The 3rd Annual Green4Sea Forum takes place today in the premises of the Eugenides Foundation in Athens. The Annual Green4Sea is part of SQE’s Safety4Sea project. The Green4Sea forum is a NON PROFIT / PRO BONO event aiming to enhance Environmental Awareness and promote Best Practices in way of Environmental Excellence in the Shipping Industry. This year’s program includes subjects such as Air Emissions & Energy Efficiency, Green Shipping Developments, Ballast Water Management, LNG as a Fuel etc.
Green4Sea Forum speakers lists contains personalities well know in their field within the shipping industry and each one of them will give a presentation with a subject related to their area of expertise. Below is the list of the forum’s speakers along with the subject of their presentations.
- Stamatis Fradelos, Principal Engineer, Environmental Performance, ABS. Environmental Regulatory Developments.
- Theodore Skylakakis, MEP, Head of EU MRV submission. The EU MRV System towards implementation.
- Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd . Emissions Regulations: Sense and Nonsense.
- Daniel Kane, Vice President, Propulsion Dynamics. Hull and Propeller Performance Monitoring/Analysis.
- Panagiotis Giannoulis, President, OceanKing SA. Scrubbers – Is it a valid option?
- Poul Woodall, Director, Environment & Sustainability, DFDS A/S. Retrofitting a Scrubber- A Shipowner’s Experience.
- Stavros Meidanis, DPA/ CSO/ S&Q Manager, Capital Shipmanagement. Sustainability as a strategic choice for Shipping Companies.
- Gilles Longueve, Managing Director, JLMD Ecologic Group. The rise of the salvage- friendly ship: get ready now.
- Mark Pearson, Marine Fuels Manager, Angelicoussis Shipping Group. Fuel Management.
- Nick Milner, Director of Claims, UK P&I Club. Eco-issues and P&I.
- Marc van de Poel, Secretary General, IHMA EU Regulation on Shiprecycling. What Owners Should Know about HazMat’s on board.
- Apostolos Belokas, Managing Editor, SAFETY4SEA. Arctic Shipping Developments.
- Joseph J. Angelo, Deputy MD, INTERTANKO. Developments on Ballast Water Management at IMO and in the US.
- Dr John Kokarakis, VP Technology & Business Development, Hellenic Black Sea Region & Middle East, Bureau Veritas. Challenges in the selection and installation of Ballast Water Treatment Systems.
- Konstantinos Stampedakis , Director, ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A. Ballast Water Treatment – Trick or Treat?
- Markos Vekris, Senior Associate, Oceanking S.A. Benefits for Timely Fitting – Selection Criteria.
- Henrik Bacher, VP Consulting & Engineering, ELOMATIC. The Ballast Water Technology Retrofit process.
- Raffaele Piciocchi, LNG Center Manager, ABS. LNG as a Marine Fuel.
- Panayiotis Mitrou, Senior Client Support Manager, Lloyd’s Register. LNG Bunkering Standards and Operational Procedures.
- Alexandros Chiotopoulos, Consultant, Shipping Advisory, DNV GL. LNG as a fuel – a commercially attractive option for Bulk Carriers?
- Jelle Paulusma, (MSc) Project Developer, Port of Rotterdam Authority. Rotterdam : the LNG Bunkerport Developments.
- Dr Panayotis G.Zacharioudakis, R&D Consultant, OceanFinance Ltd & Senior Researcher, NTUA. COSTA Project Update: LNG for ships in the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean and Black Sea.
And just to mention some figures about the forum, there will be 4 sessions having 22 speakers in total and more than 500 persons from 250 shipping companies is expected to attend the event that will take place in Eugenides Foundation in Athens.
The event is organized by SQE Marine Group and sponsored by:
- ABS
- Bureau Veritas
- Capital Shipmanagement
- DNV GL
- Dorian LPG
- Erma First
- IHMA
- JLMD
- Kyklades Maritime Corporation
- Lloyd’s Register
- Oceanking
- Propulsion Dynamics
- Seamar
- SQE Marine
- SQE Academy
- Transmar Shipping
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