Description: Hassan Abouraya is a Certified International Maritime Professional Consultant Engineer registered in Egypt, US, UK, and Saudi Arabia. He has more than 48 years of marine business experience and has been involved in consulting and business assignments with international organizations such as the Canadian CIDA, the United Nations UNIDO, UNDP and UNESCO, the WORLD BANK, the Danish DANIDA & the Danish Ship Research Institute, the Swedish BITS and SSPA Swedish Ship Research Association, the British L.R. (Lloyds Register of Shipping) and BMT (British Maritime Technology Institute), the United States ABS (American Bureau of Shipping), UNO (University of New Orleans) & NNS Newport News shipbuilding, the German GL (Germanischer Lloyd) & HSVA (Hamburg Model Tank Basin) and the Scandinavian DNV (Det Norske Veritas). He has also worked with several international, Multi-National and Egyptian firms & consulting offices, as well as several Egyptian government age ncies. He also involved in business negotiations with Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and VT halter, Ingals shipyards and ABS in USA, Fincantieri and Insaldo Neucleari Italy, Damen shipyards-Netherlands, DCNS, CMN & BV- France, Marsh insurance brokers, UK, The Shipowners Clubs SOP & British Marine P & I insurers, SLP & LR -UK, Rolls Royce Marine - Norway, MTU - Rolls Royce & Lurssen Germany, SES Vardakis -Greece, The Arab Maritime Academy- Egypt,. Clyde & Co Dubai Branch and the Chamber of Commerce in Dubai - UAE.