SCHIFFSSICHERHEIT - Nautischer Verein zu Bremen, Bremen

Nautischer Verein zu Bremen
5 th Seminar 1998
MARITIME SAFETY
Position Fixing: Where are we?
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
Saturday, 28 th February 1998
08.30 - 09.30 Registration and Coffee
09.30 - 09.35 Welcome Address:
Capt. Helmut Bossemeyer, Chairman Nautischer Verein zu Bremen
09.35 - 09.55 Introduction and Seminar Chairman:
Ronald Wöhrn
09.50 - 10.10 Dr. Bernd Kröger - Chief Executive- Verband Deutscher Reeder e.V., Hamburg
How safe is shipping? Is shipping under German flag safer? Safety versus economy ?
10.10 - 10.30 Capt. Hartmut Hesse, International Maritime Organisation (IMO), London
The IMO as World Maritime Police? Will the industry manage to regulate itself ? Do we
need more regulations? Opportunities and limits of the IMO in their efforts to improve
maritime safety
10.30 - 10.50 Discussion
10.50 - 11.30 Coffee Break (Coffee, Tea, Snacks)
11.30 - 11.50 Dipl.-Eng. Hartmut Hormann, Member of the Board, Germanischer Lloyd, Hamburg
Classification Societies: Their role in setting maritime safety standards - Can the "ships-
M.O.T." meet its own demands? Is there a universal role to play for Classification Societies
in improving maritime safety standards?
11.50 - 12.10 Capt. Jan Petter Larsen, Director, Assuranceforeningen GARD gjensidig, Arendal
The P&I Clubs: Do the P&I Clubs have an influence in improving maritime safety? Can the
P&I Clubs set effective initiatives for improvement of maritime safety? Increase of premiums
as "tool" to improve maritime safety?
12.10 - 12.30 Capt. Peter Zahalka, Managing Director, Verein Bremer Seeversicherer, Bremen
Hull Underwriters: Is the hull underwriter's influence limited in respect of improvement of
maritime safety or do international initiatives promise to be effective? Is competition
restrictive to hull underwriter's initiatives?
12.30 - 13.00 Discussion
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch Break
14.30 - 14.50 Capt. Steen Stender Petersen, Deputy Secretary General, BIMCO, Copenhagen
Can BIMCO only enlighten and warn? Global information and education as basis for
improvement of maritime safety world-wide? Can BIMCO take effective actions against
piracy?
14.50 - 15.10 Kapt. Gerhard Kiehne, See-BG / Port State Control Europe (Paris Memorandum of
Understanding), Hamburg
PSC as World Maritime Police Force: Detention of ships as means of sense and
improvement of maritime safety? PSC as mouthpiece for masters and crews? Do
detentions promise betterment?
15.10 - 15.30 Capt. Hans-Jürgen Roos, Harbour Master, Port of Bremen / President IHMA
The harbour masters and their colleagues on board - only last link in the chain or active
designers of maritime safety? Where to leave detained ships? Is competition between ports
counter-productive against maritime safety?
15.30 - 16.00 Discussion and Summary by the Chairman.
16.00 Coffee and Cake - Close of Seminar