Representatives from International Tanker Management (managing director), Eurasia (executive vice president), OSM Shipmanagement (CEO), EMS Shipmanagement (head of safety, quality and environment) and Vista Shipmanagement will explain what they believe professionalism means for today's tanker operators.

Lloyd's Register will explain how leading tanker operators can fine-tune their maintenance systems and ABS will give advice on environmental compliance.

Speakers will also give insights on their experiences with oil majors, how oil majors are selecting which tanker operators to work with, and how well the TMSA scheme is working.

Attendance of Tanker Operator's Norshipping conference is vital for tanker executives who want to keep at the forefront of what it means to be a professional tanker operator today. Limited places, register yours now.


AGENDA

CHAIR: Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

9.30 Approaches to professionalism in tanker operations. Lars Modin, managing director, International Tanker Management

International Tanker Management, based in Dubai, is the only company to speak at Tanker Operator TMSA conferences to claim to have been doing most of the things in TMSA, before TMSA was invented. It has 20 tankers under commercial management from Dubai (16 chemical tankers and 4 LPGs); 15 vessels under technical management in Dubai (including 9 double hull tankers, 1 product tanker and 2 OBOs), and 23 vessels under technical management from Germany (including 7 double hull tankers, 5 bulk carriers, 2 chemical carriers, 4 oil / product tankers and 3 chemical / product tankers).

10.00 Capt Vijay Rangroo, Group Executive Vice President, Eurasia Getting the most out of crew in today's employment marketplace

Eurasia is one of the world's largest shipmanagers and a driving force in the International Shipmanagers' Association InterManager. Eurasia has offices in Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Singapore, Shanghai, and Bergen, Norway.

10.30 Jan Eskilt, director of human resources, OSM shipmanagement Challenges for the tanker operator for the future
- Human resources - how to secure the crew
- How to be in line with expectations of oil majors
- The public's eye on the tanker operator and what this means
- Using KPIs and TMSA

OSM Shipmanagement was founded in 1989, and today has 300 vessels under its management, and operates from 17 offices around the world. It employs over 5,000 people. The OSM management philosophy is "keep it simple". OSM employees are free to contribute their ideas regardless of title or position. The company has deliberately avoided the traditional management pyramid where decision-making is concentrated at the top. A flat structure is a good motivator, where anyone with something to say can say it.

11.00 Break

11.30 Capt Ranjith Cheerath, head Safety Quality and Environment Global Team, EMS Shipmanagement Professional approaches to tanker operations and crew management in 2007

EMS Ship Management (previously TESMA) is part of the Eitzen Group. It currently manages 117 vessels, including LPG carriers, chemical tankers, product tankers, VLCC, FPSO/FSO, bulk carriers, heavy lift ships and passenger ferries.

12.00 TMSA - Experience and Challenges
Asbjørn Grini, quality assurance manager, Vista Shipmanagement

Vista Ship Management AS (Vista) manages vessels owned by AS J Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi in Bergen, Norway. Presently its fleet consists of 5 vessels, all tankers, under Norwegian and Bahamas flag. The vessels are classed with Det Norske Veritas. The majority of its seafarers are Norwegian (about 110), and the rest of our crew come from the Phillipines and Poland ( about 60). Its crew manager is Thome Ship Management in Singapore and Manila.

12.30 Panel discussion - what is professionalism for today's tanker operators

1.00 Lunch

2.00 Projects optimising maintenance strategy for tanker operators
Hassan Pakroo, senior specialist, Lloyd's Register

Hassan Pakroo has been involved in a number of projects with prominent oil majors to improve their planned maintenance system. He will talk about how he tackled this project and what was achieved. Lloyd's Register is one of the world's biggest class societies.

2.30 CAP Surveys - experience and practical advice
Garry Kelly, country manager Northern Europe, ABS Consulting

- CAP Case Study
- CAP Survey Preparation
- CAP Surveyors Experience - Survey and Coatings
- CAP Deliverables

ABS is one of the tanker industry's biggest and most respected class societies.

3.00 Panel discussion

3.30 Close

This unique conference is one of a series of events organised by Tanker Operator magazine, started initially at Norshipping 2005 and since held around the world, for tanker operators to share their knowledge and experiences.

Some of the things you will learn from attending this conference include:

-- What oil majors are asking for from tanker operators and the best way to respond - how to approach TMSA

-- How leading tanker companies are improving their maintenance systems

-- How to ensure both office staff and seafarers alike communicate and receive the information they need about safety and operational issues

-- How to ensure your vessels are always staffed by competent, experienced and motivated crew

-- How to demonstrate to other organisations the quality of your management systems

The tanker industry is slowly but surely becoming more professional and taking advantage of management systems - learn from the leaders and make sure your company stays at the forefront by attending this conference

Our Norshipping 2005 Tanker Operator conference attracted 59 delegates, 11 speakers and 2 journalists, including Neste Oil, Shell, OMI, Torm, Camillo Eitzen, BP Shipping, Novoship, Histria Shipmanagment, Norsk Hydro, Petrobras, Socatra, V.Ships, Seatrans, Norgas Carriers, Gard, Marinvest, Eurasia, International Marine Transportation