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| Προσθήκ(l-r) Tom Boardley, Apostolos Poulovassilis, Theodore Veniamis, Richard Sadler, Grigoris Hajieleftheriadisη λεζάντας |
…. were key themes at Lloyd’s Register’s First Hellenic
Advisory Committee (HAC) in 2013
On
Tuesday June 4th Lloyd’s Register held its 1st Hellenic
Advisory Committee (HAC) of 2013 at the Piraeus Yacht Club.
In their opening comments, Richard Sadler,
Lloyd’s Register CEO, and Tom Boardley, Lloyd's Register’s Marine Director -
currently Chairman of IACS –, provided an update on recent developments across
the Lloyd’s Register Group, the move to the Global Technology Centre in
Southampton and the Group’s focus on technology and innovation.
Mr Boardley
also talked about the ways to best continue to influence the development of
effective regulation in shipping. He emphasised the importance of making the
most of both class and owners’ expertise, and a discussion followed on the
governance of international shipping and on the commercial outlook for
Classification.
Tom Boardley together with Apostolos
Poulovassilis, Regional Marine Manager for Europe, Middle East & Africa,
provided an overview of the recently published report Global Marine Trends
2030, prepared by a team from Lloyd’s Register, Qinetiq and University of
Strathclyde. Mr Boardley presented the scenarios assumed and the global drivers
within the study – population, economy and natural resources, explaining their
impact, the possible future development of trade in the main marine sectors
including, for example, the impact that Australian gas production will have on
the global energy trades.
Mr Poulovassilis presented the
Shipbuilding and Shipowning scenarios for 2030, specifically looking at
bulkers, tankers, LNG and containerships. One of the key highlight is that
China will have a large market share of both shipbuilding and shipownership in
all scenarios. For European owners their share of the world fleet is largest in
the Global Commons scenario – in a world where there is far more co-operation,
growth is stronger and all benefit. Overall, under these scenarios there is a
positive outlook regarding Greek ownership during the next two decades, and the
Greek fleet could grow at a rate of around 2.8% annually towards 2030.
Dr
Martin Stopford, President, Clarkson Research, gave the Committee his
perspective of the scenarios for shipping, examining historical trends, the
future outlook, the purpose of scenarios and a few words about basic guidelines
for their formulation. Dr Stopford explained briefly that the shipping system,
geopolitical changes, current commercial models and transport performance are
factors that contribute to deriving to future scenarios.
Mike
James, Management Systems Business Director, addressed the Committee on
Management Systems Developments in the Marine Industry. He emphasised the
contribution and importance of management systems that deal with energy
efficiency, effectiveness, resources and mix, and the fast growing demand
around them lately in the energy industry. He introduced ISO 50001, the Energy
Management Systems certification standard, describing the benefits, including
cost reduction, increased energy efficiency and security as well as improved
environmental performance. The development of the ISO/PAS 28007 standard which
provides guidelines for Private Maritime Security Companies (PMSC) providing
privately contracted armed security personnel (PCASP) on board ships was also
discussed.
The
Committee Chairman Theodore Veniamis, who chaired his second HAC Committee
meeting since his election in 2011, summarised the presentations, the various
arguments and the discussion, also noting together with Mr Sadler the
importance of classification societies working with owners and other
stakeholders to achieve the best for the marine Industry.
Mr Boardley’s contribution as chairman of IACS towards the latter goal was
emphasised and noted with thanks by all.
