Registration, coffee and networking

Keynote address: The view at port-level

• Clean Air Strategy Plan update
  New technologies and alternative fuels
• Strategic fleet replacement with low-emissions vehicles and equipment
• Future initiatives

• Design considerations for different vessel types 
• Third generation barge-based design 
• Regulatory developments 
• Safety considerations 
• Cost of ownership and cost effectiveness 

Q&A

Networking coffee break

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Regulatory considerations

• Updates on regulation – CO2, PM, greenhouse gases (GHG), SOx, NOx
• How to meet future unknown regulations
• Anticipated future international and national regulations

Panel discussion:
COP26 and its impact on the maritime industry

• How can the maritime sector accelerate its efforts to reduce GHG emissions?
•  Is the current IMO GHG strategy sufficient to meet decarbonisation targets?
• Are future zero-emissions targets realistic, and can industry achieve these alone or will government support be needed?
• What is required to create a level regulatory playing field?
• Which region(s) will be the front runner?

Jan Hagen Andersen, Business Development Director, DNV 

Stergios Stamopoulos, Manager, Houston Sustainability Center, ABS  

Rear Admiral Kevin S. Cook, USCG (retired), Maritime Consultant, IRI/The Marshall Islands Registry 

Networking lunch

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Unlocking the potential of hydrogen as a maritime fuel

• Identifying the benefits of hydrogen
• Design considerations
• Fuel sourcing and infrastructure requirements
• Understanding regulatory requirements
• Safety considerations

Methanol powered maritime vessels

• Identifying the benefits of methanol as a maritime fuel
• Design considerations
• Availability and infrastructure requirements
• Understanding regulatory requirements
• Safety considerations

Lawrence Navin, Director, Government & Public Affairs, Methanol Institute 

The future of fuel cells as a solution to the decarbonisation challenge

• Identifying the benefits of fuel cells 
• Development of a dedicated marine fuel system 
• Design considerations 
• Hydrogen availability and infrastructure development 
• Manufacturing of marine fuel cells 

Fuel testing for current VLSFO fuels

Q&A

Networking coffee break

Using passive remote hyperspectral imaging to monitor ship plume emissions 

• The use of passive remote hyperspectral imaging data along with signal processing techniques can provide rapid and accurate estimation of ship emissions including sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide 
• This work will present the most recent emission results obtained with Telops’ hyperspectral instrument install in the port of Quebec, Canada 
• In addition, from the quantified emissions from the ship’s plume, the system can retrieve the sulphur content of the fuel used by the ship 
• The sulfur content results obtained from the hyperspectral dataset compare very well to the sulfur content in the fuel obtained from bunker delivery notes provided by the ship’s owner 
• This system offers a distinct advantage over existing, more complex, and time-consuming sulfur monitoring techniques as it does not require direct sampling of the fuel or the ship exhaust emissions 

Benjamin Saute, Field Applications Engineer, Telops 

The ROI of real-time emissions monitoring, optimization, and reporting 

• Understand the key challenges and opportunities involved with emissions monitoring 
• Review real-world monetary and carbon-reduction ROI examples 
• Learn about future developments in the emissions space 

Emission monitoring methods

• Review of the latest monitoring methods
• Digital cloud-based online verification of vessel emissions – transparency for the shipowner and operator

Technologies and fuels for small vessels

• What are the considerations?
• How can we address the energy transition on small high-powered vessels such as tugs?
• Reviewing real solutions to achieve energy saving and reduce emissions 

Q&A

Chairman’s day one closing remarks followed by drinks reception

Registration, coffee and networking

Health relevant particulate emissions from shipping engines: Are distillate fuels, sulphur scrubbers or new fuels a solution?

Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann, Full Professor of Analytical Chemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock 

A series of five-minute presentations from key players in the sector, followed by an open discussion and Q&A forum.

• Operational realities: scrubber performance, success and failures
• Are scrubbers an acceptable substitute for low-sulphur fuels?
• What role will scrubbers play in the future zero-emissions maritime industry?
• Update on open loop scrubber bans – where are we now?
• Lessons learned from recent operations

Nicholas Confuorto, President & Chief Operations Officer, CR Ocean Engineering 

Markus Haas, Technical Industry Manager Power & Combustion System, SICK AG 

Michael Kaczmarek, Vice President, Corporate Shipbuilding, Carnival Corporation 

Martin Dillon, Manager - Flue Gas Treatment Applications, Lhoist North America

Felix Joller, International Sales Manager, Sigrist Photometer

Understanding the corrosion performance issues of scrubbers

Q&A

Networking coffee break

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Latest developments in LNG as a maritime fuel

• Vessel design considerations: newbuild and retrofits
• Fuel availability and bunkering 
• Understanding regulatory requirements
• Safety considerations

Latest developments in ammonia as a maritime fuel 

• Overview on the status of ammonia 
• Expected role of ammonia in the maritime industry 
• Remaining challenges and roadmap to commercialisation  

Looking to the future - biofuels as a viable transition fuel

• Sustainable biofuels – a leading contender for marine decarbonisation? 
• Vessel design considerations: newbuild and retrofitted 
• Fuel availability and bunkering  
• Understanding regulatory requirements and environmental legislation 
• Where to next? 

Q&A

Networking lunch

Lubricants play a crucial role in engine protection and enhanced efficiency. Key players will address the latest industry developments, review recent advances in high-quality lubricants, the impact of new fuels on lubricants and future requirements as the industry progresses.  

• Impact of marine lubricants on engine management
• New fuels and their impact on lubrication
• Is marine lubricant development keeping pace with next-generation vessels?
  

Q&A

Networking break

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Latest innovations in engine and propulsion systems to reduce emissions and air pollution

• Review of the latest developments
• Current state-of-the-art gas and diesel engines
• Overview of future fuels and lubricants and how these will perform with engines
• Complementary engine solutions
• What does the future hold for next generation engines?

Technology innovations and solutions for decarbonizing maritime transport 

• Engines exhaust gas abatement
• Smart & hybrid energy solutions
• Low-carbon and sustainable fuels 

Developments in wind propulsion technology – the solution to decarbonisation?

• Review of the latest wind propulsion technology and identifying the benefits
• Design considerations
• Applying wind propulsion technology by vessel type
• Wind propulsion technology to deliver fuel savings and emissions reductions
• Current experiences and lessons learned

Q&A

Chairman’s closing remarks