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44 th MedCruise General Assembly Thursday, 22 nd May 2014 Castell n, Spain Stavros Hatzakos 44th General Assembly - Castell n GA Participants o 44 Port Members 71 Delegates o 12 Associate Members 19 Delegates o 7 Cruise Lines


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44th MedCruise General Assembly Thursday, 22nd May 2014 Castellόn, Spain

Stavros Hatzakos

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44th General Assembly - Castellόn

GA Participants

  • 44 Port Members – 71 Delegates
  • 12 Associate Members – 19 Delegates
  • 7 Cruise Lines – 9 Executives
  • International Press – 7 Journalists
  • 1 Observer
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MedCruise Delegates

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General Assembly Guests

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Approval of Minutes

Approval:

  • Minutes of the 43rd General Assembly (Alanya, Turkey,

14 November, 2014)

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Membership

Lorenzo Forcieri

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Membership

  • 1. State of MedCruise membership
  • 71 (67+4) Regular Members

4 new members (May 2014): Savona (return); Istanbul; Taranto; Trabzon 2 new members in September 2014: Gioia Tauro (applied 8.4); Portofino

  • 31 (29+2) Associate Members

2 new ass. members in 2014: Allegra Montenegro; B&A (Bermello, Ajamil & Partner). Europe

  • 2. Members permanently withdrawn
  • Regular members: Almeria; Batumi; Rize
  • Associate members: Cambiasso & Risso (Genoa); Inflot WorldWide Tours

(Sevastopol); Samer & Co Shipping (Koper)

  • 3. Special Case
  • Lattakia - old debtor that remains due to special conditions
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IN OUT

Membership

Cruise Pax. in 2013 OUT 21.435 IN 1.632.114

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New MedCruise members

New regular members

  • Trabzon – applied on Feb. 18th, 2014 / invited MedCruise for official visit
  • Taranto – applied on Apr. 7th, 2014
  • Istanbul – applied on Apr. 10th

New associate members

  • Allegra - Montenegro (Kotor) – applied on Apr. 16th, 2014
  • B&A Europe (Portimao) – applied on Apr. 17th, 2014
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State of Membership

(as of 21.05.2014)

Members Total Fees 2014 paid New members Fees 2014 pending* Not paying fees Regular 71 53 4 14

  • Associate

31 23 2 5 CLIA Europe *Reminders sent: 25.03.2014; 11.04.2014; 07.05.2014

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Old Debtors

(as of 21.05.14)

Members Outstanding fees 2012 Outstanding fees 2013 Regular Lattakia Lattakia; Sevastopol; Sinop Associate

  • Need for official GA decision to delete ex-members

(for accounting purposes)

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Promotional Activities

Carla Salvadó

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Promotion

1. MedCruise Yearbook 2013-14 – Available in hard copies and USB sticks – Available on website – Next edition to be published: Spring 2015 2. Newsletter - “MedCruise News” (Issue 43 - March 2014) – available on MedCruise website – available at Cruise Shipping Miami 2014 – hard copies posted to members – improving collaboration with Seatrade

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Promotion

3. Postcard – Invitation Cruise Shipping Miami 2014 – Part of the contract with Seatrade – Communicated to all MedCruise members – Circulated by Seatrade to travel agents and cruise line executives – Uploaded on the website 4. Cruise Line Directory – The last one is oudated – we have discussed the potential – ???

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Seatrade Med 2012 vs 2014

20 28

5 10 15 20 25 30 Marseille 2012 Barcelona 2014

Number of individual stands 503 550

470 480 490 500 510 520 530 540 550 560 sqm booked in 2012 sqm booked in 2014

Number of sqm booked

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Seatrade Med 2014

  • Final Size of MedCruise Pavilion: 816 m2
  • Space booked by members: 550 m2 (28 stands)

Stand Size (m2) Stand Size (m2) Stand Size (m2) Stand Size (m2) Azores/Lisbon/ Leixoes/Portimao 16 Dubrovnik 12 Malaga 24 Savona 24 Balearic Islands 20 French Riviera 18 Marseille 12 Sete 18 Bari/Brindisi/ Taranto 12 Gibraltar 12 Naples 24 Toulon-Var Provence 28 Cagliari 12 Heraklion/ Souda 24 Palamos 32 Trieste 12 Cartagena 16 Koper 12 Palermo/Messina 32 Tunisian Ports (tbc) 24 Corfu 12 La Spezia 50 Piraeus 20 Valetta 12 Cyprus Ports 16 Livorno 24 Portoferraio 12 Venice 20

