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International Tank Container OrganisationPresident Report No 3 - 2005Its been a bit of a quite month for information with most of our memberfocusing on the fore coming Munich show.As I mentioned in my last report we held a meeting on April 19th 2005 inBrussels to finalize the details of the show and I attach the completeminutes of that meeting.The ITCO protocol established by Colin Humphreys and Graham Wood onworking at height has been submitted to the board members for review andcomments; only when the board has approved this protocol will it besubmitted to HSE.This is a relatively big file, but if a member also wants to review it, pleasecontact Willy Freson and he will forward it to you.Graham attended the TC104 meeting in London with some very positiveresults. Complete report will be issued shortly.We have had good interest from new companies wishing to becomemembers and we have contacted our memberships for comments before thenames are put forward to the ITCO board in accordance with our articles ofassociationI look forward to seeing you all in MunichRegardsReginald LeeMay 12, 2005As mentioned above, minutes of the meeting as follows :www.itco.be May 12, 2005 ITCO President Report No 3 - 2005 1 / 5

International Tank Container OrganisationMINUTES ITCO MEETING BRUSSELS MARRIOTT APRIL 19, 2005The President presented the Agenda for the meeting as follows :WelcomeAnti-Trust Do’s and Don’ts1. TL 2005 MUNICH2. New Members3. Italian Port Captains4. Student “ Eindhoven Univ “5. HCB – Message from Ted6. ECTA Info Sharing7. H.S.E. Working at Height8. Articles of Association – Changes9. A.O.B.Present :Reginald Lee /ITCOWilly Freson / ITCOChristoph Schoeler /EXSIFJan Roebken /VOTGVolker Zander /Kube KubenzBen Ullings /UTTTom Harding /UBHWolfgang Gill / MultistarDean Really/ In Bulk technologyLaurie Maclachlan /StoltDaniela Schnell /WEWGerard van der Kroon /Den HartoghMaeve hackett / EurocontainersAlex Bruskin /Van HoolInge Karlberg /KatoenNatieExcusedCarol Maddox /Trifleet Frank Kaspers /Kube Kubenz Tim Dearley/ Fort valeThe President welcomed everybody and thanked them for their attendance.He draw the attention to the anti-trust laws by refering to the ITCO Do's and Don'ts documentdistributed to each participant.www.itco.be May 12, 2005 ITCO President Report No 3 - 2005 2 / 5

10. Alex Bruskin from Van Hool will advise in what way his company recovers the VAT . Will letyou know in a few days.11. The exhibitor passes ( entrance badges ) , 2 per exhibitor will be send by Sandra , together withthe 50 guest tickets ( issued in the name of ITCO) as well as the ITCO Party badges.Additional passes can be ordered by Sandra at 30 Euro per exhibitor passes12 Each exhibitor should advise Sandra by return to whom and to what address these ticketsshould be sent. The package will only be sent after Meplan has received the payment of theirinvoice. I attach payment situation and reg offered to call if needed.13. I attach the choice of food for catering during the exhibition offered by the caterer and acceptedby all in the meeting. (attachment see selection ) It is clear that here is no commitment fromITCO/ Exhibitor for the food not utilized. The caterer will issue and invoice which should bepaid immediately ( or in cash or with Credit Card at the exhibition) . The proposal was to makean invoice of 400 Euro but this will probably be too much for certain and not enough for others.The question is : For how much do you want to be invoiced to receive the vouchers from thecaterer. Additional vouchers can be obtained during the exhibition but Sandra or myself need tobe contacted to obtain them )If all the vouchers have not been used a credit note will be issuedby the caterer after the exhibition..No hot meal per day is required as offered by the caterer14. Sandra to confirm when containers should be delivered.Ladies and gentlemen, Time is getting short and we need to get things moving NOW. So please makesure you do your part.2. New MembersPresident indicated that we have 3 new members : Russian, Colombian and Dutch.There was a discussion which was not finalised questioning if Freight forwarders involved with tankscould or could not be accepted as ITCO members the Board will discuss this issue with a view toputting it on the next GM agenda,3. Italian Port CaptainsPresident also indicated that still no meeting had been made with Italian representative althoughcontacts were made. Meeting should take place in very near future.4. Student “ Eindhoven Univ “Carol and Reg have identified a university in eindhoven who could be contacted in order to carry outa study on the tank container industry .www.itco.be May 12, 2005 ITCO President Report No 3 - 2005 4 / 5