Mike Ball (pictured) has been elected to succeed Chris Fisher as chairman of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), with effect from April 2010. Currently manager of the bunker department at Gearbulk (UK) Ltd, Mr Ball has extensive experience as a seagoing engineer officer and is a former director of H Clarksons, with responsibility for its bunker broking desk...

Readership

Marine Propulsion has the largest international circulation of any magazine in its field, a fact testified by annual independent auditing (ABC).The total audited circulation of the journal is 12,525** copies per issue.

The journal’s readership comprises shipowners, operators and managers; shipbuilders, repairers and service centres; surveyors, consultants and naval architects; as well as engine designers and builders, and suppliers of associated components and systems. Marine Propulsion reaches the desks of senior management and in the case of shipping companies, this includes technical directors, chief superintendents, superintendents, engineering and ship project managers as well as seagoing marine engineers*.

* source: publisher’s statement
** source: ABC January-December 2009

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