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Seatrade Med 2014

  • Best Pavilion Construction offer:

– Graphis Studio: €94.500,00 (= €88.000,00+ €6.500,00)

  • Stand Allocation Procedure

Size (m2)

  • No. of stands

Total 12 10 120 16 3 48 18 2 36 20 3 60 24 6 144 28 1 28 32 2 64 50 1 50 Total 28 550

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Professional Development

Maria Cano

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MedCruise Professional Development Course (4th edition)

  • Dates: December 2014 - January 2015
  • Duration: 2-3 day
  • Place / Sea: On board a cruise ship / Adriatic or other sea different from

West Med

  • Participants: 30 MedCruise members
  • Cost: 20,000.00€
  • Themes:

(a) Cruise activities marketing / Cruise operations (b) Team and Organizational management tools

  • Offered by (provisional):

Section (a): B&A (Luis de Carvalho) / cruise line(s) Section (b): Win-Win

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Day 1 - Session 1 Day 1 - Session 2

  • Marketing & Promotion
  • The target
  • Make it work
  • Marketing channels
  • Importance of cruise business strategy
  • Cruise networks
  • Cruise Industry and the personal contact
  • Examples
  • Cruise port operations overview
  • Role of stakeholders at port and cruise

lines?

  • Coordinating efforts to ensure what is

promised in marketing is delivered in

  • perations?
  • Breaking down the delivery process for

home port and port of call operations

  • How do we measure success?
  • Using cruise line feedback to our advantage
  • Assembling operating plan that works for all

cruise brands

  • Needs & expectations of different brands
  • Future thinking – linking technology and

human resources to deliver key operations

  • Uniformity of operations at each port

The B&A proposal

Day 2 - Closing Session Moderator: B&A Team

  • Sharing of success stories and

experiences regarding the workshop

  • Collection of suggestions and ideas for

new events, improvements, etc. Interactive Sessions - include audience participation

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The Win-Win proposal

Team and Organizational Coaching

  • To identify and overcome team dysfunctional ties
  • To leverage on individual skills
  • To synergize towards common goals
  • To benefit from diversity
  • To develop high performance teams
  • To establish a clear mission, vision and values
  • To forge a strong corporate culture
  • To help business grow through clear goals and business strategy setting
  • Invitation of cruise lines
  • Meeting at ports of call (PAs – TBs)
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CRUISE ACTIVITIES IN

MEDCRUISE PORTS: Statistics 2013

SOURCE: A MedCruise Report, Piraeus 2014

Marijan Petkovic

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Croatia Cyprus Egypt France Georgia Gibraltar Greece Italy Malta Monaco Montenegro Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Syria Tunisia Turkey Ukraine

1.1. Countries represented in MedCruise

Medcruise Members : 70 Medcruise Associate Members: 32

  • I. INTRODUCTION
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Cruise Passengers Growth in MedCruise ports (2000-2013)

1.2. Cruise activities in MedCruise members

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1.3. Estimated MedCruise ports share of total cruise traffic in the Mediterranean in 2013 (estimated)

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ΙI. CRUISE TRENDS

2.1 Trends in the Global Cruise Market

Figure 2.1: based on similar assumptions with CLIA, visualises the global cruise passenger growth over time since 1990, forecasting a 2,7% growth within 2014.

