1. business and industrial
2. shipbuilding

Between
the Water
&
the Steel
Towards a sustainable future with
antifouling and corrosion protection
coatings
Including a work visit to a
shipyard for Authorities
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Between the Water and the Steel
Dear Reader,
The upcoming one will be held in Europe’s main port in Rotterdam. Europe may have a comparatively small industry for ship
Marine Coatings (MC) have to constantly perform under the
building, there is however a sizeable number of repair yards.
harsh conditions of exposure to seawater.
And Europe is home to some important other stakeholders
They must offer the highest protection against corrosion and
categories (40 % of the world fleet is owned directly or indithe growth of barnacles and weeds.
rectly by European companies; the industry related bodies
The producers of MC are well aware that the biocides they use such as IMO and ISO are based in Europe). And when it
in some of their coating formulations are a topic of discussion
comes to legislation or regulation, Europe is considered as at
when it comes to water quality and the marine environment.
the forefront.
This edition of the Forum will try to show the way:
One of the objectives of this is for the MC Producers to discuss
with the stakeholders topics like maritime rules, scientific pro“Towards a sustainable future with antifouling and corrosion
gress, legislative developments or business logic (e.g. harmoniprotection coatings’
zation of industry approaches or test protocols). The stakeholders that would be relevant to the MC topics are:
It therefore would be my pleasure to meet you in Rotterdam
and participate in this edition of the Global MC Forum.
 Authorities; legislators and enforcement agencies
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Regulatory bodies (e.g. IMO)
Shipyard associations
Ship Owner associations
Classification societies
Scientific institutions
Water-quality monitoring bodies
A Global Forum with a regional focus per edition.
Previous editions were held in South East Asia where nowadays the majority of shipbuilding is based.
Jan van der Meulen
Managing Director CEPE
Special work visit for authorities.
On the Friday morning of the Forum a nearby shipyard offers
the participating authorities a chance to get a better idea of
the practice of painting a ship.
Global Marine Coatings Forum Programme
Wednesday 22 April 2015
20.00 - 22.00:
10.10 - 10.40
Get-together for all delegates
Mainport Room in the hotel
Sustainability in the maritime
industry
Svend Søyland, Senior Advisor
Nordic Energy Research
Thursday 23 April 2015
10.40 - 11.00 COFFEE BREAK
08.30 - 08.40
Kick-off
Jan van der Meulen,
Managing Director CEPE
11.00 - 11.30
08.40 - 09.00
Welcome to Rotterdam
Key figures on Europe’s main port
Jeroen Kortsmit, Sales Director
Royal Dirkzwager
US regulation of biocides, the
Clean Water Act and antifouling
coatings
Neal Blossom, Director Global
Environmental & Regulatory
Affairs, Chemet
11.30 - 12.00
EU’s Biocide Product Regulation
TBC
European Commission
12.00 - 12.30
Will antifoulings survive in Europe?
Gareth Prowse, Product Regulatory
Affairs Manager, AkzoNobel
12.30 - 13.00
Panel discussion: How to find the
balance for use of biocides?
Moderator & session speakers
09.00 - 09.30
European ship building and
maintenance industry
Jan Kees Pilaar, Managing Director
Blohm & Voss Repair GmbH
09.30 - 12.30 : SESSION I
Theme: Antifouling paints; their roles and
their regulations
Antifouling from both sides; ecological and economic interests, can they be balanced?
09.30 - 09.40
Introduction to the session
TBC
09.40 - 10.10
Total cost of ownership between
the docking period
Jeppe Skovbakke Juhl, Senior
Marine Technical Officer, The Bal
tic & International Maritime
Council (BIMCO)
13.00 - 14.00 LUNCH
Restaurant Down Under
14.00 -- 17.00 SESSION II
Friday 24 April 2015
Theme: Antifouling and robust Risk Assessments
9.00–12.30 : SESSION III
Seawater quality and understanding the parameters / safety levels in risk assessments for antifoulings.
