Digital Ship Dubai 2007

incorporating Tanker Operator Dubai 2007

FEATURING
Satellite communications in shipping session
Evolution in systems for tanker operations
Electronic purchasing in shipping session
Inmarsat sponsored beach barbecue
Inmarsat Fleet Broadband training

Delegates registered so far from Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company, Akran Trade & Transport, Anchor Marine Equipment Repair Co., Apeejay Shipping Limited, Apeejay Surrendra Group, Asia Express Shipping Agency, CDIS, D&K Shipping, Emirates Shipping Co Ltd Eships, Five Star Electrical & Mech. Eqp GeoBird Management Middle East, Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM) PJSC, IAL Container Line (UK), Khor al Zubair Shipping Co, Kito Enterprises, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, Lamnalco, Mash Group of Companies, Mideast Ship Management Mohebi Shipping International, National Chemical Carriers, NewsLink Services Oasis Maritime Services, Sahil International LLC, Seaport International Shipping Co Ltd, Seven Seas Marine Services, Sharaf Shipping, Shell International Trading & Shipping Co, Simatech Shipping & Forwarding, Lyras Shipping, United Arab Shipping Co., Vela International Marine (7 delegates), Wrist Middle East (UAE), American Bureau of Shipping DNV IT Solutions, Bass, Marine Transaction Services AS, SpecTec ABS Nautical Systems, Tile Marine, Transas Middle East



Satellite communications in shipping session
- Chairman: Zaki Ahmed, senior marine superintendent (electrical), tanker construction department, Vela International (Aramco)
- Thomas Arakal, vice president technical management, International Tanker Management (ITM)
- Mohammed Zaitoun, fleet marine assistant superintendent, responsible for navigation, communication and bridge systems, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC)
- Piers Cunningham, head of maritime business, Inmarsat
- Robert Johnson,director of aviation and maritime, Inmarsat
- Reinhold Lueppen, director value added services and maritime products, France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications
- Rudi Joustra, general manager,Elcome International, Dubai.
- Krishna Prasad, director, Tradex Marine Global

Electronic purchasing in shipping session
- Capt. Peter Machado, group general manager, Seven Seas Shipchandlers Group, Dubai
- Commander Hector Poppen, general manager, Gulf Ship Chandlers.
- Shobar Baskar, manager - commercial, Rais Hassan Saadi Group
- Chris Steibelt, managing director, GAC Marine Logistics
- Freddy Ingemann, vice president sales, ShipServ
- Terry Kearney, managing director, SeaSupplier

Evolution in systems for tanker operations (non IT session)
- Tom Allen, commercial and support manager, Vela International Marine
- Captain Ravi Dey, manager tanker operations / DPA, Emarat Maritime
- Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping (chair)
- Capt. Duncan McKelvie, area marine representative, NYK Line Dubai office
- Mohammed Javed, QHSE Manager, Mid East Shipmanagement
- Subroto Ghosh, manager fleet operations, Oasis Maritime.
- Capt Juggie Brar, managing director, Prime Tankers
- Ranjan Mookherjee, operations manager, International Tanker Management
- Captain Steve Blair, head of Safety, Environmental & Security Certification ABS Europe, American Bureau of Shipping

Inmarsat sponsored beach barbecue
Inmarsat is sponsoring an evening barbecue at the Jumeriah Beach Hotel beach on the evening of April 17th. All delegates, exhibitors, and speakers welcome.

Spaces are limited, so please register in advance with Diana Leahy (leahy@thedigitalship.com) if you wish to attend.

Jumeirah Beach Hotel
Inmarsat Fleet Broadband training
Staff from Inmarsat in London will provide first hand training about FleetBroadband, the new satellite communications system being launched later this year over Inmarsat's new satellites, promising much faster data rates and lower costs per kilobit. Try out the land mobile equipment already developed for the new satellites.

INTRODUCTION

Following our successful launch Digital Ship event in Dubai in 2006, we will be running Digital Ship Dubai / Tanker Operator Dubai in April 17-18, in the famous Jumeirah Beach hotel, Dubai, under the shadow of the Burj al Arab.