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2.2 Global Deployment Shares 2013/2008

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  • III. TRENDS IN THE MEDITTERANEAN AND ITS

ADJOINING SEAS

3.1: Evolution of cruise traffic in MedCruise member ports (2009-2013)

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3.2: Major MedCruise Ports (Total Cruise Passengers, 2013)

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3.3 Major MedCruise Ports (Transit Pax., 2013)

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3.4: Major MedCruise Ports (Home In/Out Pax., 2013)

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  • IV. ANALYSIS PER MEDCRUISE REGION

4.1. MedCruise Regions & Cruise Traffic by region

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4.2. Passenger Evolution per Region

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4.3. Cruise Traffic per MedCruise Country in 2013

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4.3. Cruise Traffic per MedCruise Country in 2013

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4.3. Cruise Traffic per MedCruise Country in 2013

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  • V. SEASONALITY ANALYSIS

5.1. Cruise Traffic Shares per month (2013)

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5.2. Total Cruise Pax. per month (in thousands; 2013)

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LIFE+ Project

Livio Ungaro

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4.2 National Regulatory Framework

Starting point – EU Legislation

Template for analysis of EU Legislation

MAIN INFO Act: Entry into force: Deadline for transposition in the Member States: Official Journal: Key terms used in the Act Summary AVAILABLE AT

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4.2 National Regulatory Framework

Sub category European Legislation National Legislation Country x Date Title Date Title Waste Framework Directive 2008 A1.Waste Framework Directive, or Directive 2008/98/EC List of waste 2000

  • A2. Decision

2000/532/EC Shipment

  • f waste

2006

  • A3. Regulation (EC)

No 1013/2006

Sub category European Legislation National Legislation Country x Date Title Date Title Landfill 1999

  • B1. Council Directive

1999/31/EC Incineration 2000

  • B2. Directive

2000/76/EC Port Reception Facilities 2000

  • B3. Directive

2000/59/EC

MedCruise Ports asked to fill in the tables & provide summary of legislation

Adaptation of EU Legislation on Waste Management Operations Adaptation of EU Legislation on SolidWaste

OK: 7countries In progress: 4 Missing: 3

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MedCruise ports that replied in the survey

Alanya Azores Barcelona Brindisi Cagliari Cartagena Castellón Ceuta Corfu CyprusPorts Dubrovnik/ Korcula French Riviera Gibraltar Heraklion Huelva Igoumenitsa Koper Kusadasi/ Bodrum/ Antalya La Spezia Lisbon Livorno Málaga Marseille Mersin Motril Odessa Palamós Patras Piraeus Portimao Rijeka Sète Sibenik Sochi Souda/Chania Tarragona Tenerife Thessaloniki Toulon Trieste Valencia Valletta Venice N=43

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4.3 Analysis of member ports’ waste management facilities

Info to be provided on the map

  • Total quantity of garbage delivered (m3)
  • Location of garbage reception facilities at the port
  • Working hours of garbage reception facilities at the port

Waste Reception Services

  • Storage areas inside the ports and if available for which

type of products

  • Availability of segregation services at the port
  • Availability of treatment services prior to disposal
  • Disposal methods used in the port

Handling Services

  • Fee selection scheme applied at the port

Charging services

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4.4 Mapping and Database development

Conceptual approach Requirements for Port Waste Information Management – PWIM:

  • Easy to update questionnaire - directly to MedCruise
  • Minimum preparation for processing (e.g. minimum involvement of

technical personnel)

  • Secure environment (administrators vs. port members, access on a need to know

basis)

  • Automation of mapping updates (expandability and coverage of future needs
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4.4 Mapping &Database development

Core capabilities of the system Static data management:

  • Port profile
  • Waste reception services
  • Waste disposal handling

services

  • Waste services charging
  • Administrative framework of

waste reception

  • Handling related to legislation,
  • Port distances (interactive )
  • etc

Dynamic data statistics:

  • Waste reception services per port
  • Number of cruises per port,
  • Number of garbage deliveries,
  • Total quantity of garbage delivered,
  • Number & quantity of annex v

deliveries per garbage type

  • etc
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Timetable

Action Deadline Port Waste Information Management (PWIM) system ready for demo 30 March2014 Data to be published to the map 10 June 2014 Completion of 4.2 report (legislation) 30 April 2014 Completion of the questionnaire analysis 30 April 2014 Completion of data collection for 4.3 (questionnaire survey)

(collection to continue via the secretariat)

30 April 2014 Completion of all activities 20 June 2014

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Economic Studies & Projects

Aziz Güngör

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Studies

  • Fact-Finding report (MedCruise Report)

– GA decided to be run by the Secretariat

  • Following the completion of the statistical report, the MedCruise

Secretariat will progress the study – to be concluded and presented at Seatrade Barcelona (September 2014)