14.00 - 14.10
14.10 - 14.40
14.40 - 15.10
15.10 - 15.40
Introduction to the session
Didier Leroy, Technical Director
CEPE
Invasive species
How do EU ecoregions do?
John Lewis, Principal Marine consultant
Efficacy testing in the real world
Thomas Vance, R&D Manager Biofouling and Ballast Water Services,
Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Protection goals &
anthropogenic movement
Bert van Hattum, Researcher,
Dutch Institute for Environmental
Studies (IVM)
15.40 - 16.10 COFFEE BREAK
16.10 - 16.40
16.40 - 17.10
17.10 - 17.45
Robust risk assessments
The MAMPEC tool in practice
Kevin Long, Consultant,
Regulatory Compliance Ltd.
ISO activities on risk assessment
methods
Tetsuya Senda, Director of
Research, National Maritime
Research Institute, Japan
Panel discussion: What more is
there to do to ensure a sustainable
use of antifouling paints?
Moderator & session speakers
Theme: Rules and procedures for coatings that
extend the service life of the inside hull
Performance and its certification costs
09.00 - 09.10
Introduction to the session
Ole Borring Sorensen, Former IPPIC
PSPC Working Group Chair
09.10 - 09.40
The challenges to comply with EU
regulations
Sieger Sakko, Sector Manager, Dutch
Shipbuilders Association
Scheepsbouw
09.40 - 10.10
5 years of PSPC
Doug Gilbert, Consultant, Safinah
10.10 - 10.40
Mutual recognition: a way to help
the industry to stay competitive
TBC
10.40 - 11.10 COFFEE BREAK
11.10 - 11.40
GESAMP activities
Coming to robust test re gimes
TBC
11.40 - 12.10
Ballast water treatment
Stelios Kyriacou, Technical Director,
Wartsila Water Systems Ltd
12.10 - 12.40
Development of corrosion
resistant steel for ballast tanks
Kazuhiko Shiotani, Senior
Researcher, JFE Steel Corp.
12.40 - 13.00
Panel discussion: Can the
administrative burden be
de-complexed?
Moderator & session speakers
17.45: CLOSURE OF SESSION II
19.00: ON BOARD FOR A DINNER CRUISE
THROUGH ROTTERDAM HARBOUR
13.00 - 13.30: FORUM CLOSURE &
FINAL REMARKS
Jan van der Meulen, Managing
Director CEPE
13.30
LUNCH AND FAREWELL
Work visit to a shipyard
On Friday 24 April, from 09.00 to 13.00, a special
work visit to a shipyard for authorities is organised. In
order to get an impression of the practice of applying
coatings to a ship hull, the Damen shipyard kindly invites representatives of authorities and other stakeholders for a work visit. Indicate your participation via
the registration link.
Transport from the hotel to the shipyard will be foreseen. Meet not later than 08.45 hrs in the lobby.
General information
Venue & accommodation
Mainport Hotel Rotterdam
Leuvehaven, 80
NL - 3011 EA Rotterdam
www.mainporthotel.com
Tel : +31 (0)10 21 75 757
E-mail : [email protected]
Book your hotel room via hereunder link:
www.mainporthotel.com/en/marineforum
Reaching the hotel from Schiphol
Cancellation Policy
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Notice of cancellation should be sent in writing to
[email protected]. Cancellations are accepted
until 24 March 2015 with a refund of 50%. No refunds will be given for cancellations received after
this date. Please note that refunds will be made
after the conference.
By train from Schiphol to Rotterdam Centraal:
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Failure to cancel the participation will result in
100% payment being charged.
From Rotterdam Centraal to Mainport Hotel:
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Conference fees
Early bird rate : 650.00 €
(until 14 February 2015)
Conference fee : 750.00 €
(from 15 February 2015 on)
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All room cancellations must be sent directly to the
hotel. The cancellation policy of the hotel prevails
Special fee for authorities : 150.00 €
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