American Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response Casualty Response Conference

OPTIMISING YOUR SALVAGE AND CASUALTY RESPONSE OPERATIONS

ACI’s 2^nd Maritime Salvage and Casualty Response will provide an in-depth look into the industry today. The event will focus on the most current operational and practical developments in pollution defence, wreck projects and rapid casualty response, as well as effectively summarising the latest legal and contractual issues to arise in the industry. Market leaders will share their own unique views on refinements in technology and strategy in what is a truly competitive market.

Throughout the 2 days you will have the opportunity to hear from your industry peers on the pressing issues concerning salvage, and casualty response, including: 

• Implementing effective cost/benefit analysis to wreck oil removal projects
• Developing an effective pollution defence strategy against chemicals as well as crude oil
• Case-study examples of successful and rapid responses to casualty scenarios
• Innovations in the salvage industry including the successful integration of new technologies and operational strategies 
• Maximising the effectiveness of your communications across the entire salvage chain. Know exactly where you stand on insurance and contractual issues
• Assessing how best to approach larger scale operations in the salvage and casualty response industries

OPTIONAL AFTERNOON WORKSHOP 6th SEPTEMBER 2011 - 13.30 to 16.30

EMERGENCY SALVAGE SERVICES ON COMMERCIAL TERMS

Workshop Overview:

• Commercial Contracts versus LOF, and amended BIMCO agreements
• The need for a standard commercial emergency services salvage agreement
• Defining the contractual solutions

Workshop Objectives:

This workshop aims to bring together the salvor, the P&I Clubs, the hull underwriters, and the owners to explore a solution that is for the good for the industry as a whole. It will seek to clarify the needs of all parties to a salvage operation so that services can be performed without delay, the salvage industry can maintain its experience and expertise, risk and reward are balanced and the Underwriters obtain a suitable service at a reasonable cost.

 

Workshop Leader: Jim Allsworth- C Solutions Limited

Please notify our team when registering if you would like to attend the workshop

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

 George Tsavliris- CEO- Tsavliris Salvage

Morgyn Davies OBE- Chief Salvage & Mooring Officer- UK Ministry of Defence

John Noble- General Manager- International Salvage Union

Paul Pisani- Director- Alpha Briggs Mediterranean

Mike Lacey- Secretary General- International Salvage Union

Arnstein Eknes- Global Director of Special Ships- DNV

Nick Kulukundis- Senior Strategic Consultant- Great Offshore

Andrew Nicoll- Operations Team Manager- Oil Spill Response

Richard Janssen- Commercial Manager- SMIT

Mauricio Garrido- President- T&T Bisso

Martin Hall- Partner- Clyde & Co

Vetle Sverdrup- Buksér og Berging AS

John A. Witte Jr.- Executive Vice President- Donjon Marine Co

Dave Sheppard- Fire Liasons Manager- Maritime & Coastguard Agency