With in the success of the International Marine and Offshore Engineering Conference (IMOC 2014) that was organized by AASTMT Marine Engineering Department at College of Engineering & Technology in cooperation with Ministry of Transport – Saudi Arabia and Saudi Ports Authority as well as with the technical support of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) and University Technology Malaysia (UTM) during 3 – 4 September 2014, at Conference Hall, Al Jubail – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel Ghafar Ismail Farag - President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT) thanks and congratulates IMOC 2014 organizing committee and provides special thanks to Dr. Amr Aly Hassan, Dr. Ashraf Ibrahim Sharara and Dr. Mohammed Abbas Kotb, as well as all those who had participated by their distinguished researches that contributed in the success of the conference.