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Website

Giampiero Costagli

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Website

  • Members section:

– In June 2013: only 11 members had uploaded info – In January 2014: 34 members had uploaded info – Today: 41 MedCruise members enjoy the benefits

  • New features added:

– Videos “The Art of Travelling” – Miami e-Registration – GA e-Registration

  • Home page map of the MedCruise ports: updated
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List of the missing ports

Alicante Azores Balearic Islands Bari Brindisi Civitavecchia Constantza Egyptian Ports Genoa Heraklion Kavala Kotor Lattakia Livorno Málaga Marseille Mersin Messina Motril Granada Naples Palermo Portimão Rize Savona Sevastopol Sinop Sochi Souda/Chania Split Tenerife Toulon Var- Provence Trieste Volos

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Website

  • To benefit by the LIFE project (interactive map, the potential of

making the website more functional &dynamic)

  • Trying to solve the issue of uploading info for more than one ports

(beta testing) MedCruise in Social media:

  • Facebook: 253 likes (218 in Miami)
  • Twitter: 863 followers (850 in Miami)
  • Linked In: 433 connections (388 in Miami)
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Steps to follow in order to activate your profile on website

Step 1: Access the MEMBERS ONLY section of the MedCruise website providing the username and password previously given to you. Step 2: Upload all the information requested. Step 3: Preview the page and make sure that everything is correct. Step 4: Send an e-mail to the MedCruise Secretariat informing that you have completed the process and are ready to go public. Only after this request the profile can go public. Step 5: Enjoy the vision of your profile in the MedCruise website.

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Events

Lotfi El Ajmi

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Upcoming MedCruise Events

  • Seatrade Med 2014

– Barcelona, 16-18 September 2014 – MedCruise Pavilion: 816 m2 (reduced from 952 m2 )/ in 2012: 792m2

  • 45thMedCruise General Assembly

– Barcelona, 19 September 2014

  • 2nd GreenPort Cruise Conference

– Barcelona, 14 October 2014

  • Italian Cruise day 2014

– Naples, 24 October 2014

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Finances:

Accounts of 2013 (audited) & Progress 1 January - 15 May 2014 (also distributed) Kristijan Pavic

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Income

INCOME Budget 2013 Income 2013 Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Income 2014 (as of 15-May) Outstanding Balance 2014 Regular members Annual Fees:

€340,800.00 €292,800.00 (€48,000.00) €336,000.00 €240,000.00 €96,000.00

New regular member Annual Fees

€7,200.00 €4,800.00 (€2,400.00) €14,800.00 €14,600.00 €200.00

2014 Associate members annual fees:

€20,000.00 €20,000.00

New regular members Admission fees

€58,000.00 €54,000.00 (€4,000.00) €62,000.00 €44,000.00 €18,000.00

New associate member annual fees

€3,500.00 €3,500.00 €2,000.00 €2,000.00

VAT return

€7,979.96 €2,353.32 (€5,626.64) €8,000.00

Income from bank interest

€16,800.00 €20,164.66 €3,364.66 €16,800.00

Interests (Exchange difference)

€293.44 €440.44 €147.00 €400.00

INCOME €431,073.40 €398,058.42 (€33,014.98) €440,000.00 €298,600.00 €116,200.00

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014 Income

INCOME Budget 2013 Income 2013 Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Income 2014 (as 15-May) Outstanding Balance 2014 Regular members Annual Fees: €340,800.00 €292,800.00 (€48,000.00) €336,000.00 €240,000.00 €96,000.00 New regular member Annual Fees €7,200.00 €4,800.00 (€2,400.00) €14,800.00 €14,600.00 €200.00 New regular members Admission fees €20,000.00 €20,000.00 €62,000.00 €44,000.00 €18,000.00 Associate Members fees €58,000.00 €54,000.00 (€4,000.00) New associate member annual fees €3,500.00 €3,500.00 €2,000.00 €2,000.00 VAT return €7,979.96 €2,353.32 (€5,626.64) €8,000.00 Income from bank interest €16,800.00 €20,164.66 €3,364.66 €16,800.00 Interests (Exchange difference) €293.44 €440.44 €147.00 €400.00 INCOME €431,073.40 €398,058.42 (€33,014.98) €440,000.00 €298,600.00 €116,200.00

