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The
British Association of Ship Suppliers is 100 years old
and was formed by the amalgamation of The British Ship Stores
Associations and The National Federation of Shipping Butchers
Associations. BASS is a full member of The International Ship
Suppliers Association (I.S.S.A.), which today consists of 35
different Country members, and is registered in The Hague with its
Secretariat located in The Baltic Exchange in London. ISSA consists
of a board of each member country, an elected Executive of 9 Board
Members with a President. In Europe we have a strong body called
OCEAN (Organisation de la Communauté Europeénne des Avitailleurs des
Navires) that primarily covers legislation being developed in
Brussels. BASS play an active part in OCEAN.
Our
objective is to ensure that our members are represented to
promote the Ship Supply industry to its customers and to guarantee
that there is a strong voice to assure that legislation is not a
burden, which has been extremely important with all the legislation
emanating from Brussels.
The
membership of BASS currently as of 2009 stands at 53 members.
All have a connection with the shipping industry either as a direct
supply company or providing a service to the industry. A number of
the members act as suppliers to the Ship Suppliers.
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