International Federation of Shipmasters Associations
The Serving Shipmasters' International Voice
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Headquarters of IFSMA Member Associations
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| Abbreviation | IFSMA |
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| Motto | Unity for Safety at Sea |
| Formation | 1974 |
| Type | International Professional Organisation |
| Purpose | To be the Serving Shipmasters' International Voice |
| Headquarters | 202 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7JY, United Kingdom |
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Region served
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Global |
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Membership
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16,000 Shipmasters (2015) |
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Official language
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English |
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Secretary General
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Commodore Jim Scorer |
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President
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Captain Hans Sande |
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Main organ
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General Assembly |
| Affiliations | International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization |
| Website | www |
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The International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations (IFSMA), is the international professional organisation that unites and represents the world's serving Shipmasters.
The IFSMA is primarily concerned with representing the interests of the serving Shipmasters in bodies such as the International Maritime Organization, the International Labour Organization and other relevant, international and national organisations.
The purpose of IFSMA is to bring the Shipmasters' views on matters of marine safety, maritime security and protection of the marine environment to recognition at the required level and, at the same time, to forge a more exclusive and professional status for Shipmasters, one based upon their professional responsibility toward both shipowners and society.
The IFSMA is concerned about both international standards of professional competence for seafarers and international standards on conditions of work for seafarers.
The IFSMA is a federation with a policy to ensure safe operational practices, to prevent human injury, to protect the marine environment and to ensure the safety of life and property at sea.
The IFSMA headquarters are located in London, United Kingdom.
IFSMA was formed by eight National Shipmasters' Associations and formally constituted on 1 January 1974, in Rotterdam with the aim to unite the world's serving Shipmasters into a single non-profit making international professional organisation.
The IFSMA office was moved to London in 1983 for close proximity to the London headquarters of the United Nations (UN) International Maritime Organization (IMO) at which IFSMA had been granted consultative status in 1975, only one year after IFSMAs inauguration. This consultative status as a Non-Government Organisation (NGO) enables IFSMA to represent the views and protect the interests of the serving Shipmasters unfettered and unfiltered either by national governments or by shipping companies.
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