  • 61 Members & 29 Associates

paid for 2013 REDUCED FEES APPLY IN 2013: Members 4.800

  • Ass. Members 2.000
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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 1- Events

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15- May) Balance 2014 1.1 Miami Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention €35,000.00 €34,543.90 €456.10 €37,000.00 €37,546.13 (€546.13) 1.2 Seatrade Med €140,000.00 €140,000.00 1.3 Seatrade Europe Convention €20,000.00 €23,009.29 (€3,009.29) 1.4 Seatrade Asia- Pacific Convention €20,000.00 €18,417.12 €1,582.88 1- Events €75,000.00 €75,970.31 (€970.31) €177,000.00 €37,546.13 €139,453.87

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 2- Promotion, advertising, PR

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15- May) Balance 2.1 Marketing campaign €46,050.00 €46,050.00 €0.00 €46,050.00 €23,025.00 €23,025.00 2.2 Promotional video €15,000.00 €20,000.00 (€5,000.00) 2.5 Advertising in magazines €20,000.00 €18,581.80 €1,418.20 €20,000.00 €10,545.43 €9,454.57 2.7 CLIA Collaboration €30,000.00 €5,000.00 €25,000.00 €15,000.00 €15,000.00 2.10 Photos, posters, graphics and slides €3,000.00 €2,220.00 €780.00 €3,000.00 €320.00 €2,680.00 2.11 Public relations, hospitality €2,700.00 €2,378.67 €321.33 €2,700.00 €973.40 €1,726.60 2.12 Travel Expenses of Journalists & speakers €25,000.00 €42,321.30 (€17,321.30) €30,000.00 €12,387.00 €17,613.00 2.13 Gadgets and gifts €4,000.00 €974.41 €3,025.59 €4,000.00 €3,606.60 €393.40 2.14 Internet site (maintenance & improvements) €5,000.00 €2,943.73 €2,056.27 €5,000.00 €1,050.60 €3,949.40 2- Promotion, advertising, public relations 150,750.00 140,469.91 10,280.09 €125,750.00 €51,908.03 €73,841.97

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 3- Visits: Ports, cruise lines, participation events

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15-May) Balance 3.1 Travel expenses for events and others €15,000.00 €19,999.50 (4,999.50) €17,000.00 €11,262.00 €5,738.00 3.2 Travel expenses for members for special tasks €5,000.00 €371.60 4,628.40 €4,000.00 €4,000.00 3.3 Urban transport €1,500.00 €813.56 686.44 €1,500.00 €21.28 €1,478.72 3.5 Conference meeting rooms €3,500.00 €3,829.93 (329.93) €3,500.00 €2,630.44 €869.56 3- Visits: Ports, cruise lines, participation events €25,000.00 €25,014.59 (€14.59) €26,000.00 €13,913.72 €12,086.28

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 4- Remuneration & consultant costs

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15- May) Balance 4.1 SG salaries (incl. Social Security-payroll taxes and medical Insurance) €63,900.00 €63,883.83 €16.17 €64,800.00 €21,600.00 €43,200.00 4.2 Personnel salary (incl. Social Security - payroll taxes) (1 April - 31 Dec) €51,400.00 €67,886.15 (€16,486.15) €40,600.00 €16,328.78 €24,271.22 4.3 Personel medical insurance €1,000.00 €1,041.23 (€41.23) €1,200.00 €400.00 €800.00 4.4 Personel bonus €3,000.00 €0.00 €3,000.00 €3,000.00 €3,000.00 4.5 Assistant Project Manager salary (incl. SS and payroll taxes) €17,000.00 €0.00 €17,000.00 4.6 Accounting firm €4,500.00 €4,926.00 (€426.00) €8,000.00 €2,894.86 €5,105.14 4.7 Audit company fees €7,350.00 €7,600.00 (€250.00) €7,350.00 €7,350.00 4- Remuneration and consultant costs €148,150.00 €145,337.21 €2,812.79 €124,950.00 €41,223.64 €83,726.36