The first day (Digital Ship) will cover information technology in ship operations, including satellite communications, software and electronic purchasing; the second day (Tanker Operator) will focus on tanker operations systems and how they are evolving from ISM to TMSA and beyond.

There will be a barbecue on the beach for all participants on the evening of April 17th, sponsored by Inmarsat.



AGENDA


Day one

Satellite communications and software session

Chairman: Zaki Ahmed, senior marine superintendent (electrical), tanker construction department, Vela International

9.20 Thomas Arakal, vice president technical management, International Tanker Management (ITM) (day 1 keynote). - ITM's experience using IT - How IT helps today's shipmanagers - systems for TMSA

9.45am - Full ahead to a FleetBroadband future -
Piers Cunningham, head of maritime business, Inmarsat

- Inmarsat Fleet, launched in 2002, has become the standard communications fit for globally trading, deep sea vessels

- Inmarsat's plans to launch FleetBroadband in 2007, allowing simultaneous voice and IP data services, following a $1.6bn investment in the world's most advanced satellite and ground network infrastructure

- Why this technology will become a standard fit on vessels in years ahead


10.15 Mohammed Zaitoun, fleet marine assistant superintendent, responsible for navigation, communication and bridge systems, United Arab Shipping Company (UASC). Developments with navigation and communication systems at UASC.

10.40 BREAK

11.10 Techniques for remote monitoring of shipboard PCs. Reinhold Lueppen, director value added services and maritime products, France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications.


How easy is it to manage shipboard IT infrastructure from shore without VSAT?
Remote configuration and maintenance of systems -
Centralising shipboard and shore side computer systems - cost and process advantages for the shipping company.

11.30 -Robert Johnson, director of aviation and maritime, Inmarsat. Getting crew calling off the bridge - findings from Inmarsat's latest crew calling market research

- 90 per cent of seafarers can now call from the ship, a big change from 2001, when the majority of seafarers were not able to call from the ship

- However most vessels provide crew calling on the bridge, which is inconvenient for both seafarers and the shipping company, and limits the number of calls that can be made

- 90 per cent of seafarers say they would pay for more phone calls if they were allowed to

- Comprehensive research into changing attitudes of officers, shipowners and crew into all kinds of crew calling / e-mail, including billing, and card distribution systems

- Research into potential size of crew satellite communications market


11.55 Linking the ship bridge to satellite communications. Rudi Joustra, general manager, Elcome International, Dubai.


Remote maintenance and diagnostics of the ship bridge
standard menus across radars, chart radars and ECDIS
Getting the most out of PC technology


12.15 Changing modes of maritime communication and its impact on ship chartering
Krishna Prasad, director, Tradex Marine Global.

12.40 Panel discussion

1.00 Lunch

Day One Lunch Sponsor Dualog

Special prize draw - give your business card to Dualog's pot and win an iPod

DIGITAL SHIP - ELECTRONIC PURCHASING AND SOFTWARE SESSION

Chairman: Bob Kessler, director of operations and sales, ABS Nautical Systems, Europe, Middle East and Africa

2.15 Keynote speech - Capt. Peter Machado, group general manager, Seven Seas Shipchandlers / Group, Dubai (day 2 keynote). How shipowners are moving towards electronic purchasing - how SevenSeas trades electronically with the maritime industry. How shipping companies can tie electronic purchasing with their maintenance systems.

2.40 Shobar Baskar, manager - commercial, Rais Hassan Saadi Group Software use at Rais Hassan Saadi Group.

3.05 Experiences with electronic purchasing. Commander Hector Poppen, general manager, Gulf Ship Chandlers.

3.30 BREAK

4.00 Terry Kearney, managing director SeaSupplier

4.25 Electronic purchasing services. Freddy Ingemann, director of sales, ShipServ

4.50 Using IT to manage delivery of supplies to vessels. Chris Steibelt, managing director, GAC Marine Logistics

5.15 Panel discussion, including BK Lim, head of Marine Transaction Services, Asia

5.30 Close

cocktails in exhibition hall

7.00 Beach barbeque sponsored by Inmarsat Immarsat

Inmarsat is sponsoring an evening barbecue at the Jumeriah Beach Hotel beach on the evening of April 17th. All delegates, exhibitors, speakers and partners welcome. Please register with Diana Leahy of Digital Ship if you plan to attend, on leahy@thedigitalship.com

