Tanker Safety Conference

Click here for the Tanker Safety Conference 2011 review.

Where the tanker industry goes to discuss the safety agenda

Piracy, vetting, emergency preparedness as well as human factors and training are just a selection of the topics that fell under the spotlight at Riviera Maritime Media's Tanker Safety Conference, November 17 - 18, London.

The event was founded in 2009 and has quickly earned reputation as the place where the tanker industry goes to discuss and set the safety agenda. It has grown year-on-year, and in 2010 drew 144 attendees, including 45 shipowners from 26 difference countries. Its official industry backers include Intertanko, Intermanager, IUMI and ITOPF.

To ensure the 2011 conference programme was truly relevant and fit-for purpose, it was compiled in partnership with an expert industry panel. Members include: Torben Grouleff Hertel, general manager, Eitzen Chemical; Michael Powell, former global head of tanker operations, ST Shipping & Transport (Glencore); and Jonathan Spremulli, general manager, Liberian Registry, (UK).

Click here for the 2011 advisory panel.

Highlights this year included a presentation from Dipendra Singh Rathore, a former deck cadet on the Marida Marguerite (which was hijacked for eight months in 2010). He detailed his experiences and also argued that industry is failing to properly prepare crew for piratical attacks, and care for them following one.

There was also an innovative round table session on training. The outcomes and action points arising from its four parallel streams will be pursued through the pages of industry magazine Tanker Shipping & Trade, and reported on at the Tanker Safety Conference in 2012. The overall chair of this session is John Ramage, director, COO, International Registries, Inc/The Marshall Islands Registry.

At the end of the first day (November 17) Jan Kopernicki, the former head of shipping at Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s largest charterer of tankers, was presented with the Tanker Shipping & Trade Lifetime Achievement Award. Last year's winner was another Shell alumni, Dr Peter Swift, former managing director of Intertanko.

Riviera's Tanker Safety Conference was again held at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, literally round the corner from London’s Gloucester Road tube station. This year's platinum sponsor was ClassNK. Once again there was a supporting exhibition and extensive networking opportunities. For more information, please see: www.rivieramm.com/events

The event builds on the success of Tanker Shipping & Trade, the world’s leading magazine dedicated to coverage of the technical and commercial aspects of the world’s tanker industry and is the latest in a series of highly successful London based conferences organised by maritime information specialist Riviera Maritime Media.

"My compliments to all at Riviera for an absolutely splendid job in every regard."
Captain John Hill, Director Marine Risk Management, Heidmar, Inc

"In an industry where keeping abreast of regulatory changes and networking with the right people is vital, this conference gives you the opportunity to do both."
Fredrik Larsson, Marine Manager, Assistant Regional Manager Middle East & South Africa, Intertanko

"The Tanker Safety Conference is a forum where professionals can meet with their peers and ensure that good industry practice is shared."
Captain Ian Mathison, Director - Marine and Safety, Bibby Ship Management

"I found this conference a great opportunity to meet and learn from leading marine, port and academic representatives. I am looking forward to attending the next Tanker Safety Conference."
Khaleel Alqallat, Division Head, FQHSSE, Kuwait Oil Tanker Company

"This was the sharpest, most relevant and best organised conference I have attended for the industry as a whole, not just tankers."
Bob Maxwell, Managing Director, Dobson Fleet Management

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