Challenges for International Shipping in the Year of the Seafarer - Preparedness, Partnerships and People. A joint ITOPF/INTERTANKO/OCIMF/NAMEPA/TEEKAY Seminar, Vancouver, Canada, 18th November 2010
Seminar Flyer & Programme (419Kb)
MORNING SESSION
The application of international pollution conventions in Canadian waters (PDF 35Kb)
Alfred Popp, Administrator of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund
Industry/government cooperation and the role of ITOPF in spill response (PDF 2799Kb)
Richard Johnson, Technical Director, ITOPF
Tanker standards and best practices (PDF 274Kb)
Peter Swift, Managing Director, INTERTANKO
Setting standards and promoting best practice (PDF 458Kb)
David Cotterell, Director, OCIMF
Proactive environmental liabilities from a shipowner's perspective (PDF 900Kb)
Graham Westgarth, President, Teekay Marine Services
Panel Session - Prevention and Response: Government and Industry Partnership
Chair: Donald Roussel, Director General, Marine Safety, Transport Canada
RADM James Watson, Deputy Commander, Atlantic Area and Defense Force East, USCG (PDF 446Kb0
Michael Broad, President, Shipping Federation of Canada (PDF 37Kb)
Alfred Popp, Administrator of the Ship-source Oil Pollution Fund
Vija Poruks, Assistant Commissioner, Canadian Coast Guard
AFTERNOON SESSION
2010 - the year of the seafarer (PDF 516Kb)
Jo Espinoza-Ferrey, Head of Policy & Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary-General, IMO
The role of NAMEPA
Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman NAMEPA
The threats and realities of piracy worldwide (PDF 282Kb)
Phil Pascoe, General Counsel, OCIMF
Protecting seafarers' rights (PDF 403Kb)
Peter Lahay, National Coordinator, International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) / Kaity Arsoniadis-Stein, President & Secretary-General, International Ship-Owners Alliance of Canada Inc (ISAC)
P&I cover for crew following an incident (PDF 178Kb)
Colin Williams, Director, Steamship Mutual P&I Club
Panel Session - Attracting and retaining quality seafarers
Chair: The Reverend Canon James Von Dreele, Executive Director, Seamen's Church Institute of Philadelphia and South Jersey (PDF 31Kb)
Jo Espinoza-Ferrey, Head of Policy & Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary-General, IMO (PDF 80Kb)
Naim Nazha, Director, Marine Personnel Standards and Pilotage, Marine Safety, Transport Canada (PDF 78Kb)
Capt Stephen Brown, President Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia (PDF 500Kb)
Howard Snaith, Marine Director, INTERTANKO (PDF 27Kb)