6th Annual Ship Recycling Conference - Greener Ship Recycling: Seeking Sustainability

The 6th Annual Ship Recycling Conference: 14 - 15 June 2011, Grange City Hotel, London

The 6th Annual Ship Recycling Conference takes place in London from 14th – 15th June 2011. A key meeting place for all maritime professionals to stay in touch with the latest advances in ship recycling. The event will bring together leading industry stakeholders to analyse regulatory developments and practical challenges and solutions for the ship recycling sector.

CONFERENCE WORKSHOP

Banned substances & green ship recycling: how can shipowners minimise liability?

Monday 13th June 2011

Attendees will have the opportunity to hear about:

Ø     Ship recycling market: the effect of activities in Bangladesh on scrap prices and capacity

Ø     Current & future international standards: current status of the Hong Kong Convention

Ø     Politics of ship recycling: insights into how the conflicting policies of industry stakeholders can be aligned to achieve a single global standard for ship recycling

Ø     Green ship recycling: the options available to shipowners and innovative, practical ways to implement green ship recycling

Ø     Ship recycling in practice: identifying the immediate goals for the maritime sector before the Hong Kong Convention becomes mandatory

Ø     Global recycling facilities: recent developments and outlook for the world’s leading ship recycling nations: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Turkey and China

Ø      Regional markets: opportunities for sustainable ship recycling in Europe and other regional markets

The expert panel of speakers at The 6th Annual Ship Recyling Conference includes:

Chairman:

Henning Gramann, Director, Green Ship Recycling Services

Contributions from:

• Dr. Nikos Mikelis, Head, Marine Pollution Prevention and Ship Recycling Section, Marine Environment Division, IMO

• Julio Garcia Burgues, Head of the Waste Management Unit, Directorate General Environment, European Commission

• Tuomas Aarnio, Legal Adviser Ministry of the Environment, Environmental Protection Department, Finland

• Cecilia Müller, Corporate Responsibility Manager – Sustainability, Maersk Line

• Rakesh Bhargava, Global Green Re-Cycle Manager, Wilhelmsen Ship Management

• Dr. Anil Sharma, President, GMS

• Grant Hunter, Chief Documentary Affairs Officer, BIMCO

• Stephen Drury, Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan

• Steve Wansell, General Manager, Mideast Shipping & Trading

• Gerhard Aulbert, Global Head of Practice Ship Recycling, Maritime Solutions – Certification, Germanischer Lloyd

• Robin Townsend, Ship Recycling Lead Specialist, Lloyd’s Register

• Dr. Shyam Asolekar, Professor Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

• Dr. N. M. Golam Zakaria, Associate Professor, Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

• Adnan Ul-Hasan, Regional Inspection & Certification Agency, Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) Pakistan

• Dimitri Ayvatoglu, Department Head, LEYAL Ship Recycling Ltd., Turkey

• Bjørn Holter Eriksen, Director, Norad

Source: Informa Maritime Events

http://www.informaglobalevents.com/event/shiprecycling