Complementing the core trade show and conference on November 22 and-23, the five day schedule includes product demonstrations, a shipyard visit, training seminars on marine coatings and contract management, an introduction to ship superintendency, regulatory briefings and two evening receptions.          

The variety of attractions has been devised following industry wide soundings on the requirements of repairers, yard agents, trade associations, equipment manufacturers and shipping professionals.

Amsterdam-based Shipdock, which will be hosting the yard visit, has joined Dutch exhibitors leading worldwide support for the new concept.  Others include the trade groups Holland Marine equipment and VNSI, representing Netherlands shipbuilders, which are official supporting organisations together with the UK’s Royal Institution of Naval Architects.  

They line up alongside international exhibitors such as China Shipping Industry, Gdansk Shiprepair, Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering, MAN B&W and Wartsila. 

The schedule for ShipRepair & Conversion 2006 Amsterdam is:

Monday/Tuesday November 20-21: Lloyd’s Maritime Academy leads a training seminar on marine coatings management.  Topics include specification development, tender evaluation, process and inspection, claims management, planned maintenance and marine and environmental regulations.

Tuesday November 21: A late afternoon boat trip to Shipdock’s Amsterdam yard, followed by a welcome reception, will mark the eve of the trade show opening.

Wednesday November 22: Day 1 of the exhibition features half hour product demonstrations running from 11.00-13.00 and 14.00-16.30.  Meanwhile the conference programme starts with a one day Maintenance and Rebuild Forum.  The traditional main event reception follows at 18.00.

Thursday November 23: The second and final day of the exhibition coincides with the Innovation and Technology Conference and specialist briefings on IMO regulations and ship superintendency. 

The IMO briefings are free of charge to all conference delegates, while show visitors can attend for a nominal fee.  Held from 10.00-12.00 and repeated from 14.00-16.00, they will cover navcomms (Comsar), pollution (Marpol), safety (SOLAS, ISM and ISPS) and technical (engineering and architectural) issues. 

At 12.00 and 16.00, a free of charge one hour introduction to the role of ship superintendents will be presented by Lloyd’s Maritime Academy, which offers a distance learning diploma course on the subject.

Thursday/Friday November 23 and 24: ShipRepair & Conversion Week ends with further input from the Academy – a proactive contract management seminar detailing the similarities, differences and risks involved in negotiating and drafting repair, conversion and newbuild contracts.

Regarding the Conference programme, the Maritime Maintenance and Rebuild Forum on November 22 starts with a market trends and influences debate assessing the impact of changing repair and maintenance demands on yards, owners and class societies.

The forum continues with a monitoring and maintenance session reviewing engine design for improved condition monitoring, exception-based remote monitoring strategy, remote maintenance via satellite data transfer and the development of a one-stop shop for maintenance and repair using mobile data and real time communication.

The final session focuses on the legislative and technical requirements of conversions and rebuilds. It includes a case study of an on-time, on-budget vessel lengthening project in which Dutch dredging company Boskalis worked with Singapore’s Jurong yard to create the world’s longest dredger.

The Innovation and Technology Conference on November 23 features a morning dedicated to paints, coatings and hull efficiency. The session will also include a cost-benefit evaluation of hull cleaning and propeller polishing. In the afternoon, attention turns to maintenance and failure analysis, with presentations relating to diesel engine damage, hull integrity and ancillary equipment.

Full details and registration facilities for ShipRepair & Conversion 2006 Amsterdam are on the event website www.shiprepairex.com