On Wednesday May 28, 2014, the VMAA, in conjunction with the International Ship-Owners Alliance of Canada (ISAC), hosted a seminar featuring keynote speaker Captain Anuj Chopra, Vice President (Americas), RightShip Pty Ltd. Mr. Chopra spoke to a sold out crowd at the downtown SFU campus on the topics of vetting and risk management. The event was …
Please join us on Wednesday April 16, 2014 for a VMAA lunch time seminar on ‘The Evolution of Tanker Safety’. This event will feature key note speaker Mr. Peter Bernard, Q.C. To book your spot please complete and return this form to the email adresss indicated on the form.
The VMAA presented ‘Maritime Labour Conventin 2006: The Seafarers’ Perspective’ Monday, October 28, 2013 in the Bentall 5 Conference Room. Key Note Speaker was Mr. Peter Lahay, National Coordinatore for the International Transport Workers Federation with guests Capt. Ranjeet Pawar, Senior Marine Inspector, Transport Canada and Mr. Yutaka Takasu, General manager/Senior Surveyor, Class NK. From …
VMAA Director Casey McCawley awards BCIT graduate Bryan Stapleton with teh VMAA/BCIT award at BCIT’s Convocation Ceremony. August 2013
The VMAA would like to bring to your attention the following seminars presented by the CoRe (Conflict Resolution) Clinic and give you the opportunity to attend. The CoRe Clinic is an approved continuing development provider for the Law Society of BC and the CoRe’s speaker series are pre-approved educational activities for professional development credits. The …
J.J. McIntyre of MW Law Offices presented a lunch seminar which took an in depth look at the VMAA Rules. From left: William Jones (VMAA Director), Dennis Pong (VMAA Vice President), J.J. McIntyre (VMAA Arbitrating Member and Seminar Presenter), Kaity Stein (VMAA President), Daryl Raibl (VMAA Director and Former President).
The VMAA presented ‘FIO vs. Other Terms of Carriage’ with Mike Mcleod, Manager, Commercial Rates & Sales for Fraser Surrey Docks; Brian Berg, General Manager of Gearbulk Shipping (Canada) Ltd. and Doug Schmitt, Partner, Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang on May 16, 2013 (pictured below).
THE MEDIATOR’S TOOLBOX WORKSHOP – APRIL 11, 4:30-6:30 EFFECTIVE AND INEFFECTIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MEDIATION ADVOCACY – April 16, 20
Special Circular – BIMCO Standard Dispute Resolution Clause 2013
Jarrett Beatty, Dennis Pong, Daryl Raibl & Peter Swanson In its continuing effort to provide topical and informative seminars, the VMAA hosted its first seminar of 2013 on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at the Bentall V conference center. The seminar was entitled “Terms of Sale: FOB vs. CFR” and featured four presenters having special …
