The highlight of Maritime Week Americas is the two-day Pan-American Shipping & Marine Fuels conference, entitled ‘Thriving on Chaos’, which will examine the devastation that has been heaped onto world oil and shipping markets and demonstrate how some companies have not only survived the economic downturn but have positively benefited as a result of careful planning and solid strategic thinking.
New companies are emerging and new markets are being developed, and plenty of opportunities are again beginning to present themselves.
But where are those opportunities, how can we identify them, and how can we avoid falling into the same traps that have caused so much instability and uncertainty over the past few years?
This conference will provide some of the answers. A team of high-level speakers, ranging from oil and shipping companies to fuel experts, lawyers, economists and risk management providers, will together demonstrate that there is a way out of the chaos.
This conference will:
- look at the bigger political and economic picture
- examine developments in the bunker markets of the Americas
- investigate the changes affecting bunkering operations, including fuel availability and demand
- cover technical developments and changing quality standards
- offer new ways to improve supply and purchasing strategies
- delve into credit and price risk management
- discuss the implications for bunker suppliers and buyers of new environmental initiatives
- reveal what continues to occupy the minds of maritime lawyers
| TUESDAY 18 MAY 2010 |
17:00 |
Registration & Exhibition - Ballroom |
18:00 |
Welcome Reception - Evolution
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| WEDNESDAY 19 MAY 2010 |
08:00 |
Registration |
09:00 |
Welcome to MWA's Shipping & Marine Fuels Conference 2010: Thriving on chaos
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot and Publisher, Bunkerspot |
09:10 |
SESSION ONE: THE BIG PICTURE
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- Welcome Address
Bill Johnson, Director, Port of Miami
- Thriving on chaos: An oil company perspective
Alvaro Diaz Bild, Marine and Aviation Manager, Cepsa Marine Fuels S.A.
- Thriving on chaos: A shipping company perspective
Paul Litvinov, Manager, Fuel Derivatives & Trading, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines Ltd
- A decade of change and opportunities for the future
Tom Reilly, CEO, Oceanconnect Inc.
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10:30 |
 Networking Coffee Break |
11:00 |
SESSION TWO: COMMERCIAL ISSUES
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- Risk management as a positive force
Frank Shea, Executive Vice President & Chief Risk and Administrative Officer, World Fuel Services Corp.
- Managing credit risk through troubled times
John Phillips, Global Credit Manager, Chemoil Energy
- Legal help: What to do when the deal goes wrong
J. Stephen Simms, Principal, Simms Showers LLP
- Secure bunker transactions and supplying the US military
Alexis Anderson, US Government Fuel Card Program Management Office, Defense Energy Support Center
- Panel Discussion
An opportunity for delegates to discuss the issues raised during this session and raise any other questions they have about commercial issues in bunkering
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13:00 |
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Networking Lunch - Sponsored by: |
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14:00 |
SESSION THREE: BUNKER QUALITY
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- Why all the fuss about gasoil?
Nigel Draffin, Technical Sales Manager, LQM Petroleum Services
- Fuel quality - an historical perspective
Dr Rudy Kassinger, Consultant, DNV Petroleum Services
- Fuel quality trends
Capt. V. Suresh, General Manager - Global Operations, Viswa Lab Corp.
- ISO 8217 revisions from a supplier’s viewpoint
Adrian Tolson, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Chemoil Energy
- Panel Discussion
An opportunity for delegates to discuss the issues raised during this session and raise any other questions they have about bunker quality
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15:30 |
Networking Coffee Break |
16:00 |
SESSION FOUR: BUNKER OPERATIONS
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- Sampling and blending: getting it right
Cathie Johnston, Lab Business Development Representative, East Coast National, Intertek OCA
- Operating bunker barges in today’s market
Patrick J. Studdert, President, Buffalo Marine Service, Inc.
Thomas P. Marion, General Counsel, Buffalo Marine Service, Inc.
- Enhancing operational efficiency using Coriolis bunker meters
Jesper Rosenkrans Odum, Business Development Manager, Maersk Oil Trading
- Panel Discussion
An opportunity for delegates to discuss the issues raised during this session and raise any other questions they have about bunker operations
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17:30 |
Close of Day |
19:00 |
Reception and Dinner – DiLido South
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| THURSDAY 20 MAY 2010 |
09:30 |
SESSION FIVE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- International environmental regulations: problems and potential solutions
Ian Adams, CEO, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
- Cold ironing, the development of an international standard on shore power and other environmental issues from a US perspective
Thane Gilman, ISO Cold Ironing Standard Working Group Member, United States Coast Guard
- Panel Discussion
An opportunity for delegates to discuss the issues raised during this session and discuss other environmental initiatives
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10:30 |
Networking Coffee Break |
11:00 |
SESSION SIX: BUNKERING IN THE AMERICAS
Session Chair: Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Limited
- Overview of bunker markets in the Americas
Robert Atkinson, Managing Director Americas, KPI Bridge Oil Inc.
- Panama: An expanding canal and a growing market
José Digeronimo, General Manager, VT Shipping International Inc.
- Bunkering in Colombia
Eugenia Benavides Buitrago, Marine Director, Organización Terpel S.A.
- Bunkering in Ecuador
Ramon Espinel, General Manager, Navipac S.A.
- Bunkering in the Americas from a buyer’s perspective
Frank Ray, General Manager Global Fuel Supply, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd
- Panel Discussion
An opportunity for delegates to discuss the issues raised during this session and discuss bunker markets elsewhere in the region.
Panelists include representatives from bunkering centres throughout the Americas
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12:45 |
Closing remarks |
13:00 |
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Networking Lunch - Sponsored by: |
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Close of MWA’s Shipping & Marine Fuels Conference 2010 |
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