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11-12-13 May 1993 CRUISE* FERRY 93 Olympia 2 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 (Part 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 WW'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 onboard: the new challenge M Charles, President, HMS, France Session Panellists: N Eide, concept designer for the latest newbuildings for P&O and RCCL; P Yran, Designer, new Silversea ships building at SEC, Italy; R Tillberg, Architect, on the newbuildings, Crystal Symphony and Gemini 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) Fast Ferry 92: a monohull solution 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 J Gollenbeck, Managing Director and J Holland, Project Leader, SWATH Development, Schichau Seebeckwerft AG, Germany A Semi-Swath Catamaran - a joint Danyard/NQEA project O Rendbaek, Managing Director, and J V Jensen, Senior Vice President, Design, Engineering and Production, Danyard, Denmark 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 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, Dwinger Marineconsult a/s, E Schilder, Knud E HansenA/S,C Kruse, Danish State Railways, DSB, S Chislett, Danish Maritime Institute, DMI, 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 REGISTRATION BY MAIL OR FAX • The problem of external noise from fast ferries L Thiele, Head ofShipNoise Dept andK T Weiss-Fogh, Projects Mgr, Odegaard & 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 C02 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 SESSION 12: DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT Itineraries and market potential for cruise/ferries 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 0 A Gotmalm, ABB Flakt Marine, Sweden Non ozone-depleting refrigerant gases and system lubricants G P Carroll, Project Engineer, 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 Telecom AB, Sweden Advance Conference fee (before March 22) of £470 plus £66.50 VAT on taxable element (payable by each delegate) includes 2 volumes of conference papers, participants list, lunches, coffee breaks and invitations to the evening receptions. 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