DAY TWO

9.30 INMARSAT FLEET BROADBAND TRAINING SESSION - led by the Inmarsat training department from London
Immarsat

FleetBroadband is Inmarsat's next generation of maritime services delivered via the world's most sophisticated satellites - the I4s. It will bring you simultaneous voice and broadband data through a single terminal incorporating the latest technology, to take you seamlessly into the IP age.

Inmarsat will be delivering a 2-hour training session on FleetBroadband at Digital Ship Dubai. During the session, Inmarsat will update you on the technology behind FleetBroadband, the proposed coverage, the prospective services, and the new terminals and network.

There will also be a simulated demonstration of standard maritime applications across the BGAN network outlining the potential benefits of this technology to the maritime community.

2pm onwards - Inmarsat personal training sessions / live demonstrations. Your chance to spend 30 minutes with an Inmarsat personal trainer, learning about what FleetBroadband can do, and trying it out over the satellite. Please register for a personal session at the registration desk.



PARALLEL SESSION APRIL 18 - TANKER OPERATOR SESSION - EVOLUTION IN TANKER OPERATIONS

Tanker Operator

For more information about the Tanker Operator conference click here.

Tanker Operator conference main sponsor Ulysses Systems

A one day conference about how systems for tanker operations are evolving. Tanker operators have many new systems to help them, including TMSA (as a framework and incentive for continuous improvement), condition monitoring, competency assessment, reporting and company communications tools. At the same time, they face many new pressures - increasing pressures from oil majors for new and different approaches to risk management; the need to train staff up much quicker to higher levels of competence; and demands for new highly trained crew, to work on new gas tankers and product tankers to carry gasoline.

This one day conference is a forum for senior safety, technical, operations and personnel managers of tanker companies, to discuss and learn about some of the systems being implemented to meet these challenges. Is TMSA and evolution of ISM, and how well does it work?

Chair: Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

9.30 Achieving excellence in SQHE.
Captain Ravi Dey, manager tanker operations / DPA, Emarat Maritime
- Using safety committees to brainstorm ways to acheive continuous improvement
- Managing and assessing seafarer competence
- Changing demands from oil majors - how TMSA is changing the tanker industry

10.00 Corporate social responsibility - how a major shipping company is benefitting from the introduction of the CSR philosophy.
Capt. Duncan McKelvie, area marine representative, NYK Line Dubai office Evolution of shipboard quality and safety systems from blame culture (through regulation imposed compliance) towards self regulation (TMSA), and onwards towards a culture incorporating CSR.
Discussions at the informal Tanker Operators Safety Forum

10.30 Approaches to safety management at Mid East Shipmanagement
Mohammed Javed, QHSE Manager, Mid East Shipmanagement
How Mid East Shipmanagement is approaching TMSA -
Evolution in safety management systems.

11.00 BREAK

11.30 - Criminalisation of seafarers. Tom Allen, commercial and support manager, Vela International Marine.

12.00 - Assessing crew competence and managing training. Capt Subroto Ghosh, manager fleet operations, Oasis Maritime.

12.30 DISCUSSION - evolution in tanker safety management systems - difference between TMSA and regulatory-led systems

1.00 - LUNCH

2.00 - Capt Juggie Brar, managing director, Prime Tankers How the relationship between oil majors and the tanker industry is changing - experience as a oil major vetting inspector and as a manager of tankers. How the system is evolving.

2.30 Ranjan Mookherjee, operations manager, International Tanker Management

3.00 Captain Steve Blair, head of Safety, Environmental & Security Certification ABS Europe, American Bureau of Shipping - systems to improve professionalism of tanker operations

4.00 Discussion

4.30 Close