| Day 1 – Wednesday 21 April
Green Shipping Challenges
Sulphur cap marked the beginning of the decade in which industry’s environmental agenda is overwhelmed with more regulations along with the decarbonization challenge. As we are heading towards a greener industry, the challenges around are many; thus, industry stakeholders need to be aware of the available options to comply accordingly.
- What are the key green shipping challenges up to 2030?
- Has the industry succeeded in enhancing its environmental performance so far? What should be the next goals?
- What need to change to accelerate industry’s path towards a greener future?
- Nicholas Makar, Senior Vice President, Maritime Administration/Regulatory Affairs, International Registries
- Dr. William H. Moore, Global Loss Prevention Director, American Club
- Sotiris Raptis, Director Maritime Safety & Environment, ECSA
- Mark Smith, Loss Prevention Executive, The North of England P&I Association Ltd.
- Konstantinos G. Karavasilis, Senior Loss Prevention Executive, UK P&I Club
Best Practices
To help protect the environment, many organizations are taking measures to lessen the environmental damage of their operations while enhancing their performance. Nowadays that climate change is one of the biggest future threats, it is imperative for all to behave in an environmentally responsible manner.
- What are industry’s best practices to enhance environmental awareness and performance?
- What are the key challenges across the industry for the time being and how they may be addressed?
- How your approach may be of help to the market ?
- Any success story and/or figures and/or KPIs to demonstrate effectiveness of your proposal?
- Are there any best practices and lessons to be learned from the past and/or other industries that may help the industry move forward?
- Martin Hees, International Sales Manager, Aquametro Oil & Marine GmbH
- Jean-Philippe Gagnon, Field Applications Scientist, Telops
- Sarah Zitouni, Regional Sales Manager, Lean Marine
- Tom Evensen, Regional Category Manager, Hull Performance Jotun
Air Emissions
Poor air quality due to international shipping accounts for approximately 400,000 premature deaths per year worldwide, according to scientific studies. Ships generate SOx, NOx, PM and CO2 emissions as a result of the fuel used to power them and their detrimental impact on air quality continues to increase as the sector grows. IMO legislation bringing forward EEXI and CII is just the latest chapter of the compliance book
- What are industry’s key challenges with regards to air emissions?
- What should we expect with the EU ETS in the near future and possibly other market initiatives?
- What are the next steps in implementing effectively strategy of air emissions reductions?
- Harilaos Psaraftis, Professor, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Edmund Hughes, Director, Green Marine Associates Ltd.
- Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers
- John Kokarakis, Vice President Technology & Business Development Hellenic-BS-ME Zone, Bureau Veritas
- Panos Kourkountis, Technical Director, Sea Traders SA
Ballast Water Management
From 28 October 2020, BWTS are required to meet IMO BWMC type approval requirements, instead of the revised G8 guidelines, as well as USCG type approval regulations. Until today, USCG has granted 40 Type Approvals in total.
- Where do we stand with BWMS? What is next on the regulatory agenda?
- What are the key operational challenges of installing a BWMS? Is there a need for additional crew training?
- What is the key feedback from the market for the BWTS installations and operation so far?
- Any Lessons to be learned and Best practices to be shared?
- Efi Tsolaki, Chief Scientific Officer, ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A.
- Dimitris Tsoulos, Regional Sales Manager EMEA, De Nora Marine Technologies
- Panos Smyroglou, Director of Business Development, Ecochlor
- Jad Mouawad, CEO, Mouawad Consulting AS
- George Kriezis, Technical Manager, Neptune Lines Shipping and Managing Enterprises S.A.
Scrubbers
Approximately 4,000 ships are currently fitted with scrubbers; on the occasion of the one year of IMO sulfur cap implementation, the Clean Shipping Alliance highlighted the important role that scrubbers play in supporting industry’s efforts for carbon neutrality as we are moving towards 2030.
- Where do we stand with EGCS? What are the figures and lessons learned so far?
- Are the incentives for installing or not a scrubber valid for the time being and in the future?
- How should we approach the issue of the local restrictions with the open loop scrubbers?
- What is the key feedback from scrubber operation so far?
- Any Best Practices to be shared across the industry?
- Nick Confuorto, President & Chief Operations Officer, CR Ocean Engineering LLC
- Donald Gregory, Director, EGCSA
- Chris McMenemy, CEO, Progreso Group
- Olli Somerkallio, COO, Foreship Ltd.
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Jeanne M. Grasso, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
Ship Recycling
From January 2021, ships calling at EU ports, must carry an IHM certificate on board. Overall, the new legal requirements on ship recycling have become a pressing issue for all ships, no matter if they are brand new or very old. What is more, according to a recent development, the ship recycling capacity of India is expected to be doubled by 2024.
- What are the key challenges with regards to ship recycling?
- EU Ship Recycling Regulation (EU-SRR) vs Hong Kong Convention (HKC) and IHM: Options and alternatives
- Status at the existing shipbreaking yards and future prospects
- Henning Gramann, CEO, GSR Services GmbH
- Dr. Konstantinos Galanis, Chairman, International Ship Recycling Association
- Anna Kalogianni, Claims Executive, Standard Club
ESG towards sustainable shipping
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and competitiveness, transparency and sustainability are two sides of the same coin. Whether regarded as new trend or as necessity, organizations that wish to thrive in the global maritime community should consider embedding ESG effectively into their strategy for growth and competitiveness.
- What should be the top industry’s priorities in relation to ESG performance and Sustainable Shipping?
- Which are the key barriers towards a more sustainable industry and how these can be turned into drivers and opportunities?
- Are there any best practices and lessons to be learned from the past and/or other industries?
