Keynote address - Pacific Regional Maritime Transport Officials’ Meeting by SPC's Director of Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division Rhonda Robinson
Keynote address - Pacific Regional Maritime Transport Officials’ Meeting
By SPC's Director of Geoscience, Energy and Maritime Division, Ms. Rhonda Robinson
15-18th November 2022
Ni sa bula vinaka and good morning,
It gives me great pleasure and honour…
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