The AMAIF VIII meeting will take place on the 12th and 13th June 2018 at the NTSB Training Centre in Ashburn, Virginia. The meeting, which will be in Spanish but with a simultaneous translation, will be hosted jointly by the NTSB and the USCG and all national investigators with an interest in North or South American shipping are welcome to attend. For more details contact Walter VERA-TUDELA De la Gare (verat001@dicapi.mil.pe).