Richard Dixon has sent in the following notice of proceedings.

Good Day Branch Secretaries,As many of you will be aware the Nautical Institute AGM is being held outside of the UK this year for the first time and the UAE branch is honoured to be the branch chosen.

Dear members of the Nautical Institute (NI) and the Nautical Institute of Ukraine (NIU), ladies and gentlemen!

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you for your efforts in helping us receive good returns with the Presidents Questionnaire.

Dr Phil Anderson, director of risk management at North of England P&I Association, has decided to relinquish his position at the 50 million GT, A- rated club to devote more time to his two-year role as president of the Nautical Institute and to pursue his interests in the ISM Code – on which he is now internationally recognised a leading expert.

Dear Colleagues,

This is a great honour for me being elected a Chairman of Ukrainian Branch.

Minister, Honoured Guests, fellow mariners, ladies and gentlemen:

It was a great honour and a pleasure for me to be invited to participate in the celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the Odessa National Maritime Academy. In fact it was a double pleasure for it allowed me to not only visit this world famous maritime Academy but also to meet with the committee and members of the Nautical Institute of the Ukraine.

Capt. Scott, who retired from the Holland America Line in 2004 after 12 years in command in their Windstar fleet, succeeds the Princess Royal, HRH Princess Anne, who had been Master of the Company for the previous two years.