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 5- Administration

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15- May) Balance 5.1 Stationary €1,000.00 €2,133.28 (€1,133.24) €1,500.00 €306.83 €1,193.17 5.2 Stamps, post, courier (Yearbook distribution) €6,000.00 €6,214.73 (€214.73) €6,000.00 €1,272.41 €4,727.59 5.4 Banks fees, interest charges, taxes, loss of interests €1,000.00 €1,161.77 (€161.77) €1,000.00 €246.25 €753.75 5.5 Exchange difference €500.00 €816.66 (€316.66) €500.00 €500.00 5.6 Parking €1,452.00 €464.00 €988.00 €1,000.00 €392.00 €608.00 5.7 Others €2,000.00 €5,768.18 (€3,768.18) €2,000.00 €251.20 €1,748.80 5- Administration €11,952.00 €16,558.62 (€4,606.58) €12,000.00 €2,468.69 €9,531.31

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Accounts 2013 (audited) & progress 2014

Expenditures: 6- Equipment

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures

(as of 15- May)

Balance 6.1 GSM, Fax + Internet connection €2,500.00 €2,735.54 (€235.54) €2,500.00 €1,124.79 €1,375.21 6.2 Computer and accesories €1,000.00 €259.40 €740.60 €1,000.00 €875.84 €124.16 6- Equipment €3,500.00 €2,994.94 €505.06 €3,500.00 €2,000.63 €1,499.37

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Accounts 2014

Expenditures: 7-Projects

Budget 2013 Expenditures Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenditures (as of 15-May) Balance 7.2 Port Finance/Mgmt Study €24,080.00 €23,680.00 €400.00 7.3 Statistics and other projects €10,000.00 €12,000.00 (€2,000.00) €12,000.00 €5,658.00 €6,342.00 7.4 Benchmarking report and toolkit €8,750.00 €8,750.00 €0.00 7.5 Internet site €5,000.00 €5,000.00 €5,000.00 €5,000.00 7.6 Professional Workshops €15,000.00 €9,981.47 €5,018.53 7.7 Training courses €25,000.00 €20,130.00 €4,870.00 €25,000.00 €25,000.00 7.8 Life Project - Sustainable Cruise €666.59 €28,074.29 7.9 Projects to be defined by new Board €40,000.00 €40,000.00 €40,000.00 €40,000.00 7- Projects €127,830.00 €75,208.06 €53,288.53 €82,000.00 €33,732.29 €76,342.00

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Life Project - Sustainable Cruise

Life Project - Sustainable Cruise INCOME TOTAL 2011 2012 2013 2014 (as of 15 May, 2014 2014 (to be received) EU Funding (subcontracting) €85,000.00 €20,918.40 €69,081.60 EU Funding (travel) €5,000.00 TOTAL INCOME €90,000.00 €69,081.60 EXPENSES TOTAL 2011 2012 2013 2014 (as of 15 May, 2014) To be paid Consultant Expences €85,000.00 €27,200.00 €57,800.00 Travel Expences €5,000.00 €750.50 €1,333.12 €666.59 €874.29 €1,375.50 TOTAL EXPENSES €90,000.00 €750.50 €1,333.12 €666.59 €28,074.29 €59,183.36 Balance at the Bank €20,167.90 €18,834.78 €18,168.19 (€9,906.10) €0.00

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Accounts 2013 (audited) - Budget & Progress 2014

Budget 2013 Expenditures 2013 Balance 2013 Budget 2014 Expenses (as

  • f 15-May)

Outstanding balance TOTAL INCOME

431,073.40 398,058.42 (33,014.98) 440,000.00 298,600.00 116,200.00

TOTAL EXPENDITURES

557,115.30 480,887.05 61,294.99 551,200.00 154,718.84 396,481.16

1- Events 75,000.00 75,970.31 (970.31) 177,000.00 37,546.13 139,453.87 2- Promotion, advertising, PR 150,750.00 140,469.91 10,280.09 125,750.00 51,908.03 73,841.97 3- Visits: Ports, cruise lines, participation events 25,000.00 25,014.59 (14.59) 26,000.00 13,913.72 12,086.28 4- Remuneration & consultant costs 148,150.00 145,337.21 2,812.79 124,950.00 41,223.64 83,726.36 5- Administration 11,952.00 16,558.62 (4,606.58) 12,000.00 2,468.69 9,531.31 6-Equipment 3,500.00 2,994.94 €505.06 3,500.00 2,000.63 1,499.37 7 -Projects 127,830.00 75,208.06 €53,288.53 82,000.00 33,732.29 76,342.00

