Also attending the Seminar will be Mr Geoffrey Stokes, the new MCA Ports Liaison Manager, who will join the panel of speakers at the pre-lunch Questions and Answer session.

Interested parties are urged to book promptly, as places are limited (the Spring Seminar achieved some 90% of full capacity). The UKHMA Autumn Dinner takes place on 16 October at the Victory Services Club in London, sponsored and hosted by Jack Hamilton and his team at V.T.M.S. Ltd.

A block reservation for UKHMA Members has been arranged at the Club for the night of 16 October, offering single ensuite rooms at £50.00 and double/twin ensuite rooms at £99.00. Both rates include a full English breakfast. (Other rooms, with or without en suite, may be available after the initial allocation is booked).

To book your room under this group arrangement, please Email only to Paul Kennedy, Manager, at kennedyp@vsc.co.uk quoting reference UKHMA 180919. Details of the Club facilities and accommodation may be viewed on www.vsc.co.uk. Membership of the Club is not required if you book under the above reference number.

The Victory Services Club is close by Marble Arch Tube station and convenient to most main line railway stations. For the seminar on Wednesday, it is just a 10 minute Tube trip to Bank station (itself only a 5 minute walk to the IMarEST Conference Centre). For further information contact Peter Moth, Secretary, UK Harbour Masters' Association, Tel: +44 23 92 460111, Fax: +44 23 92 460123, Email: secretariat@ukhma.org, Web: www.ukhma.org