Proactivity Pays Dividends & Promises More

by Dagfinn Lunde, Managing Director, Intertanko

The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) can look back on 1997 with pride. Many Association-backed initiatives aimed at improving the safety and environmental protection performance of tanker shipping were adopted at international meetings while, at another level, a number of interventions which sought to relieve the industry of an unfair commercial burden achieved success.

In addition, two further INTERTANKO Tanker Events were held, in Athens in May 1997 and in London in October 1997, to universal acclaim. Both meetings more than fulfilled their aim of providing a forum where people from all sectors of the tanker industry, not just the association’s membership, could meet to talk about the issues of the day. In addition, the gatherings provided an opportunity for INTERTANKO to flag these issues to a wider audience, beyond the walls of the conference hall. The press coverage of the two events, indeed of INTERTANKO activities throughout the entire year, has been extensive, as the Association has adopted the same proactive approach with the media that it has with government and industry.

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