HANSA 05-2017

Nor-Shipping
for Energy majors: Shell and Total recently
announced to foster LNG as
a marine fuel. The SEA\LNG alliance
will be in Oslo and other
cross-industry alliances will
formulate goals.
This is why Nor-Shipping
is among the top maritime
networking events. To stay
in touch with latest sectoral
innovation, 200 different
conferences, seminars,
executive meetings
and social events are on the
agenda. Experts will discuss
»The Dry Bulk Market – On
a recovery track?« or »Green
Coastal Shipping«, where pilot
studies for a green future will be
on display. Ocean Opportunity Pitch
Sessions will add to the various seminar
offerings.
The regional focus of the program will
be on Africa, the Asian Belt and Brazil this
year. Brazilian energy and shipping industries
will be present, there will be a »Brazil
Podium & Roundtable Meeting« and correspondingly
an »Asian Belt Podium« and
an »Africa Podium«.
Next generation is invited
Inviting the »next generation« is part of the
strategy to renew the maritime world in
2017. The Opening Conference will debate
»Next Generation Shipping« with focus on
Fireworks – a traditional
element of Nor­Shipping
digitization and increased sustainability including
speakers from leading companies.
»Young professionals are an integral part of
the Nor-Shipping mix, and this is now visible
like never before during the event week,«
Nor-Shipping planners say. The key words
»sails, satellites, drones and data« dominate
the work of young entrepreneurs nominated
for the Young Entrepreneur Award 2017.
Generally, the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable
Development Goals are always
in the Nor-Shipping background but
also immediate regulation urges
change. As the EU and the IMO
are at odds about the best way
to monitor CO2 emissions,
there is an ever-faster race
to comply. Technical solutions
to verify compliance
will be high on the agenda.
The new fuel regulations
also accelerate the scrubber
business.
Offshore petroleum and
new ocean industries will
be explored in the program,
too. Waves of change will be
felt everywhere in offshore at
the event. Solstad, Farstad and
Deep Sea Supply have effected a giant
merger some boards have already
approved. The tanker market’s DHT-BWdeal
and moves at Frontline give proof of
consolidation. According to the regional
focus, the Brazilian economic outlook
and the transition of the maritime and
offshore industry there will find a podium
with high level experts.
Further highlights at the event will be
the proclamation »Ship of the Year 2017«
by Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry,
Monica Mæland, cultural events
and receptions and the Future Friday with
seminars on circular economy, blockchain
and sustainable business models.
The Nor-Shipping Regatta with an After
Sail Party will close the event.
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36 HANSA International Maritime Journal – 154. Jahrgang – 2017 – Nr. 5