May 2013
Petrospot holds the Oxford Bunker Course at the Cotswold Lodge Hotel (20-24 May), attracting 15 students from nine counties, including Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. The course is directed by Nigel Draffin, Chairman of the International Bunker Industry Association and Technical Director of LQM Petroleum Services.
Petrospot Limited celebrates its tenth anniversary on Saturday 18 May 2013.
The first London International Shipping Week Board of Advisors meeting takes place at the UK Chamber of Shipping in London on 17 May to hear that the weeks gala dinner on Thursday 12 September has already outgrown its original venue, the Lloyds Building, and has to be relocated to the Great Room at the Grosvenor House Hotel. The Board of Advisors comprises Quentin Soanes, Chairman, The Baltic Exchange; Ian Woodman, Director of Logistics, Department for Transport; David Moorhouse, Chairman, Maritime London; Dame Helen Alexander, Chairman, Port of London Authority; Rodney Baker-Bates, Chairman, Willis Ltd; Jim Davis, Chairman, IMIF; John Denholm, President Designate, BIMCO; Alderman Roger Gifford, Lord Mayor of London; Gerry Grimstone, Chairman, The CityUK; Kenneth MacLeod, President, UK Chamber of Shipping; and Masamichi Morooka, Chairman, International Chamber of Shipping. The LISW Steering Group comprises Jeremy Penn, Chief Executive, The Baltic Exchange; Hamish Rowan-Hamilton, Director of Financial and Professional Services, TheCityUK; Doug Barrow, Chief Executive, Maritime London; Mark Brownrigg, Director-General, UK Chamber of Shipping; Sean Moloney, Director, Shipping Innovation Ltd; and Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Director, Shipping Innovation Ltd and Managing Director of Petrospot.
Petrospot launches its fourteenth maritime book, An Introduction to LNG Bunkering, by Nigel Draffin, at this years Maritime Week Americas in Miami. This handy sized primer answers the key questions about the use of LNG as a marine fuel and goes a long way towards filling the knowledge gap about LNG. It contains many photographs, diagrams, graphs and tables and is written in a clear and easy to read style. The Foreword is written by Mogens Schrøder Bech, Head of Section at the Danish Maritime Authority.