Program

7th March 2018
09:15 - 10:00 Registration and Breakfast Reception
10:00 - 10:45 Welcome Speeches
Session 1 Statutory Framework and Commercial Requirements
10:45 - 12:00 Statutory Framework, Leagal Topics, Charterers and Oil Majors Point of view:

  • Repsol - Aia Guerreiro Rodríguez: Clearance Elements for STS Operations
  • AMPTC - Capt. Khaled Mazen: A real case on the "Value of Positive Evidence in the Clearance of nominated vessels for STS."
  • Clyde&Co - Stephen Mackin: Legal Issues Arising from STS Operations
12:00 - 12:20 Coffee Break
Session 2 STS Locations
12:20 - 13:35 Presentation of STS locations - Location Assessment:

  • Capt. Gordon Ghirxi: STS Malta - Staying Safe while Successful
  • Transgas - Capt. Gustavo Medina: STS in Peruvian Ports; A market still unattended
  • Tension Technology International Ltd.- Chris Berryman: The Use of Optimoor for STS Mooring Analysis
13:35 - 14:35 Lunch Break
Session 3 STS Equipment
14:35 - 15:50 Technical Aspects, selection and maintenance of STS equipment:

  • YOKOHAMA - Shunichi Ono: Design features of ship to ship transfer hose and newly developed pneumatic fenders
  • ShipSafe - Spyros Gouloumis
  • Koronakis SA - Constantine Koronakis: Safer mooring lines developed by D. KORONAKIS SA
15:50 - 16:10 Coffee Break
Session 4 Case Studies
16:10 – 16:50
  • Case Studies, Lessons Learned, Best Practices
  • Arcadia - Capt. Apostolos Skempes
  • Thenamaris - Capt. George Deligiorgis
  • Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (CY) - Capt. Andrey Moiseev
16:50 - 17:10 Conclusion / Discussion on the Case Studies
Closure
17:10 – 17:20 Closure from Chairman
17:20 – 18:00 Reception