Page 63: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (April 1993)

11-12-13 May 1993 CRUISE+FERRY 93 Olympia2 London

SESSION 1: MARKETS & MARKETING

The cruise market - its economics and future strategies

K Arvesen, V-President, Finanshuset Corporate AS, Oslo

Cruise ships and ferry financing (old/new tonnage)

T Michael, Solicitor, Constant & Constant, London

The marketing of mini cruises - the case of the eastern

Mediterranean G Michaelides, General Manager

Marketing, Louis Cruise Lines, Cyprus

New and potential ferry routes and traffic in the

Caribbean and Central America R J Fernandez,

President, Indigo Service Corp, USA

Passenger ferry services in Japan including new 26-knot long-haul conventional designs M Kobayashi, Ship &

Marine Design Dept, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan

Cruise Ferries v Channel Tunnel B Langford, Passenger

Marketing & Sales Director, P&O European Ferries, UK

The changes in traffic and operation strategies resulting from new fast passenger/car ferries entering the

Scandinavian market T Hagman, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg

SESSION 2: SAFETY AND QUALITY

Safety and Quality Management in international passengership operations S Bengtson, Vice President,

Det Norske Veritas, Oslo

Introduction of a safety management system for car/ passenger ferry operations A Flising, Director, Safety &

Environmental Protection, AB Stena Marine, Gothenburg

Forthcoming IMO Requirements for cruise ships and ferries D J Holland, Senior Principal Surveyor, Statutory

Services, Construction Services Department, Lloyd's

Register of Shipping, London

SESSION 3: FAST FERRIES (Fart 1)

Developments of the newbuilding and secondhand market for fast ferries D Moe, Senior Consultant, Sea

Service International, Oslo

Market potential for fast ferries between Italy and

Greece O Vederhus and H Heijveld, Centre for Int

Shipping & Transport, University of Plymouth, UK

Fast ferry roro berths - improving their investment profile by providing a range of utilisation options

D Byrne, Managing Director and S Hodgson, Projects

Engineer, Transmarine Ltd, UK

SESSION 4: PASSENGER COMFORT

Passenger comfort onboard the luxury cruise vessel "Statendam" - a new approach for optimising vibration and noise reduction R Fabro, Noise & Vibration

Manager, Fincantieri, Italy and J Mantere, Engineering

Manager, Machines Div, ABB Stromberg Drives, Helsinki

Design package to maximize passenger comfort - linking the human factor with research results

T Karppinen, L Helle, P Hynna and P Klinge, Technical

Research Centre of Finland, Ship Laboratory, Espoo

Noise and vibration on passengerships D Malam, Head,

Vibration Engineering, W S Atkins Science & Technology,

Epsom, UK

SESSION 5: INTERIOR/EXTERIOR DESIGN

Interior/exterior design - restyling of a 1950's liner

M Musio-Sale, Partner, Garroni Associati, Italy

Current attitudes in cruise ship interior design and future trends - including the "Gemini Project"

J McNeece, CEO, McNeece, London

Entertainment design for cruise ships and ferries

M Charles, President, HMS, France

SESSION 6: MANAGEMENT

Management and quality control R Kjaer, Director,

Color Line and T C Gloersen, Director, Norwegian

Shipowners Association, Oslo

Decentralised Management Systems T Hiller, Managing

Director, AB Stena Marine, Gothenburg

SESSION 7: COMPUTERISED OPERATIONS

Maximising profitability and operational efficiency with a complete shipboard cruise management system D C Batts,

Director of Finance, Encore Systems Inc, Atlanta, USA

Ferry reservations, ticketing and global distribution networks N Powis, Head of Computer Services, P&O

European Ferries, UK

New developments for reservation systems, administration, check-in and yield management

L McNish, Director, Autofile, UK and

S Spindlow, Marketing Manager, Condor Ltd

SESSION 3: FAST FERRIES (Part 2)

Ferry Rapido 92: a monohull solution for Trasmediterranea

H Sierra, Project Manager, E N Bazan, Spain

Development of a fast monohull ferry P Viergutz, Fast

Craft Div., Blohm+Voss AG, Hamburg

A new high-speed SWATH Speaker to be advised,

Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Germany

REAL Fast Car Ferries - experience from 74-m craft and designs up to 115-m P Hercus, Executive Chairman,

Incat Designs, Sydney

SESSION 8: SHIPBOARD REVENUE AND

PASSENGER SPENDING

Latest Developments in Shopping - QE2/Europa

R Livingstone, Managing Director Europe, Allders

International Ltd, UK

Who spends what • how and where? J J Lewis, President,

Market Scope Inc, Miami

On board services - quality for profit N Pipping,

General Mgr Operations, Sutcliffe Marine, Portsmouth

Increased income from ferry catering by using sousvide cook and chill/satellite kitchen methods M Tulimaa,

Director, Metos Marine, Finland

The safety and security of gaming machines through individual networking operations J Anthony, General

Sales Manager, Olympic Video Gaming, Australia

SESSION 9: SHIP DESIGN

Design and optimisation of Holland America Line's new "Statendam" S Payne, Naval Architect, J Hopkins,