Budget Balance (Income-Expenses)

(126,041.90) (82,828.63) (111,200.00) 143,881.16

Other Extra Income

mainly previous years' debt

14.110,19 20,000.00 11,600.00 Other Extra Expenses

(Moving Office Headquarters)

14,933.30 38,077.76 4,000.00 941.42 TOTAL Budget Balance (Incomes-Expenses) (140,975.20) (106,796.20) (115,200.00) 165,339.74

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Bank accounts balances

As of 31.12.2013 As of 15.5.2014 Account (in Euros) 173,711.42 €304,389.48 Account (in $) €744.49 €744.49 Term-Account (in Euros) €600,000.00 €600,000.00 Account in Greece €3,770.96 17,448.58 Cash in Greece €2,746.51 3,060.40 TOTAL €780,973.38 €925,642.95

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General Assemblies

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44th GA - Cruise Line Guests

(in alphabetical order)

No CRUISE LINE CRUISE LINE EXECUTIVE POSITION 1 Royal Caribbean Cruises Alessandro Carollo Manager, Mediterranean Port Operations 2 Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Peter Deer Commercial Director 3 Holland America Line Simon Douwes Director, Cruise Development 4 Costa Crociere Susanna Illiano Port Operations Specialist 5 Aida Cruises Kay-Uwe Maross Senior Manager, Port Operations 6 Silversea Cruises Michael Pawlus Director, Strategic Itinerary Planning & Scheduling 7 Carnival UK Paul Reeves Senior Manager, Strategic Planning 8 Royal Caribbean Cruises - CLIA Adam Sharp Manager, Port Operations & Guest Port Services Europe / Chairman of CLIA Europe’s Port & Destination Committee 9 Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines Clare Ward Senior Commercial Planning Manager

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44th GA – International Press & Other Guests

No INTERNATIONAL PRESS JOURNALIST 1 Cruise Insight Chris Ashcroft 2 Seatrade Cruise Review Mary Bond 3 Cruise Ports & Destinations Keith Ellis 4 Cruises News Media Group Virginia López 5 Cruise Industry News Oivind Mathisen 6 Diario Marítimas Dan Solon 7 International Cruise & Ferry Review Michele Witthause No OBSERVERS PERSON 1 Iberoservice Anne Sommerfeld

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Members applied for hosting forthcoming General Assemblies

No. CANDIDATE APPLICATION EXPECTED* Barcelona

  • 2014 Fall

(Sept. 19th, 2014) 1

Zadar 2011, June 8 2015 Spring

2 Odessa 2011, December 13 2015 Fall 3 North Sardinian Ports 2012, March 27 2016 Spring 4 Gibraltar 2013, June 19 2016 Fall (Seatrade Med) 5 Toulon 2013, October 16 2017 Spring 6 Tenerife 2013, November 28 2017 Fall 7 French Riviera 2013, November 30 2018 Spring 8 Huelva 2013, December 2 2018 Fall (Seatrade Med) 9 Palamόs 2014, April 10 2019 Spring

*If followed by order of arrival

In Barcelona the GA will decide the organiser of the 47th GA (Fall 2015)

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Forthcoming General Assemblies

45th MedCruise GA

  • Barcelona - 19th September, 2014

46th MedCruise GA

  • Zadar - to be voted
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MedCruise Constitution

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Constitutional Committee Schedule

  • CC in Miami concluded on proposals
  • Agreed changes circulated to members (April 23rd)
  • Additional proposals
  • 6th Meeting (Castellόn): final meeting
  • 44th GA (Castellόn): Time to vote
  • Wording Revised by lawyer
  • 45th GA (Barcelona): Under new constitution
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Change 1

IV 1.1 Representation of members consisting of more than one port Proposal: change to: "A group of ports that is located at THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, are managed by the same operator and constitute a single tourist destination, termed as a “port area”.

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Change 2

IV 1.2 Port members - Criteria Proposal: The first criteria for a regular member to be changed as follows: A group, entity, association, port authority, chamber of commerce, CRUISE terminal operator whether public or private.

