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Members
Peter Morris
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Peter Morris
Peter Morris concluded almost 26 years of service in the Australian Parliament on the 31st August 1998. During those years he developed an extensive background and network of contacts in Transport and related matters. He was Shadow Minister for Transport from 1976 until 1983 when with the election of the Hawke Labor Government he became Federal Minister for Transport. During his Ministerial service across a range of portfolios from 1983 to 1990 he was responsible for major national initiatives in shipping, aviation, interstate road and rail transport, road construction and maintenance, work and transport safety.
As Chairman of the House of Representatives Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Committee from 1990 to 1996 he led successful public inquiries into Shipping Safety, Waterfront Efficiencies, General Aviation Safety, Road Construction and Maintenance and the Radio Frequency Spectrum.
The Committee's Ships of Shame reports have received worldwide recognition and support. Mr Morris is Chairman of the Australian Maritime Network and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport in Australia [FCIT]. He has lived near Newcastle, the world's largest coal export port since 1944. |
James
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James Bell
James Bell was, until mid 1999, Permanent Secretary of the International Association of Classification Societies and had established the London based Permanent Secretariat in 1992 to represent 13 of the world's largest and leading ship classification societies. In this period very considerable progress was made in a number of IACS safety and quality related areas including the Enhanced Survey Programme for tankers and bulk carriers.
IACS also pioneered the introduction of an ISO 9002 - based quality programme mandatory for ongoing association membership and the explanation of IACS' key role in the self regulation of the industry through the vital linkage of IACS and the International Maritime Organisation.
Previously, in a 35-year career in shipping, James Bell had been a director of Sealink British Ferries and subsequently of Sealink Stena Line. Before this Mr. Bell worked for the Liverpool based Ocean Group for over 30 years at sea, in West Africa, France, the USA in a wide variety of managerial roles and, finally, as Managing Director of Ocean Fleets.
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Moritaka
Hayashi |
Moritaka Hayashi
Moritaka Hayashi is Professor at the School of Law of Waseda University in Tokyo, teaching international law of the sea, international environmental law and international organizations.
Before joining Waseda in April 1999, he was Assistant Director-General (Head of the Fisheries Department) of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO) in Rome, Italy, since 1996.
From 1971 to 1979 and again from 1989 to 1996, he was an official at the UN Headquarters in New York, serving mainly its Office of Legal Affairs, with the last post being Director of its Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. Between the two periods of his service at the UN, he was Counsellor and subsequently Minister at the Japanese Mission to the United Nations in New York.
His publications include two sets of major loose-leaf compilation of materials (as co-author) in the law of the sea from Oceana Publications in New York.
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Captain
McKay |
Captain McKay
Captain McKay was born in London, England, He served in the Merchant Navy from 1953 to 1966, obtained his Master's certificate in 1963 and moved to Canada in 1966. After working in the stevedore industry he joined Transport Canada as a marine surveyor in 1967. He transferred to Ottawa in 1974, assuming responsibility for cargo safety. Shortly thereafter he was elected, and served simultaneously, as Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the IMO's BC and CDG Sub-Committees respectively.
He was also Chairman of the Canadian Committee of ICHCA for several years. Employment in a variety of positions within the Department culminated in appointment in 1994 as Director General of the Ship Inspection Branch. With duties including responsibility for Canada's Port State Control Programme, he headed Canadian delegations to both the Tokyo & Paris MOUs, and was a founding member of the Paris MOU's Management Advisory Board. He also headed various Canadian IMO delegations.
Captain McKay orchestrated the first Joint Paris/Tokyo MoU Ministerial Conference on Port State Control, held in Vancouver in 1998, and retired from the Department shortly thereafter.
Married with two children and residing in Ottawa, he now acts as a marine consultant.
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