This week I visited Athens as the guest of FONASBA, the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers & Agents. This year is their 55th Anniversary and was their first…
From 2019 onwards, our Union has been steadily supporting and actively participating in all major initiatives, actions and events of the Federation, including but not limited to: 1/ Officially representing…
FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2022 is Nı́colas Henrique Marques Esperança De Souza, of Wilhelmsen Port Services…
FONASBA Issues Sustainable Development Declaration – a call to action for ship agents and ship brokers With the environmental and sustainability proϐile of shipping under scrutiny as never before, all…
FONASBA Announces Winner of the 2021 Young Ship Agent or Broker Award FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for…
FONASBA Quality Standard now covers 35 countries, 500 companies FONASBA’s Quality Standard (FQS), the only quality mark designed by, and specifically for, ship agents and ship brokers, reached another milestone…
FONASBA celebrates 50th Anniversary Fifty years ago today, on 23rd April 1969, delegates representing Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and (as it was…
As it approaches its 50th year, FONASBA has demonstrated increasing global reach by appointing the first President from an Arabic and North African country. Aziz Mantrach, Partner and General Managing…
FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2018 is Filipe Miguel Dias Martins of Navex Empresa Portuguesa de Navegação,…
A new entry-level qualification for ship agents As part of an ongoing commitment to support the provision of appropriate and relevant education at all levels across the ship broking and…
During its 2017 Annual Meeting, held in Dubai from 15th to 18th October, FONASBA announced that with the accreditation of APAMA, the Federation’s member in Algeria, the global reach of…
FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2017 is Niklas Soltow of SCA Logistics GmbH of Germany The…
The Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) returned to its spiritual home in London the week commencing 17th October for its 2016 Annual Meeting. The Federation…
FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its Young Ship Agent or Broker Award for 2016 is Tim Polson of Asiaworld Shipping of Australia. The Award was introduced…
The second round of FONASBA’s survey on the status of implementation of the amendments to SOLAS VI.2 shows that with just three months to go before the 1st July deadline,…
FONASBA is very pleased to announce that the winner of its first Young Ship Agent or Broker Award is Renan Queiroz of Wilson Sons Ltda., Brazil (pictured on the left).…
ECASBA, the European Committee of international ship agents and ship brokers’ association the Federation Of National Associations of Shipbrokers and Agents (FONASBA), has brought together a broad coalition of European…
On the 3rd of March in Brussels representatives of the Escola Europea de Short Sea Shipping (2E3S) and the Federation of National Associations of Ship Brokers and Agents (FONASBA) signed…
ITIC has recommended that brokers place a post-fixture clause at the end of recap messages in order to reduce the chances of exposure to severe financial loss as a result…
FONASBA’s 2014 Annual Meeting in Gothenburg elected a new Executive Committee and two new members and also reaffirmed the Federation’s commitments to its core values and activities. After completing her…
Following its recent Lima Declaration commitment to support and encourage education and training in the ship agency and ship broking sectors, FONASBA has now launched the first comprehensive, searchable database of educational…