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The RO-RO 81 Conference in Hamburg that begins on June 30 will take place at a time when major new services are being im- plemented and planned on both deepsea and short-haul routes. With routes such as Europe-East Africa and Australia-Europe about to see the introduction of large RO/RO tonnage, four 35,- 000-dwt super RO/RO ships are being discussed for Saudi owner- ship on the U.S. Gulf-Middle East run. In the areas of short-haul services, conventional ferry op- eration is changing, with many owners now taking delivery of their first jumbo ferries. Outside the European arena, other new projects on short routes are be- ing developed, notably the recent announcement to create a major RO/RO trailer link across the Great Lakes. Against this background of ac- tivity and commitment to the RO/ RO mode, the 5th International Conference & Exhibition on Ma- rine Transport using Roll-on/Roll- off Methods will be devoted to commercial and technical issues that will have significant effects in the near- and long-term fu- tures. Conference discussions will be divided into six sessions spread over three days from June 30 to July 2. Following the pattern estab- lished at the previous meetings in the RO-RO series, the opening session will look at the opera- tional problems of the RO-RO lines — not the least being their relation with the membership of freight agreements. A keynote speaker in the first session will be Robert McMillen, president of Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) of Seattle, which oper- erates a RO/RO service between Tacoma, Wash, and Anchorage, Alaska. The second session, on RO/RO ship types and designs, will fea- ture a combined owner/builder contribution from Leif Hoegh & Company A/S of Oslo and the Gdynia Shipyard in Poland. This paper will look at the owner's ex- perience with the third genera- tion of RO/RO carriers, which led to the new concept of the large combination currently be- ing built at the Gdynia yard. The design session will also ex- amine one of the growth areas for deepsea RO/RO carriage, that of timber products. Here a paper from the Finnish Rauma Repola Shipyard will study the handling of this commodity by RO/RO, and the most economical type of RO/RO tonnage for future trad- ing. A subject not previously ex- amined by the RO-RO Confer- ences is the passenger/vehicle ferry. A full session will be de- voted to this type of RO/RO op- eration and ship, including the emergence of the jumbo RO/RO ferry and the implications of their economics and their effects on ex- isting routes. A panel of leading ferry operators, including Sea- link UK, Anders Jahre, and two other major Scandinavian compa- nies, together with Compagnie Nationale Algerienne de Naviga- tion (CNAN), will discuss some of the concepts and operational experiences of their fleets. This panel will be chaired by R.H. Jacquinet of the MacGregor In- ternational Organisation. The ferry panel discussion will be logically followed by a subject that today demands inclusion in the scope of the Conference, that is propulsion economics. The con- tinuing increase in bunker prices and operating costs has put new emphasis on machinery selection, arrangement, and maintenance, and developments in these areas related to ferries and RO/RO ships will be discussed by a panel of four major engine designers— B&W Diesels A/S, M.A.N., S.E.- M.T. Pielstick, and Stork-Werks- poor Diesel BV. Since the previous RO-RO Con- ference in 1980, when shipowners and naval architects gave their views on the stability of RO/RO ships, much apprehension has been expressed on aspects of their design in the wake of recent ac- cidents. For this reason the 1981 Conference will look further into the issues raised and what reme- dies might be affected. Recent criticism has perhaps been leveled unfairly at RO/RO Adamson Butterly Ltd., U.K. Autoliv Band AB, Sweden Cargospeed Equipment Ltd.,U.K. Consafe Group (JCE Container Safe AB), Sweden Conver Ingenieur-Technik GmbH, W. Ger- many Fairplay International Shipping Weekly, U.K. Frederikshaven Vaerft AS, Denmark Gefahrliche Ladung, W. Germany Goteborg Bandvaveri, Sweden Goteborg Truckservice, Sweden Gothenburg Stevedoring, Sweden Port of Gothenburg, Sweden Hamburger Hafen-und Lagerhaus AG, W. Germany Hamberger Hafen Nachrichten, W. Ger- many Inter Equipos Navales SA, Spain Intering GmbH, W. Germany International Lashing Systems, U.K. Johansson Group, Sweden Journal of Commerce, U.K. Kalmar LMV, Sweden LancerBoss Ltd., U.K. Lansing Ltd., U.K. Lloyd's List, U.K. MacGregor International, U.K. Marine Development (Glasgow), U.K. Marine Engineering/Log, U.S. MariTerm AB, Sweden types of tonnage, which has tend- ed to be singled out of the usual average of marine accidents and casualties. It is most timely that the Norwegian classification soci- ety Det norske Veritas will pre- sent a major study of RO/RO ac- cidents from 1965 to 1981 at the Conference and discuss the find- ings. The study is part of a joint research project on the safety of RO/RO vessels being undertaken in Norway with the participation of industry and government. The final session will look at RO/RO from the port's view, and here the attitude and experience of both developed and a develop- ing port will be presented. Speak- (continued on page 40) Mattsson Group, Sweden Middle East Cargo Services GmbH, W. Germany Moore's of Carnforth, U.K. Navire Cargo Gear (SF), Finland Nelson Bolzenschweiss-Technik GmbH, W. Germany Niedersachsisches Hafenamt Cuxhaven, W. Germany Werft Nobiskrug Gmbh, W. Germany Ottawa Truck Division, U.K. PLAN Marine AG, Switzerland Schichau Unterweser AG, W. Germany Schiff & Hafen, W. Germany Oy Sisu-Auto AB, Finland SpanSet Ltd., U.K. Stokvis Container Handling, Netherlands AB Svenska Flaktfabriken, Sweden Swedish Shipping Gazette, Sweden Swedish Trade Council, Sweden Taglicher Hafenbericht, W. Germany Transport Dienst, W. Germany Triport Ferries (Management) Ltd., U.K. gte Gesellschaft fur Transport-und Erd- bewegungmaschinen mbH, W. Germ- any TSS Sea Service AB, Sweden Valmet Oy, Finland Van Leer AB, Belgium KG Velle Systems Gmbh, W. Germany AB Volvo Penta, Sweden Wartsila Turku Shipyards RO-RO 81 EXHIBITOR LIST PREVIEW CONGRESS CENTRE-HAMBURG June 15, 1981 39
