ICE TANKER OPERATIONS

This one day conference covers the latest operational, technical and market issues with ice class tankers, including ice class LNG vessels, in a compact one day conference.

Join delegates from OCIMF, Jacob-Scopio Pool Management, Antwerp Maritime Academy, Finnpilot/Ice Advisors Oy, Samsung Heavy Industries, Russian Register of Shipping, ABS, Marine Service GmbH, Hamworthy, BIMCO, IBM Transport and Logistics, Norwegian Hull Club, Besiktas Likid Tasimacilik Denizcilik Tic, Rutter Technologies, Lloyd's Register, ILS Oy and Furuno.

AGENDA


Chairman: Seppo Liukkonen, Station Manager Helsinki, Germanischer Lloyd

Seppo Liukkonen is station manager with Germanischer Lloyd in Helsinki. He is a surveyor on fleet in service and newbuildings, an ISM and ISPS auditor. He was previously a surveyor based in Turku, Finland; before that he was a research scientist with the Technical Research Centre of Finland, a research engineer with Wärtsilä Arctic Research Centre, and a design engineer with Rauma-Repola Rauma Shipyardwww.germanlloyd.de www.germanlloyd.de

SHIP OPERATOR'S PERSPECTIVE
9.30 David Sharp, marine and safety manager, Unicom Management Services
Changing trading patterns
Harsh weather conditions, not just ice
Shipboard Operations
Emergency Operations
Spill Response

David Sharp, marine and safety manager, Unicom Management Services, based in Cyprus. Unicom manages ice class tankers for Sovcomflot. employs over 4 000 Russian and Ukraine seafarers for its managed fleet. Our crewing offices (in St. Petersburg, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Vladivostok and Riga). www.unicom-cy.com

NEW SHIP DESIGNS UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT AKER YARDS
9.55 Göran Wilkman is manager marketing and sales with Aker Arctic Technology Inc

Göran Wilkman is manager marketing and sales with Aker Arctic Technology Inc of Finland, which offers ice class tankers development, design and testing services. It is part of Aker Yards, which recently signed a contract with the large Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel for delivery of four container/cargo ships for arctic operations, with an option for a fifth newbuilding. www.akerarctic.fi

REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE
10.20 Ilmari Aro, director winter navigation, Finnish Maritime Adminstration How authorities can safeguard winter traffic - ice breaker services, restriction policy, rules and regulations, online information - the Baltic Ice Web www.baltice.org in full use from January 1 2007.

Ilmari Aro is director winter navigation, Finnish Maritime Adminstration, in charge of managing winter tanker traffic around the Finnish coastline. www.fma.fi

10.45 Break ICE CLASS INFORMATION SERVICES
11.15 Atso Uusiaho, managing director Ice Advisors Oy, Helsinki . Baltic ice advisory services - benefit to shipowners, data sources, information advisors role onboard

Atso Uusiaho, managing director Ice Advisors Oy, Helsinki, a Baltic ice advisory service established by Finland’s state pilotage service Finnpilot and the ice-breaking and fairway maintenance service Finstaship. www.finstaship.fi

ICE CLASS MANNING AND TRAINING ISSUES
11.40 Developments at Makarov Training Centre with ice class training. Vladimir Kuzmin, Ice Navigation course leading instructor, Admiral Makarov Training Academy New training methods for ice class
Training assessment standards
How do shipowners ensure their crews are competent
Cooperation with Stena


Vladimir Kuzmin is ice Navigation course leading instructor, Admiral Makarov State Maritime Academy in St Petersburg. AMSMA is the leading training institution for seafarers in Russia. Since the beginning of 2003 it has been training seafarers how to navigate in ice. We start with training for navigators, now we are training both deck and engine officers how to effectively withstand harsh ice conditions and navigate safely www.gma.sp.ru/en/training.html

12.05 Panel discussion - developments with ice class tankers

12.30 Lunch

TECHNICAL SESSION

1.30 Overview to technical requirements for winterisation of vessels.Robert Bridges, Project Engineer, Research and Development Department, Lloyd's Register


Robert Bridges is project engineer, research and development department, Lloyd's Register, one of the world's leading class societies for ice class tankers. www.lr.org

1.55 An arctic tanker design - key considerations for extreme conditions. By ABS, Samsung Heavy Industries and the Russian Register.Presented by: Dr. Kirsi Tikka, ABS. Paper written jointly by Hoseong Lee, ABS (Korea), Mun-Keun Ha and Jae-Woong Choi, Samsung Heavy Industries; Vladimir I Evenko, Russian Register of Shipping; Pavel V. Shihkov, Russian Register of Shipping senior principal surveyor

Kirsi Tikka is VP special projects with ABS, with responsibility for developing and implementing new technology initiatives covering a range of topics from the IACS Common Structural Rules for Tankers and Bulk Carriers to ice technology. She was previously vice president engineering at ABS Europe. Prior to joining ABS in 2001 Kirsi Tikka was Professor of Naval Architecture at Webb Institute in New York. She has also worked for Chevron Shipping in San Francisco and for Wartsila Shipyards in Finland. She has Doctorate in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from University of California, Berkeley and Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from University of Technology in Helsinki. www.eagle.org

2.20 Technical requirements for year-round Baltic Sea tanker traffic Seppo Liukkonen, Station Manager Helsinki, Germanischer Lloyd

Seppo Liukkonen is station manager with Germanischer Lloyd in Helsinki. He is a surveyor on fleet in service and newbuildings, an ISM and ISPS auditor. He was previously a surveyor based in Turku, Finland; before that he was a research scientist with the Technical Research Centre of Finland, a research engineer with Wärtsilä Arctic Research Centre, and a design engineer with Rauma-Repola Rauma Shipyardwww.germanlloyd.de www.germanlloyd.de

2.45 Developments with ice class LNG designs
Morten Mejlaender Larsen, DNV

Morten Mejlaender Larsen is cold-climate co-ordinator with DNV, one of the world's leading class societies for ice class tankers. www.dnv.com

3.10 Conference close


PRICE

The Conference price is £305 ( approx. €450) per day. Buy four delegate tickets and the fourth is free.

Early bird discount - 30% reduction for bookings before end of August.