CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 12 - Wednesday 14 June 2023
Standard Rate: £1,550
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
If you feel you could make a significant contribution to the programme, please email Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes at LBH@petrospot.com or call +44 1295 814455 to discuss this further.
MONDAY 12 JUNE 2023
WELCOME SESSION
Welcome Evening Reception
Sponsored by Platinum Sponsor
Location: The Jazz Playhouse, Royal Sonesta
TUESDAY 13 JUNE 2023
08:00
Conference Registration & Exhibition Opens
Welcome Coffee
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
SESSION ONE
This session will introduce New Orleans and the Mississippi River, one of the busiest shipping areas in North America. It will also examine shipping, oil, and bunker markets in the Americas and further afield.
09:00
Moderator
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Welcome to New Orleans
Cameron Gibson, Business Development Manager, Port NOLA
Shipping Industry Outlook
Catherine Kellogg, Editor Americas Freight Markets, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Bunker Industry Outlook
Adrian Tolson, Managing Director, 2050 Marine Energy
Environmental Legislation - A Game Changer
Derek Schmidt, Business Development Manager, ABS
10:30
Networking Coffee Break
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
SESSION TWO
This session will look at the challenges with fuel quality and quantity issues in the Americas, followed by a bunker buyers' panel to look at the 'lived experience' of bunkering in the region.
11:00
Moderator
Ian Taylor, Managing Editor, Bunkerspot
Bunker Quality Trends in the Americas
Hauk Larsen Wahl, Business Development Manager, Intertek Lintec
Bunker Quantity Trends in the Americas
Argyrios Schoinas, Global Operations & Key Account Manager, Bureau Veritas VeriFuel
When Things Go Wrong
Wajdi Abdmessih, Founder & President, Seahawk Services
Buyers' Panel: Fuel Quality Issues
Michael McNamara, Vice President Global Fuel Sourcing, Carnival Corp.
Frank Dahan, Director Transport Services and Global Supply Strategy, CSL Group
12:30
Networking Lunch
Sponsored by Gold Sponsor
SESSION THREE
This session will look at commercial transparency in bunkering, from digitilisation to pricing and from credit to finance. It will also look at international sanctions and compliance issues in respect to transparency in the bunker supply chain.
13:30
Moderator
Adrian Tolson, Managing Director, 2050 Marine Energy
Digitalisation in the Bunker Sector
Tammi Ingannamorte, VP Sales - Global Bunker, ZeroNorth A/S
Digitalising the Bunker Delivery Process
Jeff Mildner, Maritime Digital Solutions, Vortex Development Group
Bunker Pricing
Tom Sosnowski, Associate Director, Global Marine Fuels, OPIS
Credit Issues
Felix Yamasato, Senior Analyst, Infospectrum
Transparency in Bunkering: Sanctions, Compliance and Other Legal Issues
Steve Simms, Principal and Owner, Simms Showers LLP
15:00
Networking Coffee Break
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
SESSION FOUR
This session will look at developments in key bunker markets throughout the Americas, assessing fuel availability and supply infrastructure as well as progress towards establishing supply chains for cleaner fuels.
15:30
Moderator
Ian Taylor, Managing Editor, Bunkerspot
New Orleans and the Mississippi
Tony Odak, Chief Operating Officer, John W. Stone Distributor LLC
The US Gulf and Offshore
Georgia Kounalakis, Managing Director, Bunker One USA Inc.
Honduras
Kenny McNab, CEO, Bay Islands Petroleum S.A.
Barbados
James Browne, CEO, Barbados National Oil Co. Ltd
Trinidad & Tobago
Arnold Soogrim, Trading Analyst – Bunkers, Paria Fuel Trading Company
Ecuador
Ramón Espinel FC, General Manager, Transfuel Group/Agnamar
17:00
End of Conference Day One
Cocktails and snacks
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Kindly RSVP before Friday 9th June to riha@bunkerone.com
WEDNESDAY 14 JUNE 2023
Welcome Coffee
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
S&P Global Commodity Insights Seminar
As the shipping markets recoil from the ripple effects of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions against Russia, it can be difficult to understand where the market is headed. We have assembled a team of experts to provide the insights you need to navigate the shifting markets. See the full S& P Gloabal programme.
Moderator :
Elizabeth Brown, Associate Editorial Director, Americas Crude, Fuel Oil and Bunkers, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Registration
09:15
Welcome Remarks
Elizabeth Brown, Associate Editorial Director, Americas Crude, Fuel Oil and Bunkers, S&P Global Commodity Insights
09:20
Changing Global Trade Flows – Impact on Oil and Tanker Markets
Mark Esposito, Principal Research Analyst, Fuels, Chemicals, and Resource Solutions, S&P Global Commodity Insights
09:35
Riding Out the Storm: A 2023 US Bunker Market
Phillipe Craig, Senior Pricing Specialist - US Bunkers, S&P Global Commodity Insights
09:50
Maritime Decarbonisation: Alternative Bunker Demand Outlook & Carbon-Accounted Freight
Barbara Troner, Senior Managing Editor, Americas Freight Markets, S&P Global Commodity Insights
10:10
Q&A
10:20
S&P Global Commodity Insights Seminar Closing Remarks
10:30
Networking Coffee Break
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
SESSION FIVE
This session will focus on the green revolution, looking at the development and take up of new fuels and technologies in the journey towards shipping's energy transition, with a special focus on biofuels
11:00
Moderator
Adrian Tolson, Managing Director, 2050 Marine Energy
Alternative Fuels: Global Update
Nigel Draffin, Consultant, Author and IBIA Board Member
The Rise of Marine Biofuels in North America
Dirk Kronemeijer, Founder & Board Member, GoodFuels
Testing Biofuels in the Americas
Jack Grogan, Senior Account Manager, VPS
Panel Discussion
Frank Dahan, Director Transport Services and Global Supply Strategy, CSL Group
Ananth Srinivasan, Vice President, V-TIC services Inc.
Dirk Vaughn, Head of Market Development, Americas, Neste US
Networking Lunch
Sponsored by Gold Sponsor
SESSION SIX
This session will focus on the evolution of LNG bunkering throughout the supply chain, from ports and terminals to supplier, trader, barge operator, distributor and shipping company end-user.
13:30
Moderator
Nigel Draffin, Consultant, Author and IBIA Board Member
LNG and the Path to 2050
Margaret Kaigh Doyle, Alternative Fuels Program Manager, Transparency Fuels LLC
LNG: Decarbonisation Pathway
Adi Aggarwal, General Manager, SEA-LNG
LNG Bunkering in Singapore
Guido Cardullo, Head of Business Development, Fratelli Cosulich Bunkers (S) Pte Ltd
Michael McNamara, Vice President Global Fuel Sourcing, Carnival Corp
15:00
Networking Coffee Break
Sponsored by Silver Sponsor
SESSION SEVEN - Women in Maritime Panel Discussion
This session will examine some of the key issues of the day, from the perspective of women representing different sectors of the maritime industry, in the Americas and beyond.
15:30
Moderator
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Leonor Mondragon, CEO, Navalmex Combustibles
Barbara Troner, Senior Managing Editor, Americas Freight Markets
Georgia Kounalakis, Managing Director, Bunker One USA Inc.
Sue Appleyard, Director, Intertek Lintec
Lauren Bridges, Shareholder & Attorney, Liskow & Lewis and WISTA USA
End of Maritime Week Americas Conference
18:45 - Depart at 19:00
Carnival Parade down Bourbon Street
Meet in the hotel lobby at 18:45
19:30-22:00
City of New Orleans Steamboat Dinner Cruise
Please register your interest as places may be limited