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MariChem 85

London—June 25-27

MariChem 85, the sixth meeting in this series of conferences on the marine transportation, handling and storage of bulk chemicals, will be held in the Kensington Exhibi- tion Centre, London, England, from

June 25-27, 1985. The nearby Royal

Garden Hotel, a modern five-star hotel with panoramic views of Hyde

Park and Kensington Palace Gar- dens, has been selected as head- quarters hotel for the meeting and will also be the location for the main evening reception during the event.

The program for the conference has, inevitably, a strong opening emphasis on Annex II of the MAR-

POL 73/78 antipollution treaty, de- scribed by IMO as "the most im- portant international treaty ever adopted in the struggle against pol- lution of the sea." The mandatory provisions of Annex II come into force on October 2, 1986, and Mari-

Chem 85 therefore assumes special importance as only 16 months will remain before the impact of Annex

II on the bulk chemicals industry.

MariChem 83 concentrated on what had to be accomplished in the three years before the mandatory provisions of MARPOL 73/78 An- nex II came into force. MariChem 85, as mentioned, will again focus on the Annex II provisions, particularly in Session I, June 25, on "Legisla- tion and Regulation," which will be chaired by R.K. Roberts of the

U.K. Department of Transport, Ma- rine Directorate, a past chairman of the IMO Subcommittee on Bulk

Chemicals. Robert E. Claypoole, chairman of the Independent Liq- uid Terminals Association and pres- ident of GATX Terminals Corpora- tion, Chicago, will address the meet- ing on the response of U.S. termi- nals to MARPOL Annex II propos- als, while from Japan, Hisayasu

Jin of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai will present the views of the Shipbuild- ing Research Association of Japan on the Japanese reaction to Annex

II.

Further detailed examination of the way in which industry has to cope with the plethora of rules and regulations from existing and im- pending legislation will come in Ses- sion 2, June 26, on "Operations and

Safety." This will be an all-day ses- sion with presentations aimed at those responsible for operating chemical carriers and terminals. Eu- ropean Community environmental legislation and the impact of IMO requirements on terminal facilities will be discussed by Peter Cooke, managing director of Powell Duf- fryn Terminals Ltd. Capt. Alberto

Allievi will give the International

Chamber of Shipping's view on the role that industry should play in developing operational and safety guidelines, and a paper authored by

Robert J. Lakey of Robert J.

Lakey and Associates, and co-au- thor K.J. Szallai, president of

Troll Tankers Inc., asks "Are the next generation of chemical tankers becoming too sophisticated?" The

Operations and Safety session will conclude with a presentation on the determination of chemical/parcel tanker supply and demand, to be given by R.L. Tollenaar of the

Netherlands Maritime Research In- stitute, Rotterdam.

In Session 3 on June 27, the meet- ing will examine the growing role of "Tank Containers in the Bulk

Chemicals Trades," with presenta- tions planned from operators and constructors active in this increas- ingly important sector of the indus- try. This will be a workshop session with a round-table discussion led by

David Gasson of Unispeed, the session chairman, who is the current chairman of the Association of Tank

Container Operators. The growing role of the intermodal tank contain- er in movement of bulk chemicals will be debated, and technical devel- opments will also be considered in

Session 4 in the afternoon of June 27. This wil be an open-forum work- shop session under the guidance of

T.R. Farrell of Lloyd's Register of

Shipping.

Exhibitions

The exhibitions, which are an in- tegral part of the MariChem meet- ings, have grown in size and impor- tance over the years, and more than 90 international companies will be displaying their technical expertise, products and services during the meeting. The MariChem 85 Exhibi- tion will be open from 9 a.m. on

Tuesday, June 25, until 5 p.m. on

Thursday, June 27. The Exhibition will occupy the entire display areas of the Kensington Exhibition Cen- tre adjacent to the Conference room.