- Carleen Lyden Walker, Co-Founder/Executive Director, IMO Goodwill Maritime Ambassador North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA)
- Kostas G. Gkonis, Secretary General, Intercargo
- Jan Fransen, Executive Director, Green Award Foundation
- Stavros Meidanis, Managing Director & Chief Sustainability Officer, Capital-Executive Ship Management Corp
- Maria Kyratsoudi, Business Development Manager, ABS
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| Day 2 – Thursday 22 April
LNG as a fuel
Many consider LNG as a bridge fuel and others see it a more lasting solution in the decarbonization mix. LNG may be the best way today to accommodate the zero carbon fuels of tomorrow. Shell LNG Outlook for 2020, presented that the global LNG demand increased by 12.5% to 359 mtons in 2019, an important increase that boosts LNG’s role in the switch towards a lower-carbon energy system.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers as a marine fuel
- CAPEX/OPEX and fuel price considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other fuel options
- Steve Esau, General Manager, SEA\LNG
- Carmelo Cartalemi, Business Development General Manager, WinGD
- Lampros Nikolopoulos, Projects & Dry Docking Engineer, Euronav Shipmanagement Ltd
- Antonis Trakakis, Technical Director, Marine, RINA
- Panayiotis Mitrou, Global Gas Segment Manager, Lloyd’s Register
LPG as a Fuel
The environmental performance of LPG as a fuel is close to LNG with some advantages, both of them being fossil fuels. LPG is the best dual fuel option for the significant existing fleet of LPG carriers. Furthermore bunkering is one of the key benefits of LPG with import/export terminals and LPG carriers providing a wide network of outlets improving the suitability of the LPG as a marine fuel
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers as a marine fuel
- CAPEX/OPEX and fuel price considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other fuel options
- Nikos Xydas, Technical Director, World LPG Association
- Kjeld Aabo, Director New Technologies Sales and Promotion Two-stroke Marine, MAN Energy Solutions
- Kristof Coppé, Project Manager, EXMAR
- Peter Van de Graaf, Account Manager Belgium, Lloyd’s Register Marine & Offshore
Ammonia as a fuel
Although there are many advantages from using ammonia as a marine fuel, there are also many challenges around which need to be controlled by technical and regulatory measures in order ammonia to become a feasible solution for a carbon-free shipping economy.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers as a marine fuel
- CAPEX/OPEX and fuel price considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other fuel options
- Trevor Brown, Executive Director, Ammonia Energy Association
- Dr. John Kokarakis, Vice President Technology & Business Development Hellenic-BS-ME Zone, Bureau Veritas
- Dr. Michail Cheliotis, Research Associate, Maritime Safety Research Centre, University of Strathclyde
- Jan Flores, Vice President, NETSCo, Inc.
Methanol as a fuel
Methanol is a strong option in the battle of alternative fuels It is proven as a clean, efficient and safe fuel that offers immediate decarbonization benefits with substantial net GHG reductions, full compliance with IMO2020 and a pathway that leads to net carbon neutrality.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers as a marine fuel
- CAPEX/OPEX and fuel price considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other fuel options
- Greg Dolan, CEO, Methanol Institute
- Berit Hinnemann, Senior Innovation Project Manager, Technical Innovation, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S
- Stamatis Fradelos, Regional Bulk Carriers Segment Director, Maritime – South East Europe, Middle East & Africa, DNV Hellas
- Garry Noonan, Head of Transition Technologies, Ardmore Shipping Services (Ireland) Limited
- Douglas Raitt, Regional Advisory Services Manager, Lloyd’s Register
Hydrogen as a fuel
Hydrogen is building momentum globally as the probably the cleanest of all fuel solutions for the future; in that regard several shipping players have recently issued a joint letter to the EU Commission urging to promote the use of green hydrogen by ships as part of its upcoming maritime fuel law.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers as a marine fuel
- CAPEX/OPEX and fuel price considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other fuel options
- Madadh MacLaine, Secretary General, Zero Emissions Ship Technology Association
- Jogchum Bruinsma, Project Manager Maritime Power Systems, Nedstack
- Joseph Pratt, CEO/CTO, Golden Gate Zero Emissions Marine
- Konstantinos Theofanis Markou, General Manager, ClassNK
Exploring Wind as an option
A 2017 EU-commissioned report predicted up to 10,000 wind propulsion installations within the next decade alone while many are the companies which have already engaged with, tested and installed wind propulsion systems. This is certainly a critical decade for wind propulsion developments as we have entered the path towards decarbonization.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers of wind as an option
- CAPEX/OPEX considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other options
- Gavin Allright, Secretary General, International Windship Association (IWSA)
- Joe Plunkett, Senior Engineer, Anemoi Marine Technologies
- Martial Claudepierre, Global Market Leader Sustainable Shipping, Bureau Veritas
- Prof. Dr-Ing Orestis Schinas, Partner, HHX.blue
Exploring Nuclear as an option
Nuclear is an issue of the past as the industry is maturing, arriving to advanced atomic with very promising 4th generation reactors. With the use of advanced atomic, ships will not be releasing any emissions, as it there are no SOx, NOx, CO2 or particulates. In fact, considering the full energy cycle atomic is millions of times more power-dense and cleaner compared to either fossil fuels or popular alternatives in the likes of methanol, ammonia and hydrogen.
- Market momentum and success stories
- Key challenges, Drivers and Barriers of wind as an option
- CAPEX/OPEX considerations along with any real life examples
- Competitive strengths and weaknesses of against other options
- Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers
- Edmund Hughes, Director, Green Marine Associates Ltd.
- Mikal Bøe, CEO, Core-Power
- Harilaos Petrakakos, Senior Consultant, P&P Marine Consultants
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