In Hong Kong, Bahamas Maritime Authority Looks to Chinese Market

By: - June 28th, 2011

From left: Huang He, director general of China’s Maritime Safety Administration, BMA Chairman Ian Fair and Bahamian Ambassador to China Elma Campbell. (BIS Photo)

The Bahamas Maritime Authority is in Hong Kong as part of an promotional initiative across Asia, with a high-level delegation meeting with senior Chinese officials in the Ministry of Transport last week. The visit was an attempt to establish a relationship between the Bahamas, which has one of the world’s largest ship registries, and China, which is a major power in the shipbuilding industry. The BMA delegation was led by Chairman Ian Fair, Deputy Chairman Peter John Goulandris, Commodore Davy Rolle and Malcolm Keast, regional director for Hong Kong.

–Bahamas Information Service

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