"The conference was very good with a lot of good topics and the Chelsea Old Town Hall made the surroundings perfect"
- Ralph Juhl, Director Safety & Quality, Tesma Holding

"The content of the conference was excellent..."
- David Sharp, Marine Manager, Unicom Management Services (Cyprus) Ltd

"...Networking opportunities were good..."
- Peter Swift, Intertanko

"As a speaker on a part of the jigsaw of legislation it is my impression that the various speakers on the subject have managed to give a clear, complete picture of how the pieces fit together and who is doing what... As a speaker I would be glad to return for another conference ..."
- Carien Droppers, assistant secretary, Paris MOU on Port State Control

"Very good speakers and very good seminar to keep our knowledge up to date"
- Felipe Chamas, Pelican Shipping Ltd

"It was an excellent conference. Very timely issues, excellent speakers and mediators, efficient organisation... Quality conferences such as these are very rare."
- Dimitris Lyras, director, Lyras Shipping

"The subjects covered this year in great depth will indicate to others that the Tanker Operator Conference is the place to get the message across"
- Fred Venner, product manager, Bureau Veritas

Click on the links below to view presentations:

• Bernardo Urrutia, Senior Officer, EU Commission - European Union proposal to amend MARPOL annex 1
• Carien Droppers, assistant secretary, Paris Memorandum of Understanding Port State Control - Port State Control and quality of shipping
• Ugo Salerno, chairman RINA, Italy and chair of IACS - Standards of new vessels - AICS standards for double hull vessels
• Discussion: How well does the regulatory jigsaw fit together?
• Rajaish Bajpaee, president, International Ship Managers Association (ISMA) also president and group managing director, Eurasia Group of companies - Improving the image of shipping
• Bjorn Sodahl, quality and safety manager, Concordia Maritime - Improving the image of shipping
• Nicholas Brown, MTI Network - Responding to a crisis - good public relations
• Anthony Zolatas, director and CEO, Eurofin Group - The general ship financing scene
• Pierre Aury, MD, Clarkson Capital - Derivatives tradings for 2nd hand value of ships
• Nigel Draffin, EA Gibsons - Trust in the tanker operator - bunker supplier relationship
• Jan Fransen, deputy managing director, Green Award - Creating a financial incentive for quality shipping
• Fred Venner, product manager, tankers, Bureau Veritas - Class and owners - safety, maintenance and risk
• Patrick Slesinger, director and CIO, Wallem Shipmanagement - Sharing information about vessel condition between managers, owners, flag, class, port state control.
• Peter Kidman, MD of LISCR UK - Transparency - shared information leads to quality shipping
• Capt. Jitender Seth, marine manager, International Tanker Management and Vince Jenkins, Det Norske Veritas - Risk assessment in tanker operations
• Roger Heward, partner, Norton Rose - Criminal liability of shipowners and seafarers - what to watch out for and how things are changing
• Captain Ralph Juhl, director safety and quality, TESMA Holding - Practicalities of securing an International Ship Security Certificate
• Thomas Timlen, BIMCO - Industry expectations post 1 July 2004

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