Social Events

Welcome Party—A Welcome

Party for all registered delegates, exhibitors and their guests will be held in the Kensington Exhibition

Centre immediately after the end of the Conference sessions on the first day of the meeting, Tuesday, June 25, with the Norwegian Group of

Exhibitors serving as co-host with the MariChem Secretariat.

Cocktail Buffet Reception—

The main social event of the meet- ing will be a Cocktail Buffet Party to be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednes- day, June 26, in the Royal Garden

Hotel. Admission to the Cocktail

Buffet Party will be by invitation only. Invitation cards will be pro- vided for all registered delegates.

Luncheons—Luncheons will be served (for delegates only) in the

Kensington Exhibition Centre on

Wednesday, June 26 and Thursday,

June 27.

An interesting program of sight- seeing tours in London, and historic locations near London, has been planned for participants' spouses who will also be welcome at the vari- ous social events held in conjunction with MariChem 85.

Further information on the Con- ference and Exhibition is available from: MariChem Secretariat, 2 Sta- tion Road, Rickmansworth, Herts

WD3 1QP, England, telephone (0923) 776363; telex 924312.

MARICHEM PROGRAM

Tuesday, June 25 2 p.m.—Conference opens.

Opening remarks from conference direc- tor with welcome message from C.P. Sriva- stava, secretary-general, International Mari- time Organization, London

Session 1—Legislation And Regulation

Chairman: R.K. Roberts, Department of

Transport, Marine Directorate, London. 2:30 p.m.—"MARPOL Annex II: Modifica- tions And Amendments Agreed Since

Acceptance," P. Bergmeijer, head of Ma- rine Environment Division; directorate gen- eral of Shipping and Maritime Affairs, Rijs- wijk. Netherlands; chairman, IMO BCH

Working Group on Implementation of Annex

II to the MARPOL 73/78 Convention. 3:00 p.m.—"Simplifications Of Proce- dures And Arrangements For Annex II," T.A.

Sharp, Department of Transport, Marine

Directorate, London. 3:30 p.m.—"MARPOL Annex II—A Ship- ping Industry Perspective," U. Ackermann, chartconsult S.A.. Locarno, Switzerland; past chairman, Chemical Carriers sub-com- mittee, International Chamber Shipping,

London. 4:00 p.m. — "Do Governments Fulfill

Their Part Of The International Maritime

Anti-Pollution Regulations—Shipowners

Do," J.P. Page, president-directeur general,

Societe Franijaise de Transports Petroliers,

Paris; chairman, Intertanko Safety and

Technical Committee. 4:30 p.m.—"The Response Of U.S. Ter- minals To MARPOL Annex II Proposals,"

R.E. Claypoole, chairman, Independent Liq- uid Terminals Association; president, GATX

Terminals Corporation, Chicago, III. 5:00 p.m. — "An Outline Of The Present

Situation On Bulk Chemicals Transportation

In Domestic Waters Of Japan And Imple- mentation Of MARPOL Annex II." H. Jin, senior surveyor, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai, Tokyo; member of the Shipbuilding Research Asso- ciation of Japan. 5:30 p.m.—"A Comparative Study Of

Multi-National Regulation Of The Marine

Transport Of Bulk Chemicals," R.L. Brown

Jr., Riddell. Williams, Bullitt and Walkinshaw,

Seattle, Wash. 6:00 p.m.—Welcome party, co-hosted by the Norwegian Group of Exhibitors and the

MariChem Scretariat, for all registered par- ticipants and their guests at the Kensington

Exhibition Center.

Wednesday, June 26

Session 2—Operations And Safety (1)

Chairman: R.J. Lakey, Robert J. Lakey &

Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas. 9:30 a.m.—"The Role Of Industry In De- veloping Operational And Safety Guide- lines," Capt. A. Allievi, chairman, Chemical

Carriers sub-committee, International

Chamber of Shipping, London. 10:00 a.m.—"The Possible Impact Of

IMO Requirements And EEC Environmental

Legislation Upon Terminal Facilities," P.R.