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Change 3

IV 1.4 Regular members' representation (votes) Proposal: To add that "All rights are subject to the payment of fees".

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Change 4

IV 1.4 Regular members (rights) Proposal: Each regular member is entitled to one vote, subject to the fact that the member has paid all fees prior to the General Assembly.

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Change 5

IV 1.4 Allocation of GAs - Regular Member Rights Proposal: As was decided by the General Assembly:

“Each Regular member may host a General Assembly. Interested members shall apply by submitting a letter of intention signed by the Director or high-ranking official of the member to the MedCruise Secretary General. The Board of Directors which will bring the application for discussion to the General Assembly, which will make the final decision. For the shake of efficient preparation, each General Assembly will decide on the location of the General Assembly one year ahead.”

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Change 6

IV 1.5 MEDA COUNTRIES Proposal: This provision will be deleted.

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Change 7

IV 1.5 Regular members (duties/fees) Proposal: Regular members whose membership dues are outstanding delequent for more than one year shall not be privileged to exercise their vote (due to Change No. 4).

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Change 8

IV 4.1 Honorary Presidents - Definition Proposal: All past Presidents of the Association have an ex-officio

  • ffice post on the Board of Directors as an Honorary Member. The

Honorary Presidents will receive the Board of Directors documents and meeting agendas, and have the right to participate at the meetings of the Board of Directors. The Honorary Presidents are not eligible to vote.

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Change 9

IV 4.2 Honorary President - Rights Proposal: The Honorary Presidents have the right to participate at the Board of Director meetings.

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Change 10

VI 3 Presidential Elections Proposal: The following sentence to be deleted: "The President shall be elected among the candidates indicated by the previous Board of Directors".

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Change 11

VI 4 Presidency terms Proposal: The President shall be a previous Board member (with a maximum of two terms as Board member and, unless a resolution adopted by the General Assembly provides otherwise, shall stay in

  • ffice for a maximum of one term.
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Change 12

VI 8 BoD meetings Proposal: The Board of Directors, based on the agenda of each meeting, might invite past Board of Directors members, or members from countries not represented in the Board of Directors to participate to the discussions without being entitled to vote.

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Change 13

3.1 Elections Procedure Proposal: The following sentence to be deleted: "For the sake of continuity, the new President shall be a member of the previous Board of Directors" (due to Change No. 10).

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Change 14

3.1 Classification of MedCruise Ports Proposal: The following phrase to be revised as of 2013: "As of 2011, there are 35 “large ports” and 34 “small ports”.

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Change 15

3.2 Presidential election (candidates) Proposal: Every port that has been a member for at least two successive terms can also put forward a candidate with experience in the port sector / the President issues a note calling for nominations.

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Change 16

3.2 Presidential election (work programme) Proposal: The following to be added to the second paragraph of this clause: "Presidential candidates have to submit their proposal for their term in Office to the Secretary General, at least one week before the election".

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Change 17

3.2 Presidential election (procedure) Proposal: In the event that there are more than two candidates for the election for President of MedCruise, and no candidate receives 40% of the votes during the first round, the two candidates who secured the most number of votes will stand against each other for a final vote to be decided by a simple majority.

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Change 18

3.3 Studies commissioned by the BoD Proposal: As a principle, for reasons of continuity and liability of the BoD, the studies undertaken by any consultant or third party must be completed within the term of the BoD.

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Change 19

3.3 Regional BoD seats Proposal: Ten of the 12 seats shall be elected by region as the updated table shows.

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Change 20

4 Presentation of President’s Working Plan Proposal: After duly elected, the President shall present to the Board

  • f Directors, immediately following the General Assembly at which

the election took place, his working plan, his secretarial expectations, and the location of the Head Office.

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New MedCruise members

New regular members

  • Trabzon – applied on Feb. 18th, 2014 / invited MedCruise for official visit
  • Taranto – applied on Apr. 7th, 2014
  • Istanbul – applied on Apr. 10th

New associate members

  • Allegra - Montenegro (Kotor) – applied on Apr. 16th, 2014
  • B&A Europe (Portimao) – applied on Apr. 17th, 2014
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Arising Matters

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Any Other Business