Marine Engineer and D Storer, Electrical Engineer,

Technical Marine Planning, London

Hurtigruten - the Norwegian Coastal Express Liners

F Falkum-Hansen, Managing Director and P A Hoist,

Senior Partner, Arkitektfirma H G Finne & Co A/S, Oslo

Co-Panellists: TFDS/OVDS (owners), and Meyer Werft and Volks-Werft Stralsund

Can Superliners be fast and profitable? Speaker to be advised, Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki

Session Panellist: N Eide, concept designer for the latest newbuildings for P&O and RCCL

SESSION 10: SURVIVABILITY/

SEAKEEPING/ MANOEUVRABILITY

A new concept for passenger ship damage stability design C Arias, Senior Technical Manager, Astilleros

Espanoles, Madrid

Recent changes in ferry hull-form design and their impact on seakeeping R P Dallinga, MARIN

Wageningen, Netherlands and M Kanerva, Director,

Deltamarin, Finland

Low-Speed harbour manoeuvring of ferries - problem identification, solutions and service experience

H O Kristensen, Naval Architect, Dwinger

Marineconsult, Denmark

SESSION 3: FAST FERRIES (Part 3)

Passenger comfort and safety (interior design and craft performance related to new IMO 373 Code)

P Werenskvold, Research Engineer, Marintek, Norway

Passenger and furniture restraints in the collision case

A new look at the deck attachment C Eden, Managing

Director, Air Vehicles Ltd, UK

The problem of external noise from fast ferries L Thiele,

Head of Ship Noise Department, 0degaard &

Danneskiold-Samsoe ApS, Copenhagen

Keeping fast ferries quiet - new developments in propulsion plant silencing systems K Hall, Manager

Marine Division, Industrial Acoustics Co, UK

SESSION 11: FIRE AND SMOKE CONTROL

AND PREVENTION

Smoke Control in Cruise and Passenger Vessels K H Jensen,

General Sales Manager, Novenco Hi-Pres A/S, Denmark

Controlling fire smoke in large passenger vessels

G B Bergstrom, ABB Flakt Marine, Sweden

M/S Bergen - the world's first passenger ferry to be fitted with Type Approved water fog fire protection in accommodation areas as well as in the engine-room as a replacement for Halon or CO2 Speaker to be advised,

Marioff Hi-fog Oy, Finland

Low-level lighting system on the "Europa" meets planned Fire Safety Rules T Friese, Manager Passenger

Ship Division, Aqua Signal, Bremen

Intelligent fire and safety management systems for passenger vessels B S Rodricks, Commercial Manager,

Marine Department, Thorn Security, UK

The use of fire safe phenolic composite materials in marine applications M Orpin, Senior Technologist and

J Rogers, Business Development, BP Chemicals, Wales

The interior decoration of ships with flame retardant polyester fabrics H Zimmermann, Marketing Manager,

Fibres Division, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt

A new thermoplastic flame resistant structural foam

V Tresin, Marketing Director, Polimex SpA, Italy

SESSION12: DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT

Itineraries and market potential for cruise/fernes in the

Western Gulf of Mexico C L Harding, Marketing

Manager, Port of Corpus Christi, USA

New ferry technology and its impact on market opportunities J McNab, Chief Exec, Port of Tilbury, UK

New international cruise terminal for the Port of San

Francisco E Norgaard, President, Scandinavia Center Inc,

San Francisco

Inland Cruising in Europe - the different destination

H Ginthor, Technical Mgr, KD KolnDiisseldorfer, Germany

SESSION 3: FAST FERRIES (Part 4)

PROPULSION COST-PER-HOUR PANEL SESSION

Panellists from: Caterpillar - MTU - Ruston Diesels - etc

SESSION 13: ENVIRONMENTAL

CONSIDERATIONS

Waste Management onboard passenger ships for the year 2000 - report from an international workshop of owners/regulatory bodies/suppliers J Deerberg, Owner and CEO, Deerberg Systems, Germany

The non-discharge ship - what is involved? J Laitera,

Projects Director, Deltamarin, Finland

Pending US legislation on emissions can be met by

Catalytic Converters - results from first year of operation O A Gotmalm, ABB Flakt Marine, Sweden

Non ozone-depleting refrigerant gases and system lubricants R W Allen, Technical Mgr, Castrol Int, UK

SESSION 14: COMMUNICATIONS FOR

INCREASED PROFIT

SATCOMS: a main revenue source for passengerships

C Slawek, Cruise & Ferry Market Mgr, Inmarsat, London

Inmarsat-M digital satellite communications.... low cost, high quality communications for passengerships

H J Molzahn, Director, Comsat Maritime Services,

Washington DC

Satellite communications management for increased profits D Favre, Managing Director, Marinet Systems, UK

Checkmate - totally automated logging and charging of passenger/crew radio traffic M L Phillips, Marketing

Manager, Radio Traffic, Marconi Marine, UK

Cheaper non-satellite data communication for dedicated-route traffic R Davidsson, Technical Director,

Transtema, Sweden

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