations, and how
we can work harder and better to address these needs to their benet.

Our major achievement in the past year has been to settle in our new ofce