3 - Chairman’s Introduction


4 - Head Office News


5 - Around the World News


6 - Branch News



Regional Focus: Hong Kong

7 - Leader Shipbroking


8 - Shipbrokers’ role
Tim Huxley, Managing Director, Clarksons Asia

12 - Feature: FICS
Eric Preston, former ICS Chairman


15 - ICS Examination Awards
And the winner is …


Education

19 - METL knight in shining armour
Rita Barnish, METL

20- Looking to the freight future
Bill Lines, Baltic Exchange


Legal Issues

23 - Shipbrokers’ rights
Andrew Jamieson, ITIM

25 - Issuance of switch bills of lading
Julia Mavropoulos, ITIM

27 - FONASBA Education
Philip Wood keeps an eye on education

29 - Buccaneer & Classifieds
Alex Gray, director, e-business solutions’ division, Clarksons

31 - Book Review
Robert Johnson, director, INMARSAT


32 - Membership Benefits