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WednEsday 19 may 2004
barcelona - hilton hotel |
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Conference Chair:
 John Wren
Head of Branch, Shipping Policy
Department for Transport, United Kingdom |
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09:00 |
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Welcome
by the Organisers
Nathalie Soisson
Transport Safety Group Coordinator, Total
Paul Markides
Director, Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
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session 1
Overview
of the HNS
Convention
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09:10 |
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John Wren
Head of Branch, Shipping Policy
Department for Transport, United Kingdom |
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Understanding
the convention
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Principles
of the Convention
• Implementation progress
• EU Environmental Directive
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09:30 |
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Måns
Jacobsson
Director
International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC
Funds), United Kingdom |
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The HNS
Convention: the HNS regime in sight
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Preparations for the entry into
force of the HNS Convention
• The
operations of an international fund in the light of the IOPC
Funds' experience
• Interrelationships
between various liability and compensation Conventions |
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09:50 |
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Discussion
between Conference Participants,
Speakers and Discussion Members
Discussion Members:
Peter
Swift
(discussion chairman)
Managing Director, INTERTANKO
Peter
Mackay
Managing Editor, Hazardous Cargo Bulletin
José
M. Alcantara
Lawyer, Senior Partner, Amya Law Firm, Spain
Executive Councillor of the CMI
President of the Spanish Maritime Law Association.
Gaetano
Librando
Senior Legal Officer,
International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
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10:30 |
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Break |
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session 2
Main issues to
clarify - PART 1
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11:00 |
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Willem
Oosterveen
Head of section of Transport, Environmental Liability and
Insurance Law. Ministry of Justice, The Netherlands |
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Definition of receiver
• Clarification of issues around “receiver” (principal,
storage, transhipments, feedering…) |
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11:15 |
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Jerry
Rysanek
Director, International Marine Policy and Liability Department
of Transport, Canada |
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National reporting requirements |
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11:30 |
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Discussion
between Conference Participants,
Speakers and Discussion Members
Discussion Members:
Richard.
Shaw
(discussion chairman)
Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton
Institute of Maritime Law
Frédéric
Hébert
Head of Office of International Law
Ministère de l'Économie de Finances et de l'Industrie, Direction
des Affaires Juridiques, France
Svein
Ringbakken
Deputy
Managing Director & General Counsel
Intertanko
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12:15 |
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Lunch |
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session 3
Main issues to
clarify - PART
2
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13:45 |
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Erik
Rosaeg
Director, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University
of Oslo |
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Provision of separate
accounts and their interaction |
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14:00 |
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Danny
Scorpecci
Principal Administrator, Transport Division, OECD |
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Identification of contributing
cargo
• Qualification of contributing
cargo e.g. LPG/LNG differences
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14:15 |
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Catherine Grey
Head External Relations and Conference Department, IOPC Fund
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Identification of contributing
cargo
• Demonstration of IOPC Fund
contributing cargo calculator and HNS database
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14:30 |
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Discussion
between Conference Participants,
Speakers and Discussion Members
Discussion Members:
John
Guy
(discussion chairman)
Consulting editor, "The Maritime Advocate” and Partner Merlin
Corporate Communications
Nicolette
van der Jagt
Sectretary General, European Shippers Council
Marcel
Verhagen
Lawyer, Jumelet Verhagen Advocaten
on behalf of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners
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15:15 |
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Break |
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session 4
Insurance and
incident response
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15:45 |
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Patrick
Wegerdt
Legal Counsellor, CEFIC |
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Insurance and insurance
certificates
• Shipowners and State Parties responsibility on HNS claims
issues
• Issuance of certificates |
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16:00 |
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Michel
Girin
Director of CEDRE |
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Overview of the major HNS incidents in European and
Mediterranean waters over the last two decades.
Who did what ? Who paid for it? |
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16:15 |
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Dr.
Karen Purnell
Technical Team Manager, ITOPF |
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Incident
Response
• Ratification of OPRC-HNS
• Anti pollution preparedness |
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16:30 |
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Discussion
between Conference Participants,
Speakers and Discussion Members
Discussion Members:
Chris
Horrocks
(discussion chairman)
Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping
Nick
Walser
Partner, Holmes Hardingham
(Maritime & Commercial Solicitors)
Eric
Calonne
Technical Officer, MARINE
ENVIRONMENT DIVISION
Sub-Division for Pollution Response and Technical Co-operation
Co-ordination
International Maritime Organisation (United Nations) |
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17:15 |
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Conclusions
by the conference chairman
John Wren
Head of Branch, Shipping Policy
Department for Transport, United Kingdom |
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17:30 |
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Drinks |
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19:00 |
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Dinner
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