๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“๐ญ๐ก ๐€๐’๐„๐€๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ (๐€๐’๐„๐€๐ ๐Œ๐“๐–๐†) ๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ง๐š๐ฆ, ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ— ๐Ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‘

The Malaysia Shipownersโ€™ Association (MASA) Chairman, Mr. Mohamed Safwan Othman, and Secretary-General, Mr Shaharuzzaman Baharum, attended the 45th ASEAN MTWG Meeting as part of the Malaysian delegation in Vietnam from 17 to 19 October 2023.
The meeting is a bi-annual meeting that discusses the maritime transport policies and initiatives between Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Malaysian delegation is led by Mr. Mohd Fazril bin Mohd Zubir, Principal Assistant Secretary from the Maritime Division of the Ministry of Transport Malaysia. Also present are the representatives from the Malaysian federal port authorities, the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA), and other related agencies.
MASA served not only the delegates of Malaysia but also supported the Federation of ASEAN Shipownersโ€™ Association (FASA).
The critical implementation of the Same Risk Area under the Guidelines on Risk Assessment (G7) under the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments remains MASA and FASAโ€™s main concern, as the date of implementation is nearing.
Towards this end, MASA supports the initiative by the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore, which is currently working on the implementation of SRA in the near future.

MASA Courtesy Visit to IMO Secretary General, Mr. Kitack Lim in London

MASA Chairman, Mr. Mohamed Safwan Othman and Secretary General, Mr. Shaharuzzaman Baharum paid a courtesy visit to IMO Secretary General, Mr. Kitack Lim on 20th June 2022 at IMO Headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Taking the opportunity, MASA also deliver tokens of appreciation to Dr. Heiki Deggim and Dr. Jose Matheickal for their invaluable contributions as speaker for Malaysia Maritime Week 2022 conference held in February this year.

Joining the delegation is Maritime Attachรฉ of Ministry of Transport Malaysia.

MALAYSIA SHIPOWNERSโ€™ ASSOCIATION (MASA) COURTESY VISIT TO MARINE HEADQUARTERS, MARINE DEPARTMENT MALAYSIA

PORT KLANG, 26th January 2022 (Wednesday) โ€“ The newly-appointed Malaysia Shipownersโ€™ Association (MASA) Chairman, Mr Mohamed Safwan Othman together with Executive Committee (EXCO) members paid a courtesy visit to the Director-General of Marine, YBhg. Datoโ€™ Hj. Baharin Datoโ€™ Abdul Hamid in his office at Marine Headquarters in Port Klang.
Various matters were jointly discussed by both parties in the meeting. Among them involved bilateral strategic cooperation between MASA and Marine Department Malaysia (MARDEP) in the development of Malaysiaโ€™s maritime and shipping industry as well as pending issues raised by MASA during previous engagements with MARDEP.
YBhg. Datoโ€™ Director-General of Marine assures his full commitment to provide the best service and in turn drive Malaysiaโ€™s maritime economy.
Hopefully this meeting will benefit the development of Malaysiaโ€™s maritime industry and shipping sector in the future.