The President of the Marshall Islands, the Honorable Kessai H. Note, is shown in the photos at left being greeted by Clay Maitland, managing partner of IRI, on his arrival at the Reston, Virginia head office. His recent visit, with an entourage of Marshall Islands government ministers, was to mark the 10th anniversary of IRI's administration of his country's maritime and corporate registries. The Marshall Islands is now the ninth largest open registry with 314 ships at more than 9 million gross tons. International Registries, Inc. and its group of affiliated companies have been administering corporate and maritime registries since 1948. IRI and its affiliates in the Marshall Islands provides a complete line of maritime and corporate services.