P r o g r a m m e

SHIPPING RISK MANAGEMENT FORUM 2000

QUALITY MANAGEMENT VERSUS RISK FINANCE IN SHIPPING

 

 

 

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2000

 

 

15:00-19:00  Conference Registration

 

 

19:00-21:00  Welcome Reception hosted by

 Mrs. Tineke NETELENBOS,

 Dutch Minister of Transport

 

 

 

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2000

 

SESSION 1

SETTING THE SCENE, IDENTIFYING THE OBJECTIVES

Shipping Risk Management Forum
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Papers and Presentations

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Welcome

Objectives

Organisers
Committee

Participation

Sponsors

Programme

Venue

Gen. Information

Registration

 


Other projects:

Mare Forum 99

Ship Scrapping 99

Eco Ports 99

Hellenic Dutch Transport Forum 99

 


MARE FORUM

Beurs - World Trade Center

P.O. Box 30027

3001 DA Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.:+31.10.205.7455

Fax:+31.10.205.5655

info@mareforum.com

 

sponsors:

[by June 2000]

 

 

Quality Shipping;

A Political Perspective

 

Quality Owners better materially rewarded by insurance incentives

 

More technical expertise in the insurance community

 

Need of the very best intelligence available on risks

 

How should insurers differentiate between quality operators?

 

Focus on Crisis Management and

Operations Integrity

 

The present status of the insurance market

 

Does the Marine Insurer have any responsibility towards

the chain of quality ship operation?

                Opening of the Conference

09:00       Mr. Michael GREY, Conference Chairman

 

09:05       Welcome

Mr. Jonh LYRAS

Chairman, Union of Greek Shipowners

                KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

09:15       Mr. Christos PAPOUTSIS

                Minister of the Mercantile Marine, Greece

               

09:30       Mrs. Tineke NETELENBOS

                Minister of Transport, Public

                Works & Water Management, The Netherlands

 

09:45       Mrs. Grete KNUDSEN

                Minister of Trade and Industry, Norway

 

10:00      On behalf of Mr. Keith HILL, UK Shipping Minister

Mr. Brian WADSWORTH, Director Logistics and Maritime Transport UK

 

                PRINCIPAL SPEAKERS

10:15       Mr. Gregory HADJIELEFTHERIADIS

                President CEO, Eletson Corporation

                Erika – Eureka – EurOPA

                Will Quality Shipping Ever Be Truly Rewarded?

 

10:30       Mr. Peter CHRISMAS

                Lloyd’s Underwriters’ Association,

                Chairman Ocean Hull Committee,

                International Union of Marine Insurance

                Insurance in Crisis - a Time for Realism?

 

10:45       Mr. Dick VERBEEK

                Chairman, AON Risk Services

                Does the Marine Insurance Broker have any Responsibility

                Towards the Chain of Quality Ship Operation?

 

11:00       Mr. Efthimios E. MITROPOULOS

                Director Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime

                Organisation (IMO)

                A Contribution to the Debate: The IMO Perspective.

11:15       Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 2

 

THE CHANGING FACE OF RISK

Piraeus Port Authority SA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use of risk management techniques

 

Self - Regulation by the Industry; Risk and Liability

 

Corporate Governance in Shipping

 

What effect has the I.S.M. code had?

 

Environmental Requirements

Changes in Ships and Structures (Increasing size/speed of ships)

 

ALARP requirements as in offshore

 

Developments in Transferring non-traditional Risks

CHAIR SESSION 2:
On behalf of Ms. Georgette LALIS
Director Maritime Transport, European Commission

Mr. Willem de RUITER

Head Division for Maritime Safety, European Commission

 

11:45       Mr. David HEBDEN

Partner, Thomas, Cooper & Stibbard

Go Directly to Gaol, Do Not Pass Go, or Collect £ 200

 

12:00       Mr. Ger NIEUWPOORT

                Head Maritime Transport, Dutch Ministry of Transport

                Reinventing the Marine Insurance Industry:

                The Responsibility of Marine Insurers in Quality Shipping

 

12:15       On behalf of Mr. Lars CARLSSON, President, Concordia Maritime AB

Mr. Bjorn SODAHL, Manager, Quality and Safety

                Quality Competition: A Way Towards Safer Shipping?

 

12:30       On behalf of Mr. Frank IAROSSI, Chairman and CEO, ABS

Mr. Donald LIU, Senior Vice President Technology, ABS

                Using Technology to Manage Risk Within the Marine Industry

 

12:45       Discussion

 

13:15       Lunch hosted by

Det Norske Veritas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 3

ASSESSING RISK AND MANAGING THE CYCLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazard Management Process

 

QRA techniques in shipping

 

Reliability of safety systems

 

Use of various analysis techniques as approved in the process industry

 

Management of change

 

Operations and Maintenance

 

CHAIR SESSION 3:
Mr. Nicolas FISTES

Executive Vice-President and General Manager

CERES Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ltd.

 

14:30       Capt. Malcolm LOWLE

                Manager HSE & Standards, SHELL International Trading and Shipping

                Voyage Risk Assessment

 

14:45       Mr. Yannis KOURMATZIS

                Vice-President, Det Norske Veritas

Formal Safety Assessment (FSA): A Modern Foundation for developing future Rules and Regulations in the Maritime Industry

15:00       Prof. Chengi KUO

                Strathclyde University

Responsibility Sharing Management (RSM) of the

Risk Levels of Maritime Activities

 

15:15       Mr. Otto FRITZNER

                Managing Director, Shipowning Stolt Nielsen Transportation

                Group Ltd.

