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ARA24 Programme

Aracon 2024

24 October - 25 October

Hilton Rotterdam Hotel

 

Stress-testing: What should a fit-for-purpose bunker industry look like?

As a global industry, bunkering is impacted on a daily basis by a vast range of issues, stemming from global changes and also regional trends. These include geopolitics, trading patterns, supply and demand challenges, fuel quality, commercial and operational factors, regulation and legislation, and, increasingly, technological developments.

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ARA24 Programme


ARACON 2024 Conference Programme

Stress-testing: What should a fit-for-purpose bunker industry look like?

Thursday 24 – Friday 25 October

Registration for this event is now closed

9:30 am - 10:45 am

SESSION SIX: Deep dive – how data is changing shipping

From voyage optimisation to engine optimisation, to company practices, to bunker delivery operations, data and AI are transforming how shipping works. This session will look at how digitalisation is pushing the knowledge envelope for bunkering and how detailed and validated information on marine fuel deliveries is changing the way the sector goes about its business.

Moderator:
Claudia Beumer, Owner, C4Fuel

Digitalising marine fuel operations, enhance efficiency and transparency
Daryl Lim, Quality Manager, Metcore International Pte Ltd

How Data is changing shipping
Emile Hoogsteden, CEO, SOHAR Port

Tue Nielsen, Chief Strategy Officer, Ofiniti

 Panellist:

Jeff Mildner, Founder, Vortex Development Group

10:45 am

Coffee Break


11:15 am - 12:30 am

SESSION SEVEN: We work – the ARACON leadership panel

The final session of ARACON 2024 will look at what leadership means for marine fuels and shipping companies in the mid-2020s. Sourcing finance, navigating a volatile global economy and geopolitical backdrop, as well as the energy transition,  recruiting, training and retaining the next generation of personnel will be some of the many subjects up for discussion in this always dynamic, pertinent and enjoyable closing discussion of ARACON.

Moderator:
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, CEO & Founder, ship.energy

Panellists:

Constantinos Capetanakis, IBIA Chair & Bunker Director, Star Bulk
Maria Skipper Schwenn, Director of Environmental Regulatory and Public Affairs, Group Commercial, Bunker Holding
Henrique Sprenger, Head of Insurance & Claims, Orient Shipping Rotterdam
Leon van Duivendijk, Managing Director, Iver Ships B.V.