Oslo, Norway - Enclosed are  Minister of the Environment remarks to the Bahamas Shipowners Association?

Thank you, Dale Ploughman, for your stewardship and leadership of this organization.Congratulations on electing a new chairman for BSA: I look forward to working with you as well as I think I did with DalePloughman..... We thank you for coming and sharing your vision for the establishment of a Bahamas Maritime Training Institute.

The BMA's, indeed, The Bahamas' dream of a Maritime Cluster has taken a substantial forward leap. Your goal of training 2,000 seafarers and mariners over ten years is worthy of all of our support...