MARE FORUM USA 2008
MARITIME TRANSPORTATION OF ENERGY - IDENTIFYING TODAY’S PRIORITY ISSUES -
February 14-15, 2008 Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel Houston - Texas - U.S.A.
PICTURES
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Joseph J. Cox
President, Chamber of Shipping of America Conference Chairman
Will Jenkins President, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. Chairman, International Marine Transportation Limited
Paul Leand CEO and Managing Director, AMA Capital Partners LLC, USA
Julian Bray
Editor in Chief, Lloyd’s List
Jannis Kostoulas Chairman, Mare Forum RADM Robert C. North President, North Star Maritime, Inc.
Stewart Wade Vice President, ABS
The speakers and discussion panellists
Joseph J. Cox President, Chamber of Shipping of America Conference Chairman
Admiral Thad Allen Commandant U.S. Coast Guard Will Jenkins President, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. Chairman, International Marine Transportation Limited Julie Nelson Deputy U.S. Maritime Administrator
James Slutz Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Energy
Robert D. Somerville Chairman and CEO, American Bureau of Shipping
Captain Robert Johnston Senior Vice President and Head of Shipping Operations OSG
Jonathan P. Whitworth President and CEO, OSG America
Captain David L. Stanley Executive VP, Northern Marine Management, USA
Eric H. Namtvedt President FloaTEC, LLC
Debbie Turner Director, LNG B.S. Energy Services
Paul Bell Senior Project Broker Poten & Partners
Robert S. Bowers II Managing Director AMA Capital Partners
Bruce Carlton Assistant Administrator U.S. Maritime Administration
David Marin Regional Supervisor for Resource valuation Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Minerals Management Service
John F. Spinello Partner, K&L Gates
Bernard Anne
Managing Director Bureau Veritas
Dr. Michael Economides, Professor,Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston Managing Partner, Dr. Michael J. Economides Consultants, Inc. Editor-in-Chief, "Energy Tribune"
Kendra Martin Director - Marine Transportation American Petroleum Institute, API RADM Robert C. North President North Star Maritime, Inc. Stewart Wade Vice President ABS
Rear Admiral (Lower Half) James A. Watson Director of Prevention Policy, U.S. Coast Guard Representative General Maritime Management William R. Gallagher President, International Registries, Inc.
Julian Bray Editor in Chief, Lloyd’s List Geir Sjurseth
Managing Director and Global Head of DVB's Offshore Support Group
C. Tobias Backer Director - Head of Shipping for the Americas Energy, Commodities & Transportation Fortis Merchant Banking
Tim Protheroe Lloyd's Register Americas
Jannis Kostoulas Chairman, Mare Forum
David St. Amand President Navagistics Consulting Richard E. Ford Aramco Services Company Bruce Richards Moran Towing Corp Bill Gray President, Gray Maritime Richard Plant International Organization of Masters Mates and Pilots Blaine Collins Managing Director, DNV Americas
Stephen M. Gumpel Area Manager North America Germanischer Lloyd George Chalos Partner, Chalos, O’Connor & Duffy
Daniel F. Sheehan PE, Ship Manager
Ronald K. Kiss President emeritus of Webb Institute Former President of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Todd Grove Senior Vice President & Chief of Staff, ABS
Eric Larsson Director, Center for Maritime Education, Seamen’s Church Institute of NY-NJ
Various representatives of
Oil Companies
and more to confirm...
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES ATTENDING THE FORUM: (as of 05 February)
U.S. Coast Guard - U.S. Department of Energy · U.S. Maritime Administration - American Petroleum Institute, API - Aramco Services Co. - SeaRiver Maritime, Inc - International Marine Transportation Limited - BP - Marathon Petroleum Company LLC - BP Shipping (USA) - FloaTEC, LLC - Teekay Shipping - Overseas Shipholding Group Inc.(OSG) - AET, Inc. Limited - Maersk Gas Carriers - Moran Towing Corp. - Navigistics Consulting - Maersk Line, Limited - BG Group - Rigdon Marine Corporation - Koch Supply & Trading, LP - AMA Capital Partners LLC - Man Diesel North America, Inc - United Ocean Services - Barber International (USA) - Wallem Ship Management - Moss Maritime Inc. - Atlantic Trading & Marketing Inc. - Sonangol USA Company - Excelerate - Mitsui O.S.K. Bulk shipping USA - L&R Midland, Inc.- SeaOne Maritime Corp. - KIRBY - Laurin Maritime - Chamber of Shipping America - Crowley Maritime Corporation - Northern Marine Management, USA LLC - Braemar Seascope Ltd. - ABS - Bureau Veritas - US Minerals Management Service - Chalos, O'Connor & Duffy, LLC - Det Norske Veritas - DVB Bank - Bell, Ryniker & LeTourneau - F ortis Merchant Banking, Energy Commodities & Transportation - Germanischer Lloyd - Ship Equip AS - American Maritime Officers - Gray Maritime Co. - International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots - International Registries, Inc./ Marshall Islands Registry - Jacq Pierot Jr. & Sons - K&L Gates - Korean Register of Shipping - Lloyd's List - Lloyd's Register Americas, Inc. - Mare Forum - Military Sealift Command - Minerals Management Service - North Star Maritime, Inc - Poten & Partners - Rightship - Faststream Recruitment - Seamen's Church Institute - State University of New York Maritime College - The Maritime Executive - University of Houston - Energy Tribune - US Coast Guard, Sector Houston-Galveston - VT Halter Marine - Wavespec Ltd. - Webb Institute - Texas A&M University at Galveston - Wikborg Rein & Co. Shanghai - CHARLES R. WEBER CO., INC - ORIX USA - Welder Leshin LLP - McQuilling - KVH Industries, Inc - Blank Rome LLP - SEACOR OCEAN TRANSPORT - TRICO MARINE SERVICES - Port of Houston Authority - Calhoon Meba Engineering School - BENCKENSTEIN & OXFORD LLP - Skaugen PetroTrans Inc - Lloyds TSB Bank Plc - Elliott Bay Design Group - Sea NG Corporation - Nourse & Bowles LLP - Seacor Holdings Inc. - Megafleet Towing - Hornbeck Offshore - and others....
