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MARE FORUM PRESENTS :

Maritime transportation

of energy 2008
 

from russia & central asia
 

 7 March 2008
Hilton Hotel
Athens - Greece

The programme will be daily updated
(29 February 2008)

 


    Thursday 6 March 2008
    European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
Board meeting
....................................
The Mare Forum 2008 on March 7 is organized back-to-back with EMSA’s board meeting on March 6 in order to create a platform for regulators and shipowners to discuss today’s relevant and current issues.
 
18:00   Welcome Reception
Maritime Transportation of Energy
Mare Forum 2008

Reception hosted by ABS




Friday 7 March 2008
08:00   Registration
    Opening & Welcome
09:00   The Conference co-chairmen

John Tzoannos,
Secretary General
Ministry of Mercantile Marine Greece

Sergey Burima
Vice President, Executine Board member
Sovcomflot
 
     
    Session 1

Demand and supply of Oil & Gas
- challenges and opportunities -

 
     
09:10   Geopolitics – The world of today and tomorrow
Dominique Moisi
Deputy Director
Institut Francais des Relations Internationales
 
09:20   Energy and Shipping Strategies for Europe - The European Union
Fotis Karamitsos
Director, European Commission
 
09:30   The Russian Exports to Europe
Representative
Gazprom
 
09:40   The Mediterranean Basin Energy Future
Dr. Michael Economides
Professor, Cullen College of Engineering,
University of Houston
Managing Partner, Dr. Michael J. Economides Consultants,
Editor-in-Chief, "Energy Tribune"
 
09:50   The distribution of heavy oil and tight gas resources; their significance to the Mediterranean region
George Vassilellis
Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Houston
 
10:00   The Energy Challenge: A Maritime Perspective
Brian Wadsworth
Chairman of the Administrative Board, EMSA
Lately Director, Logistics & Maritime, UK
Department of Transport
 
10:15   Discussion between speakers, discussion panelists and audience participants
Discussion panellists to be announced:
(oil companies, ship operators, regulators,)
 
11:00   break
    session 2
Transportation the key
Oil & gas pipeline potential - Ships availability- finance/investments
 
     
11:20   Introduction to the theme by the session chairman
George Tsavliris
Principal, Tsavliris Salvage Group
 
11:30   The Bourgas – Alexandroupolis pipeline
Representative
Consortium Bourgas - Alexandroupolis
 
11:40   Forecasts Ships availability: Liquid and Dry Bulk
Collin Cridland
Director, Reasearch, Braemar Seascope
 
11:55   Financing/Investing the maritime transportation of energy - challenges 
Bote de Vries
Managing Director, NFC Funds
 
12:05  

Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants
Discussion panellists to be announced:
(ship brokers, ship owners, oil companies, capital providers)
 

12:45   Lunch hosted by Lloyd's Register


 
    session 3

Developing safe shipping
- research imperatives
 
     
14:00   

Introduction to the theme by the session chairman
Chris Wiernicki
President and COO of ABS
 

14:10   Environmental Challenges
Dr. Gillian Reynolds
Principal Environmental Specialist, Lloyd’s Register

 
14:20   LNG
Bruno Dabouis
Director, Sales and Marketing Management
Bureau Veritas Marine Division
 
14:30   Ship design
Johan-Petter Tutturen  
Business Director -Tankers, DNV 

 
14:40   The Human Element
Clay Maitland
Managing Partner, IRI/Marshall Islands
 
14:50   Discussion between speakers, discussion panelists and audience participants
Discussion panellists to be announced:
(ship brokers, ship owners, regulators)
 
15:20   break
    Session 4

Transportation the key :
Challenging waters - ship operations
in Europe

 

     
15:30   Introduction by the session chairman
Willem de Ruiter
CEO, European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)
 
15:40   Baltic Region
Christian Breinholt
Director, Danish Maritime Authority

Wypych-Namiotko
Undersecretary of State
Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland
 
