TANKER OPERATOR DUBAI - EVOLUTION IN TANKER OPERATIONS

April 18, 2007
Admission: AED 2110 / US$575 / GBP 295
Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai
Delegates registered so far include Oasis Maritime Services, Det Norske Veritas, Abu Dhabi National Tanker Company (ADNATCO), OMCI on behalf of OMI Corporation, Dubai Drydocks, NewsLink Services, Vela International Marine, Ericson & Richards, SpecTec, Shell International Trading Middle East, MARE NOSTRUM

AGENDA

Chair: Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

9.30 Achieving excellence in SQHE.
Captain Ravi Dey, manager tanker operations / DPA, Emarat Maritime
- Using safety committees to brainstorm ways to acheive continuous improvement
- Managing and assessing seafarer competence
- Changing demands from oil majors - how TMSA is changing the tanker industry

Captain Ravi Dey has 20 years seagoing experience on various types of tankers and 8 years in the dry cargo fleet, including 15 years as master. He sailed with Great Eastern SHipipng Company (1975-1984), then joined V.Ships, where in 1995 he was involved in getting V.Ships' first ever safety management certificate. In 1999 he joined Tschudi and Eitzen Ship Management Alliance (TESMA), sailing until 2003, when he came ashore to join Emarat Maritime.

10.00 Corporate social responsibility - how a major shipping company is benefitting from the introduction of the CSR philosophy.
Capt. Duncan McKelvie, area marine representative, NYK Line Dubai office Evolution of shipboard quality and safety systems from blame culture (through regulation imposed compliance) towards self regulation (TMSA), and onwards towards a culture incorporating CSR.
Discussions at the informal Tanker Operators Safety Forum

Capt. Duncan McKelvie, area marine representative, NYK Line Dubai office. Capt. McKelvie has extensive experience in ship management, ISPS, ISM and ISO (including 14001) preparation and audits, sale and purchase, vetting inspections, port state control preparation, condition surveys and teaching/training. He is based in Dubai.

10.30 Approaches to safety management at Mid East Shipmanagement
Mohammed Javed, QHSE Manager, Mid East Shipmanagement
How Mid East Shipmanagement is approaching TMSA -
Evolution in safety management systems.

Mohammed Javed is QHSE Manager, Mid East Shipmanagement, a company established as a joint venture between National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) and the Acomarit Group (since acquired by V.Ships) in 1996. The company began manages twenty-two Ships, composed of nine Chemical Carriers, nine VLCC’s, and four Ro-Ro's.

11.00 BREAK

11.30 - Criminalisation of seafarers. Tom Allen, commercial and support manager, Vela International Marine Ltd.

Thomas E Allen is manager of commercial and support department with Vela International Marine. He has worked in the tanker industry for over 40 years, including 23 years with Texaco, including three years as a deck officer on tankers and five years in Texaco's oil trading and supply department. He joined Vela / Saudi Aramco in 1988, working for three years as manager of operations in Saudi Petroleum International Inc New York, and four years as manager, transportation services in Saudi Petroleum Overseas Ltd in London, four years as manager of Vela's marine operations department and relief assignments as president of Vela.

12.00 - Assessing crew competence and managing training. Capt Subroto Ghosh, manager fleet operations, Oasis Maritime. Management perspective on assessing crew competence - Keeping human resources at the forefront.

Captain Subroto Ghosh is manager of fleet operations, designated person ashore (DPA) and company security officer (CSO) with Oasis Maritime Services in Dubai. He was previously manager fleet operations with Emarat's sister company Emarat Maritime since 2001. Before that he was a master mariner with Wallem Shipmanagement, serving on tankers, bulk carriers and container ships.

12.30 DISCUSSION - evolution in tanker safety management systems - difference between TMSA and regulatory-led systems

1.00 - LUNCH

2.00 - Capt Juggie Brar, managing director, Prime Tankers How the relationship between oil majors and the tanker industry is changing - experience as a oil major vetting inspector and as a manager of tankers. How the system is evolving.

Capt Jugwinder Singh Brar, managing director, Prime Tankers has worked in the shipping industry for 20 years with specialisation in oil tankers. He has worked as an auditor / vetting inspector for certain oil majors while working in Singapore as a manager with a Japanese shipping company. In Dubai he has been responsible for the growth of a tanker company from 2 vessels to 14 vessels in 2 years. Prime Tankers currently has 8 vessels, with 2 more entering management in the next 2 months.

2.30 Ranjan Mookherjee, operations manager, International Tanker Management

Ranjan Mookherjee is operations manager of International Tanker Management, a shipmanager based in Dubai which is owned by the Wilhelmsen Group of Norway, which is well respected worldwide for being at the higher levels of TMSA.

3.00 Captain Steve Blair, head of Safety, Environmental & Security Certification ABS Europe, American Bureau of Shipping - systems to improve professionalism of tanker operations

Stephen Blair is head of safety, environmental and security certification, ABS Europe, responsible for the administration of ISM Code, HSQE certification services and ISPS Code to marine management companies within the division, a position he has held since December 2000. He joined ABS in August 1996 as a surveyor and auditor in ABS Dubai office. Before joining ABS, he was at sea for 16 years in command of crude oil tankers, and has also spent a number of years working for independent marine surveying companies carrying out ship vetting inspections on behalf of oil majors and was appointed flag state inspector on behalf of two of the major Flag Administrations. He has also spent time as a P & I and cargo surveyor.

3.30 Discussion

4.00 Close



On April 18, 2007, Tanker Operator magazine will be holding a one day conference in Dubai about how tanker operations systems are evolving.

Continuing our series of Tanker Operator conferences held in Oslo, Rotterdam, Athens (twice), Singapore, Hong Kong and Cyprus, we will invite senior marine, safety, technical and general managers of shipping companies to talk about how they see tanker operations evolving, and the systems they are implementing to meet the growing challenges.

Oil majors are becoming more demanding, seafarers need to get more competence faster and are more demanding, shipping companies need to assess seafarer competence, and tanker operators need to do more with less. Meanwhile there are continuing demands for new crews, from new product tankers to serve Middle Eastern refineries, and growth in the LNG fleet.

Tanker operators have a big repertoire of tools to help them meet the challenge, including TMSA, seafarer competency assessment tools, shipboard reporting tools, company communication systems, KPI systems, machinery risk management systems, condition maintenance systems.

If you are involved in operating tankers, come to our one day conference in Dubai, to exchange knowledge with your colleagues and competitors about how they are meeting the challenges, and some of the new methods and technologies being developed. This conference will run parallel with Digital Ship Dubai, organised by our sister magazine Digital Ship, about information and communications technologies in the maritime industry. For further information about Digital Ship Dubai click here. .