New Year, New Challenges: Post-Ratification Plans for Selection, Implementation & Maintenance of Ballast Water Treatment Systems
Only a small fraction of ships are currently equipped with Ballast Water Management Systems that meet regulatory compliance, and the expenditure necessary to bring the world's fleets up to code will range far into the tens of billions of dollars. The September 2017 ratification of the IMO's BWM Convention leaves an underprepared shipping industry facing a daunting set of regulatory timelines and strict rules that must be adhered to for continued operation in US and international harbours. Achieving timely compliance with IMO and USCG standards will require careful planning and judicious investment.
Our 20th
Ballast Water Management Conference will once again bring together vessel owners, managers and operators, as well as key regulators and authorities, Ballast Water Management System manufacturers, testing facilities and classification societies, for two days of informative presentations, engaging discussions and informal networking. Our outstanding line-up of speakers will cover ongoing regulatory challenges, choice of systems, practical considerations when retrofitting, strategies for scheduling and investment, in-depth case studies, training techniques and more.
Key Topics
- Roadmap for regulatory compliance
- Meeting deadlines: devising a practical phasing schedule for installations
- Case studies and lessons learned from systems in use
- Choosing a treatment system: what the customers want, and what they should look out for
- Retrofitting: addressing economic and practical considerations
- Ensuring consistent compliance from type-approval, through installation to testing
- Clarifying the limits of operational and technical responsibility
- Effective hiring and training techniques for long-term compliance and safety
- Exploring financing options for vessel owners seeking environmental compliance
- Market offerings in Ballast Water Treatment technology
The exclusive pre-conference site visit.
During the afternoon 17th April, prior to the conference, a limited number of conference delegates will receive a unique opportunity to visit the Cal Maritime's Golden Bear Facility
There is no extra charge to attend the site visit. Please register your attendance for the site visit when booking for the conference. Hurry! Spaces for the site visit are limited and allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Who Will Attend?
Our events attract a targeted group of senior
level executives with a strict focus on end-users from the industry.
Participants will include senior-level decision makers drawn from:
- Ship Owners
- Ship Managers and Operators
- Ballast Water Management System Manufacturers
- Classification Societies
- Ballast Water Regulators
- Port State Control Authorities
- Testing Facilities
...and others.
2018 Speakers
- Carleen Lyden-Kluss, Co-Founder/Executive Director, NAMEPA, IMO Ambassador
- Nicole Dobroski, Assistant Chief of the Marine Environmental, Protection Division ,California State Lands Commission
- Lisa M. Swanson, Director, Environmental Affairs, Matson Navigation Company
- Jeremy Daoust, Director, Owned Fleet, FedNav limited
- J.K. Roy Choudhury, Director | Strategic Engineering, Crowley Maritime Corporation
- Joseph J. Angelo , Deputy Managing Director ,INTERTANKO
- Christopher Brown, Scientific Program Manager, Golden Bear Research Center
- Nick Welschmeyer, Faculty Member,Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
- Tom Rayburn, Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, Lake Carriers Association
- Ginger Carter, Americas Environmental & Sustainability Director, Lloyd’s Register Marine and Offshore
- Jonathan Thomson, Senior Environmental Scientist, California State Lands Commission
- Allegra Cangelosi, Senior Scientist Policy Analyst, Lk Superior Research Institute
- Martin Olofsson, Senior Principal Engineer, Environmental Protection, DNV GL
- Jad Mouawad, Owner, Mouawad Consulting
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The agenda is available as DPF under downloads at the right side of the page.
