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RO v' 90 STAZIONE MARITTIMA TRIESTE 15-17 MAY 1990 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME DAY 1: Tuesday 15 May 09.00 EXHIBITION OPENS 14.00 CONFERENCE OPENS Session 1: Markets and Trades RoRo Markets of the North Sea/Intra Europe/Intra Mediterranean M Garratt, MDS Transmodal, Chester, England The Development of RoRo in the West African Trades and its future prospects S M Gay, Managing Director, African RoRo Ltd and Director, OT Africa Line, London Mediterranean Cabotage after 1992 G Migliorino, Direttore Centrale Finmare, Genoa (Finmare operating companies include Lloyd Triestino, Italia, Adriatica, Tirrenia and Sidermar) New Trends in the fast developing Baltic RoRo Market K Levander, Vice President, Research and Development, Masa-Yards, Finland Australia - new RoRo Age Dawning A R Clarke, Director, Thompson Clarke Shipping, Port Melbourne New ships for the Brazil-Europe Trade R Klien, Director, Transroll Navegacao SA, Rio de Janeiro Developments in vehicle transportation. Integrated services - the solution for the future? C Olsson, Executive Vice President Marketing, Wallenius Lines, Stockholm OFFICIAL WELCOME RECEPTION HELD IN THE FIERA DI TRIESTE DAY 2: Wednesday 16 May Session 2: The Ports Build for Tomorrow (parallel with Session 4) Cost Effective Design of Terminals for the import of RoRo Forest Products - by cassette and in bulk N Nixon, Chairman and G Bell, Director, Nigel Nixon & Partners, London RoRo Interface for the 21st Century (with case studies from Belfast, Poole and Sheerness new RoRo terminals) Particular reference will be made to high capacity freight throughputs, improvements in passenger access and rapid vessel turnaround. R S Cork and P W Wright, Associates Port Division, Posford Duvivier, Peterborough, England Session 3: The Trieste Connection (parallel with Session 4) Panel Session Speakers: Prof. F A Querci, President of the Superior Council, Ministry of Merchant Marine, Rome R Prioglio, Chairman, Forwarding Agents Association, Port of Trieste E Bevilacqua, President, Port of Monfalcone G Bravo, President, Port of Nogaro G Di Benedetto, Regional Minister for Transport and Ports of Friuli-Venezia Giulia L Rovelli, Director General, Port of Trieste Session 4: Ship Design (parallel with Sessions 2 and 3) New passenger trailer ferry concepts to meet increasing transport and safety requirements Three new ferry concepts will be described: cruise ferry for a Baltic route - two newbuildings for two different Channel routes M Kanerva, Development Director, Oy Elomatic Group Ltd, Turku Seahorse Shipping follow their advanced design of inland RoRo shuttles for Stora with more innovative thinking S-A Svensson, Naval Architect, Seahorse Shipping Lines AB, Gothenburg Transfennica - looks ahead with new ships and handling for forest products T Grandell, Technical Group, Transfennica Corporation, Helsinki Converting to the Market K J Taylor, Marine Services Manager, MacGregor-Navire (GBR) Ltd, UK New smaller RoRo's on more frequent service facilitate Just-In-Time Distribution B Soderholm, Executive Vice-President, Bore Line AB, Helsinki Session 5: RoRo Survivability (parallel with Session 6) Compliance with the new IMO subdivision and stability requirements for RoRo and other dry cargo ships C M Magill, Principal Surveyor, Statutory Computational Services Group, Lloyd's Register of Shipping, London The "Stab-90 Rules" influence on RoRo Newbuildings and Conversions J Dalgaard, N Fisker-Andersen and E Schilder, Knud E Hansen, Copenhagen RoRo Safety - a need for a total approach T-C Mathiesen, Senior Executive Vice President, Det norske Veritas Classification A/S, Norway Enhancing the stability/survivability of RoRo vessels J G Brown, Seaform Design, Isle of Man, UK Session 6: RoRo Stevedoring and Swapbodies (parallel with Session 5) Securing for Rolltrailers and Rolux - new top lashings the answer B Wiking, Wiking Leasing AB, Gothenburg New IMO Code of Safe Practice for stowage and securing cargo, cargo units and vehicles (includes guidelines for securing arrangements for road vehicles on RoRo ships) Captain S Felding, Senior Technical Officer, Cargoes Section, International Maritime Organization The advantages of swapbodies vis-a-vis trailers for international traffic Speaker to be announced, Transfesa, Spain More swapbody papers to be announced for this session (Authors should contact the Secretariat) WEDNESDAY EVENING: GALA DINNER DAY 3: Thursday 17 May Session 7: RoRo Operational Safety (parallel with Session 9) The Carriage of Dangerous Goods on Roll- on/Roll-off ships (revision of Section 17) in the 1990 edition of the IMDG Code Captain S Felding, Senior Technical Officer, Cargoes Section, International Maritime Organization Dangerous Goods at Sea (a recently updated video from Videotel Marine showing handling of dangerous goods as general cargo/containers/ portable tanks including response to incidents at sea) Is the Baltic Sea Memorandum of Understanding a suitable instrument for the transportation of hazardous cargoes in other protected areas? H Busch, Dangerous Goods Section, Federal Ministry of Transport, Bonn During the Coffee Break a new anti- pollution video from Videotel will be shown: MARPOL Annex 5 Marine Litter Handling of RoRo ships and ferries in ports - single screw/twin screw U Nienhuis, MARIN, Wageningen, Netherlands Fire Safety on RoRo Ships and Passenger Car Ferries Speaker to be confirmed Session 8: Environmental Issues of RoRo Ferry Operations (parallel with Session 9) Ecological Aspects of Ferry Operation A Flising, Stena Marine Management HB, Gothenburg Session 9: Through Transport - New Markets and New Links (parallel with Sessions 7 and 8) North-South Through Transport - transit problems overshadow 1992 Speaker to be announced 1992 and Eastwards N R S Baker, Underwriter, Through Transport Club, (members include Ravasped, Masped, Hungarocargo and Sovtransavto) The paper will cover the widespread effects of the removal of barriers not only in the EC but also in Eastern Europe. Eurotunnel - the new link for road and rail freight J Chapman, Freight Marketing Development Manager, Eurotunnel, London Trade Structure and Network Development in UK/Europe Unit Routes S Gilman, Emeritus Professor, Maritime Consultant, Liverpool 12.45 CONFERENCE CLOSE During the afternoon of Thursday 17 May there will be an opportunity for interested delegates to join a conducted tour of the Port of Trieste. 16.30 EXHIBITION CLOSE The Organisers reserve the right to amend this programme -REGISTRATION- We wish to make Conference Registration(s) for delegate(s) and enclose our cheque for made payable to BML Business Meetings Ltd. Conference fee of £390 (Lire 800000) per person includes conference documentation, lunches, coffee breaks and invitations to the Welcome Reception and the Gala Dinner hosted by the Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia and the City of Trieste. Delegates who will attend (please print): Name Title Name Title Company Complete this form and return with remittance to:- Address RoRo Secretariat 2 Station Road Rickmansworth x . Herts WD3 1QP UK IEL TJ. /I\MI\ IHT.IT, Fa* .Tlx . Tel: (0923) 776363 Fax: (0923) 777206 Telex: 924312 18 60 Circle 225 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News