The Changing Face of Risk

 

15:30       Discussion

 

16:15       Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 4

TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION

 

Governmental Regulation vs

Self-Regulation

 

Flag State Control vs. Port State Control

 

Port State Control vs. Classification Societies

 

Transparency of Information on Quality

 

The Use of Economic Incentives for  Safety and Environmental Protection

 

Experiences of a Mainport

 

Legal Developments in Shipping

 

CHAIR SESSION 4:
Professor Harilaos PSARAFTIS

Managing Director, Piraeus Port Authority

 

16:45       Mr. Henk ten HOOPEN

                Director, Shipping Inspectorate, Ministry of Transport, NL

Class' Dependence on the Shipowners.

The Achilles' Heel of Safety Assurance?

17:00       Captain Mark HEAH

                Port Master, Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore

Singapore – Pollution Risk Management

 

17:15       Rear Admiral Robert C. NORTH

                Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, U.S. Coast Guard

Our Role In Quality Shipping

 

17:30       Mr. Hans de GOEIJ

                Managing Director, Green Award Foundation

Green Award:

The Link Between Environment and Commercial Sense

 

17.45       Mr. Willem de RUITER

                Head Division for Maritime Safety, European Commission

Preventing Erika 2:

Partnership Between Regulators and Industry?

 

18:00       Discussion

 

18:45       End of 1st Day

 

21:00       Conference Dinner hosted by the

Piraeus Port Authority S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2000

 

 

SESSION 5

CRISIS MANAGEMENT  /  OPERATION INTEGRITY

 

 

Incident Investigation and Analyses

 

Thinking the Unthinkable

 

How to Deal with the Media

 

Auditing / Inspections and Corrective Actions

 

Large Claims - “Lessons to be Learned”

 

CHAIR SESSION 5:
Captain George SUTHERLAND,

Managing Director, Port of Sullom Voe

 

09:00       Rear Admiral John LANG

                Chief Inspector of UK MAIB

Safety at Sea – The Role of the Marine Accident Investigator

 

09:15       Mr. David USHER

                President and CEO Marine Pollution Control Corp.

                President of the Spill Control Association of America (SCAA)

                Chairman of the International Spill Control Organisation (ISCO)

Before, During, and After the Erika

 

09:30       Mr John GUY

                Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications

Media Pressure - Part of the Crisis

 

09:45       Dr. Ian WHITE

                Managing Director, International Tanker Owners Pollution

                Federation, ITOPF Ltd.

The Realities of Combating Major Marine Oil Spills

 

10:00      Mr. Jan Dirk SMIT
            
Managing Director, Maritime Systems Technology BV, Rotterdam
                Towards a European Maritime Reporting System


10:15       Discussion

 

10:45       Break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SESSION 6

MARINE INSURANCE: WHERE IS THE INDUSTRY HEADING?

 

What owners feel they are not getting from insurers

 

Are insurers a threat or an aid in the case of major claims?

 

Is there enough technical expertise in the insurance industry?

 

Use of QRA techniques in underwriting

 

Statistics as Underwriting Tool: What statistics do underwriters really use?

 

Developments in marine liabilities exposurers

 

The Future of P&I business

 

Will the insurance industry be innovative enough to follow the developments in law and risk transfer?

 

Does the insurance broker add value to the process or is the purchase transactional?

 

How will the insurance industry ever respond to quality shipping companies?

 

Traditional Insurance versus New Risk Financing techniques

 

CHAIR SESSION 5:

 

Mr. Stephen PAN

Chairman, Worldwide, Singapore

Mr. John BERNANDER

CEO of Assuranseforeningen Gard, Norway

 

11:15       Mr. Hans PAYER

                Chairman, International Association of Classification Societies (IACS)

                President, Germanischer Lloyd

The Bridge between the Insurer and Class

 

11:30       Mr. Tore FORSMO

                Managing Director, Central Union Marine Underwriters Norway, CEFOR

Lies, Damn Lies and Marine Insurance Statistics

 

11:45       Mr. Tom MIDTTUN

                Senior Vice-President, If Insurance Company, Sweden

BACK TO THE FUTURE - Predictability, Pricing and

Forecasting in the Marine Insurance Industry

 

12:00       Mr. Alistair GROOM

                Chief Executive of The Standard P&I Club's managers

                The New P&I World - Innovation or Desperation?

 

12:15       Mr. Stirling LEECH

                Partner, Clyde & Co., London

Recent and Future Legal Developments in Marine Liabilities

 

12:30       Mr. Andreas MOLCK-UDE

                Member of the Executive Management, Munchen Ruck, Germany

A Reinsurer’s Perspective

 

12:45       Mr. Hans Terje ANONSEN

                Managing Director, Global Marine AON Corporation Inc.

Does the insurance broker add value to the process or is the purchase transactional?

 

13:00       Lunch hosted by: 

AON Insurance Brokers

 

14:30       Open Debate

 

16:00       break

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONCLUDING SESSION

 

 

16:30-17:30

 

Final Discussion all Chairpersons

                Mr. Willem de RUITER, Session 2 Chair

                Mr. Nicolas FISTES, Session 3 Chair

                Prof. Harilaos PSARAFTIS, Session 4 Chair

                Capt. George SUTHERLAND, Session 5 Chair

                Mr. Stephen PAN, Session 6 Chair

Mr. John BERNADER, Session 6 Chair

 

 

CONCLUSION

                Mr. Michael GREY

                Conference Synthesis by Conference Chairman

 

18:00       Farewell Reception  hosted by

The Standard P&I Club

 

 

 

 

 

 
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