23 May - 27 May
Hilton Panama
Maritime Week Americas 2022 returns to Panama. The week-long series of key maritime events, includes the MWA Conference – the largest and most popular bunkering conference in the Americas – plus bunker training courses, a maritime services exhibition and some exhilarating Latin American-themed networking.
MWA22 Programme
Wednesday 25 – Thursday 26 May 2022
Chaos in world shipping and bunker markets follows hot on the heels of the economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Disrupted global supply chains, runaway oil prices and container freight rates, major port congestion and international sanctions currently pose a unique set of problems. But despite these huge challenges, the strategically important shipping and bunkering sectors have had no option but to work throughout this difficult period. This conference will look at how markets might recover and at some of the new challenges that now lie ahead.
Programme details are updated regularly and are subject to change as new speakers are confirmed and themes developed.
This session will look at fuel quality and quantity issues from the perspective of the testing agency, additive supplier, measurement solution expert and the bunker buyer.
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Adrian Tolson, Director and Lead, Blue Insight
Bunker Quality Update
Hauk Wahl, Business Development Manager, Intertek Lintec
Resolving Fuel Quality Issues with Effective Additive Solutions
Dr Joseph Stark, Director of Process & Marine Additives, Innospec Fuel Specialties
Measurement Transparency: Key to Bunker Trade Digitalisation
Daryl Lim, Quality Manager, Metcore International Pte Ltd
Panel Discussion:
Frank Dahan, Director, Transportation Services and Global Fuel Strategy, CSL Group
Mads Bjørnebye, Manager, Bunker Services, Teekay Shipping (UK) Ltd
Kenneth Dam, Executive Director and Global Head of Bunkering, TFG Marine
This session will look at developments in new and alternative fuels.
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Managing Director, Petrospot Ltd
Adapting the current supply chain to facilitate the future fuels mix
Claudia Beumer, Global Account Manager, VT Group
New fuel patterns during Panama Canal transits
Alexis X. Rodríguez, Environmental Protection Specialist, Panama Canal Authority
The growth and acceptance of biofuels in bunkering
Flavio Ribeiro, Managing Director, Bunker One Brazil
A Shipowners Perspective
Mads Bjørnebye, Manager, Bunker Services, Teekay Shipping (UK) Ltd
LNG bunkering: a success story
John Lindquist, Head of LNG Bunkering, GAC Bunker Fuels Ltd
Michael McNamara, Vice President Global Fuel Sourcing, Carnival Corporation
Q&A
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