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Session 1
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The Political Voice: Solutions Now, Time’s
Up!
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· The drive for quality ship recycling in
the political arena
· The apparent
contradiction between the economy and the environment
· What are the costs of quality ship
recycling
· Whether the IMO should
be the leading regulator in ship recycling
· Can the IMO machinery
forestall unilateral actions of responsible governments
· Ship recycling cost is
part of the life cycle management of ships
· Ship recycling is a
meaningful economic activity for many developing countries with a large
contribution to socio-economic development
· Quality ship recycling
costs should be born by the maritime industry
· Can the financial
incentive structures of other industries be used to achieve the objectives
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09:00
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Conference Chair:
Niko WIJNOLST,
Conference
Chairman, Chairman Dutch Maritime Network
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09:15
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Jan
PRONK,
Minister of the Environment,
The Netherlands
Ship
Recycling: Environmental Solutions Proven Successful by Other Industries
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09:30
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Jens H. KOEFOED
International Maritime
Organisation
The
International Maritime Organization and the Political Process of Rulemaking
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09:45
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Linda C.
SOMERVILLE
Michael C.
CARTER /
Captain Frank
STURM
Senior Advisor to the Associate
Administrator for National Security -Director, Office of Environmental
Activities, MARAD /
Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Activities Europe
Public Outcry over Ship Recycling
Practices and the Cost of the U.S. Solutions
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10:00
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Karla PEIJS
Member of the European Parliament, Commission of Transportation,
Eradication
of Substandard Shipping in Europe: Ship Recycling as Part of the Life Cycle
Cost
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10:15
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Sureshchandra
R. MEHTA
Minister for Industries
& Tourism
Gujarat, India
Ship Recycling in India
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10:30
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break
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Session 2
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The Voice of the Maritime Industry: What, How & Who: Regulating and Financing
the Ship Recycling Industry
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· The shipowners are not
the only ones who bear the burden of change in ship recycling
· Positive actions must be
taken by shipowners, who otherwise risk exclusion from the regulating process
in the matter of ship recycling
· Are financial mechanisms necessary to
bring about change
· Whether strict
international regulations for the disposal of ships should form the basis
of a recycling industry ?
· The ship recycling
industry is an integral part of the maritime industry
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Session chair:
Rolf SAETHER
Director General
Norwegian Shipowners´
Association
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11:00
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Chris HORROCKS
Secretary General
International Chamber of
Shipping - ICS
The shipping
industry view and practical solutions
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11:15
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Alphons GUINIER
Secretary General
European Community Shipowners’ Association
Is ship recycling in Europe a
solution for European shipowners ?
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11:30
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Speaker to
be announced
The shipowners
must pay a price for quality ship recycling
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11:45
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Panel discussion: A
panel of shipowners, flag states representatives, government officials in
particular from the environmental ministries, classification societies
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12:30
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Lunch
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Session 3
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The Voice of the Ship Recycling Industry: Industry - Wide Improvement on
the Agenda: World-Wide Financial Responsibility
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Quality safety and health working practices at ship recycling yards
· Aspects of Quality Practices: Training,
Equipment, Monitoring & Financing
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Development of quality standards for ship recycling yards
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Cleaning up the pollution at existing shipbreaking yards
· Logistics of hazardous waste recycling
at ship recycling yards
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Setting & monitoring world standards for the ship recycling industry
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Stakeholders sharing the financial burden of change
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Session chair:
Rear Admiral
Robert C. NORTH (Ret.)
Formerly, Assistant
Commandant for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection.
President,
North Star Maritime, Inc.\
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13:45
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Roy CHOWDHURY
Vice
Chairman & CEO
Gujarat Maritime Board
Safety,
health and environmental improvements in Gujarat yards
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14:00
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Pravin NAGARSHETH
President, Iron Steel Scrap & Shipbreakers´
Association of India (ISSAI)
Can the
shipbreakers in India make the
change towards ship recyclers?
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14:15
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Paul J. BAILEY
Sectoral Activities Department
International Labour Office (ILO) International
Labor Organisation
"Decent work" - The cost
of quality shipbreaking practices.
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14:30
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Aage Bjørn ANDERSEN
Manager, Det Norske
Veritas
Technological
and economic feasibility of ship recycling in Europe
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14:45
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Barry E. CHAMBERS
Co-Chief Operating
Officer
International
Shipbreaking Limited, LLC
Ship
recycling in the United States
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15:00
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YAN HE MING
Chairman
China National
Shipscrapping Association
Ship recycling in China
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15:15
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Panel discussion: A
selection of shipbreakers (Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, USA, Europe,
shipbuilders (AWES/CESA, Japan, Korea), waste recyclers
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Session 4
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National and International Solutions: Economy versus Environment
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· Towards an IMO
Convention on Ship Recycling?
· Analogies between the unilateral action
of OPA´90
and national ship recycling initiatives
· Should ship recycling become part of the quality shipping agenda ?
· Whether ships are a
hazardous waste subject to the Basel Convention?
· Shipping and the Marine
Environment: An age-old relationship whose long term effects must be a
prime concern for the maritime industry at large.
· Ships have been recycled
since they were made of iron and steel; the new question on the table is
who pays for quality recycling?
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Session chair:
Ger NIEUWPOORT
Head of Transport
Division
Ministry
of Transport, The Netherlands
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16:15
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Michael JULIAN
Chairman
Marine Environment
Protection Committee (MEPC) - IMO
The agenda
and timetable of the MEPC
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16:30
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Gerd LEIPOLD
Executive Director
Greenpeace International
How to
reconcile the economy with the environment in ship recycling
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16:45
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Pierre PORTAS
Director
Basel Convention
Competing and
conflicting international regulations in ship recycling
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17:00
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Panel Discussion:
A selection of politicians, environmental and shipping industry leaders
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17:40
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break
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Session 5
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A Projected
Time-Line for the Industry: Taking Decisive Action
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· Reviewing the ship recycling issues that
have been put on the table: An inventory of proposals accepted by the
maritime industry.
· Clearly defining the responsibility of
all stakeholders in the ship recycling industry in an Industry Charter.
· An answer to the politicians demand for
swift and decisive action aimed at solving the problems in ship recycling
· Conference Conclusions: A consensus on
how to proceed and a clear timetable toward success.
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Conference Chair:
Niko
WIJNOLST, Conference Chairman, Chairman Dutch Maritime Network
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18:00
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Plenary discussion:
Discussion and vote on conclusions of the conference on the basis of the
paper:
Towards
a Ship Recycling Industry Charter
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18:40
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End
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19:30
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Cocktails
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20:00
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Conference dinner
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