Cooke, managing director, Powell Duffryn

Terminals Ltd., Fleet, Hants, U.K. 10:30 a.m.—"Experiments On Efficient

Stripping Systems For Chemical Carriers,"

H. Van't Sant, directorate-general for Envi- ronmental Control, Rijswijk, Netherlands. 11:00 a.m.—"STWC (1978) Chemical

Tanker Certificates, Onboard Vs. Shore

Training," D.R. Owen, marine manager,

Sabre Gas Detection Limited, Aldershot,

Hants, U.K. 11:30 a.m.—"The Economic Incentive

For Employing High-Cost Crews: Chemical

Carriers And Other High Technology Ships

Could Benefit Most," S.S. Plice, Plice &

Plice, Inc., Island Heights, N.J. 12:00 noon—"The Next Generation Of

Chemical Tankers—Are They Becoming

Too Sophisticated?" R.J. Lakey, Robert J.

Lakey & Associates, Inc., and K.J. Szallai, president, Troll Tankers, Inc. 12:30-2:00 p.m. —Delegates' lunch break.

Operations And Safety (2)

Chairman: F.M.J. Van de Laar, Netherlands

Dock Labour inspectorate, Rotterdam. 2:00 p.m.—"Practical Experience With

Applying Inert Gas And Nitrogen Inerting To

Chemical Carriers," J.D. Mazzei and R.G.

Terry, Sun Refining And Marketing Compa- ny, Aston, Pa. 2:30 p.m.—"Operational Experience

With Nitrogen Generation Through Mem- brane Separation On A Chemical Tanker,"

Th. Johannessen, Maritime Protection A/S,

Kristiansand, Norway. 3:00 p.m.—"Handling Of Vapours Gener- ated During Transshipment Of Liquid Bulk

Chemicals," J.W. Uijlenbroek, Badger B.V.,

The Hague. 3:30 p.m.—"Legislation And Regulation

Developments In The Netherlands: Focus

On Air Pollution," R.A. Hulscher, Ministry of

Public Housing, Physical Planning and Envi- ronment (VROM), The Hague. 4:00 p.m.—"Developments In The Move- ment Of Bulk Liquid Chemicals To And From

New Zealand, P.W. Entwistle, Bulk Storage

Terminals Ltd., Mount Maunganui, New Zea- land. 4:30 p.m.—"Cargo Quality Control—The

Role Of The Cargo Surveyor," J. Vermeiren,

SGS Redwood (Depauw & Stockoe), Gene- va. 5:00 p.m.—"Quality And Quantity In- spection—A Chief Officers' Guide," A.E.

Percey, Caleb Brett (USA) Inc., Essington,

Pa. 5:30 p.m.—"The Determination Of Sup- ply And Demand For Chemical/Parcel Tank- er Carrying Capacity In Deep Sea And/Or

European Short Sea Trades," R.L. Tolle- naar, Maritime Research Institute, Rotter- dam, Netherlands. 7:30 p.m.—Cocktail buffet party in the

Royal Garden Hotel for all the registered delegates and their accompanying guests.

Thursday, June 27

Session 3—Tank Containers In The Bulk

Chemicals Trades (Workshop Session)

Chairman: D.C. Gasson, Technical Opera- tions manager, Unispeed Intermodal Ltd.,

Southampton, U.K.: chairman, Association of Tank Container Operators, U.K.

A number of formal papers will be pre- sented consecutively without discussion.

Following a coffee break, the chairman will initiate a discussion session in which the presenters of the papers will be joined on the platform by a number of other tank con- tainer specialists. The formal papers are listed below in order of presentation. 9:00-10:30 a.m.—"Tank Containers Op- erated By The Shipper Versus The Tank

Container Operator Concept—Which Is The

Best Way?" Mrs. E. Tiedemann-Schund,

Hoyers (UK) Ltd., Huddersfield, York, U.K. "Multitanks—A New ISO-Compatible

Generation Of Intermodal Tank Containers: 200-10,000 Liters Capacity," H. Gerhard,

Westerwalder Eisenwerk Gerhard GmbH,

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