Technical Program (Thursday, April 29)
0730 Registration and Continental Breakfast
0800 Welcome
0815 Regulatory background, status and enforcement
Session Chair: Keith Michel, President SNAME
Overview and background of IMO ECA requirements and developments at EPA for the North American ECA
Mike Samulski, EPA
Flag and Port State Enforcement
CDR Lee Boone, Chief of Domestic Vessel Compliance, USCG
Classification Society Role in the Implementation of Low Sulfur Fuel Regulations
Roy Bleiberg, ABS Americas Division
Report on CARB Industry forum on operating within the California 24nm ECA
Bonnie Soriano, California Air Resources Board
1015-1030 Break
1030 Vessel and engine capabilities for operating for extended periods on these fuels and modifications that may be required
Session Chair: Charlie Walther
Fuel Storage and handling systems, and the costs of operating in ECA’s
Eugene van Rynbach, Herbert Engineering
2 Stroke Diesel Engines – Operating for extended periods with low sulfur fuels
Kjeld Aabo, MAN Diesel
4 Stroke Diesel Engines – Operating for extended periods with low sulfur fuels
John Hatley, Wartsila North America, Inc.
Marine Auxiliary Boilers: Distillate Fuel Conversion and Operation
Kevin Reynolds, The Glosten Associates
Marine Boilers – Operating for extended periods with low sulfur fuels
Boelo Lussenburg and Kasthuri R. Chelliah, Aalborg Industries Inc.
1245-1345 Lunch
1345-1430 Fuel and Cylinder Oil characteristics, availability, and quality
Session Chair: Jerry Aspland
Fuel and cylinder lube oil characteristics to monitor in order to avoid degraded engine performance.
Kjeld Aabo, MAN Diesel
Bunker market: current/future availability and knowing what to order to get what you need
Richard Clark, World Fuels
1430-1445 Break
1445 Panel: Fuel switching experiences and current/best practices
Session Chair: Spencer Schilling
Teekay Corporation, Mark Cameron
Chevron Shipping, Dave Wall
A P Moller Maersk, Neils Bjorn Mortensen
Matson Navigation, Dragan Samardzic
California Maritime Academy, Robert Jackson,
1645 Closing Remarks