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IMTA Conference To Focus On

High Speed And Conventional

Craft Ferries

The 17th Annual Conference of the International Marine Transit

Association (IMTA), being held for the first time in Hong Kong, will focus on "The Practical Applications of High Speed and Conventional

Craft For Ferry Transit," but will also include a review of cruise fer- ries, port facilities, legislation and vessel control.

Scheduled for October26-29,1992 at the Hotel Victoria in Hong Kong, the conference features an array of industry executives discussing some of the industry's hottest topics. The program conference schedule, which includes topics and speakers, is as follows:

Monday, October 26 9:00 a.m.: Information & Registra- tion Desk opens. 2:00 p.m.: (1.) Welcome address by

Edward C.K. Young, IMTA presi- dent. (2.) Ferry to Hong Kong —Then- impact on the Present and Future

Port; J.A. Miller, director of ma- rine, Marine Dept. Hong Kong. (3.)

The Challenge of Hong Kong Plus;

G. A. Higginson, director, the Wharf

Ltd, Hong Kong. 3:00 p.m.: SESSION 1

Application of Ferry Systems in

Hong Kong; moderator John J.

Kelly, president, Textron Marine

Systems, New Orleans, La. (1.) The

Responsibility of a Marine Adminis- tration for Operational Safety un- der the Dynamically Supported

Craft Code; A.C. Pyrke, deputy di- rector of marine, Marine Depart- ment, Hong Kong. (2.) Operations of

Boeing Jetfoil; David Hill, execu- tive director, Far East Hydrofoil Co.,

Hong Kong. (3.) Discovery Bay Ferry

Service; Jeremy C.H. Marriott,di- rector, Hong Kong Resorts Intl. Ltd.,

Hong Kong. 4:45 p.m.: SESSION 2

Commuter Ferry Systems; modera- tor Jean-Yves Gagnon, president & CEO, Societe des Traversiers du

Quebec, Canada. (1.) Hong Kong

Ferry Services in the Year 2000;

Peter WongJ.P., president & CEO,

Hong Kong Ferry Co. Ltd., Hong

Kong. (2.) Double-ended Ferries with

Cycloidal Propulsion — Why ? ;

Rudolf Laucks, director, ShipTech

Div., J.M. Voith GmbH, Germany. 7:00 p.m.: Opening Cocktails and

Buffet Dinner onboard HKF harbor cruise ferry.

Tuesday, October 27 9:00 a.m.: SESSION 3

Regulations, Training and Support

Systems for High Speed Craft; mod- erator Kai Levander, senior vice president, Kvaerner Masa-Yards,

Finland. (1.) Rules and Regulations

Covering the Construction and Op- eration of High Speed Lightcraft;

Eivind Grostad, senior principal surveyor, Det Norske Veritas Clas- sification A/S. (2.) The Development and Current Use of Night Vision

Equipment for High Speed Passen- ger Craft in Hong Kong; PR Owen, senior marine officer, Marine De- partment, Hong Kong. (3.) High Per- formance Propulsion Systems; tech- nical representative from MTU

Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union,

Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany. 10:45 a.m.: SESSION 4

Ferry Systems and Port Facilities; moderator William J. Miller Jr., former executive director, Delaware

River & Bay Authority, USA. (1.)

Spanning The Golden Gate—The

Bridge and The Ferry System; Gene

Rexrode, district secretary, Golden

Gate Bridge, Highway & Transpor- tation District, San Francisco. (2.)

San Francisco Bay Area Ferry De- velopment Project; Mike Fajans, principal, Pacific Transit Manage- ment Corp., Berkeley, USA. (3.) Ex- perience in the Development of Ferry

Terminals; Stan Kowleski, princi- pal, K&W International, San Rafael,

USA. (4.) Port of Hong Kong; D.A.

Taylor Dept of Mech. & Marine En- gineering, HK Polytechnic, Hong

Kong. 2:30 p.m.: SESSION 5

Harbor Study Tour: Tour of Hong

Kong port facilities, ferry operations and terminals.

Wednesday, October 28 9:00 a.m.: TYavel to Macauby Boeing

Jetfoil 10:15 a.m.: Study and sightseeing coach tour of Macau. 2:00 p.m.: SESSION 6

International Papers on Fast Fer- ries; moderator Antonio Correia

Alemao president, Transtejo-Trans- portes Tejo, Lisbon, Portugal. (1.)

Textron C-7 Amphibious Transpor- tation for the 90s; Frank Higgins, vice president of support & reliabil- ity, Textron Marine Systems, New

Orleans. (2.) Building and Operat- ing Fast Catamarans in the Far East;

Kvaerner Fjellstrand, Finland &

Singapore. (3.) The Seaswift Series

High Speed SES Ferries of Royal

Schelde; M.J.H. Siegers, Vlis- singen, The Netherlands. (4.)

Marinteknik Catamarans & Mono- hulls; Kenny Tham, director,

Marinteknik (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (5.) Development of an offshore RO/

RO Catamaran Service in Austra- lia; Les Penley, Sealink, Australia.

Thursday, October 29 9:15 a.m.: SESSION 7

Conventional Ferries and Cruise

Ships; moderator Eric D. Nilsson, chairman & CEO, Gotland Marine

S.P.R.I., Brussels, Belgium. (1.) Can

Big Ferries be Fast & Profitable;

Kai Levander, senior vice presi- dent, Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Fin- land. (2.) Waste Management On- board Ships in the Year 2000;

Jochen Deerberg, managing di- rector, Deerberg Systems, Olden- burg, Germany. (3.) Exhaust Gas

Cleaning for Vessels Operating on

Coastal Routes; Gunnar Ostin, president, SweFerry Lines AB,

Helsingborg, Sweden. 11:00 a.m.: SESSION 8

A Survey of National & Interna- tional Ferry Policy Issues; modera- tor P. Michael Watson, president,

Hornblower Dining Yachts Inc., San

Francisco. (1.) Australia; Stuart

Ballantyne, managing director,

ASDMAR Ltd. (2.) Baltic; Kai

Levander, senior vice president,

Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Finland. (3.)

Canada; Jean-Yves Gagnon, presi- dent & CEO, Societe des Traveriers du Quebec. (4.) United States; R

Scott Tibbs, president, Gulf Craft,

Inc., Patterson, USA. (5.) Hong Kong;

Peter Wong, president & CEO,

Hong Kong Ferry Co. Ltd. 12:30 p.m.: 17th Annual IMTA Lun- cheon and Meeting at the American

Country Club, until 2:30 p.m.

For more information on the IMTA conference, contact: Annette

Schierbeck, DFDSA/S, 30, Sankt

AnnaePlads, DK-1295, Copenhagen

K, Denmark. Telephone: +45 33 1506300; Fax: +45 33 150923. 0RK0T

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