16:00   Arctic region
Sergey Burima
Vice President, Executine Board member
Sovcomflot
 
16:10   Black sea
Representative
Novoship
 
16:20   Bosporus
Captain Değer Pamuk
General Manager, Zihni Shipping Agency SA. Turkey
 
16:30   Aegean Sea
John Tzoannos
Secretary General,
Ministry of Mercantile Marine Greece
 
16:40   Discussion between speakers, discussion panellists and audience participants
Discussion panellists to be announced:
(ship operators, regulators)

 
17:10   A focused Agenda for Policy Makers from Government & Industry

General discussion
 

17:30   Synthesis and conclusions
 
17:35   Reception hosted by

 


 
     

REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES
ATTENDING THE FORUM:
(as of 29 February)


Union of Greek Shipowners (U.G.S.) - German Shipowners' Association - Sovcomflot - StealthGas Inc.- Remi Maritime Corporation - Thenamaris Ships Management Inc.- Chartworld Shipping Corp. - Zihni Shipping SA, Turkey - Aries Energy Corporation - Atlas Maritime Ltd. Greece - Ocean Challenge Ltd. - OSG Ship Management (GR) Ltd.- Hellespont Steamship Corp.- Braemar Seascope Ltd. - Tsavliris Salvage Group - Aries Maritime Transport Ltd.- Global Gas Shipping Ltd.- Navigation Maritime Ltd.- MFS Shipmanagement - Mantinia Shipping Co. SA - Liquimar Tankers Man. Inc.- SFS Group - JSC Novoship- Novorossiijsk Shipping Co. - DND Management Inc.- OSM Ship Management - Intermodal Shipbrokers Co.- Sunoil S.A.- University of Houston - Energy Tribune, United States - Dow Jones Newswires - DVB Bank NV / NFC Shipping Funds - Bulgarian Maritime Administration - Bureau Veritas Marine Division - Cass Technava Maritime - Hellenic Ministry of Mercantile Marine Greece - European Commission - European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) - Ministry of Transport, Czech Republic - Ministry of Transport, Latvia - Ministry of Transport, Austria - Federal Ministry of Transport, Building & Urban Affairs, Germany - Federal Public Service Mobility & Transport - DG Maritime Transport, Belgium - Finnish Maritime Administration - Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland - French Maritime Cluster - Commissariat aux Affaires Maritimes, Luxembourg - Danish Maritime Authority - Department for Transport, United Kingdom - Department of Merchant Shipping, Cyprus - Department of Transport, Ireland - Estonian Maritime Administration - Romanian Naval Authority - Hellenic Association of Maritime Economists - Hellenic Lloyd's S.A. (Member of Lloyd's Register Group) - The Royal Danish Administration of Navigation & Hydrography - Icelandic Maritime Administration - Institut Francais des Relations Internationales - Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Maritimos, Portugal - Istanbul Ship Management - Zihni Group of Companies - International Registries, Inc./ Marshall Islands Registry - Gaffney, Cline & Associates, Houston United States - American Bureau of Shipping - Lloyd's Register - Burke & Parsons, United States - Mare Forum - Maritime Financial Services - Mergermarket - Phoenix Ltd. - National Technical University of Athens - North Star Maritime, Inc..- Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law - SEKO - The Union of Service and Communication, Sweden - Ship Equip AS - Shipping Finance - Det Norske Veritas - Economic Outlook - Royal Netherlands Embassy - Royal Norwegian Embassy - The Bahamas Consulate/Greece - To Vima - Efoplistis Magazine Greece - Fairplay - Ministry of Transport, Latvia - A.G.PAPPADAKIS & CO LTD - University of Piraeus - Shell Marine Products - Kalimbassieris Marine Consultants - NAMEPA - Citi Global Markets Limited - and others...

 

INFORMATION
For further information on the conference please contact:

Mare Forum
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P.O. Box 30027
3001 DA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
T: +31 10 281 0655
F: +31 10 270 9870
E:
info@mareforum.com