Seawork Conference – 25 June

The conference programme for 25 June is below. Papers will be presented in the Mayflower Cruise Terminal, a few minutes’ walk up the road from Seawork. More detail on individual papers can be found in the exhibition catalogue.

Conference Room 1

1000 -1200 MoD Boats Procurement Programme 2014
(Martin Hawkins)
1400 -1600 MoD Maritime Specialist Division Branch Welcome Briefing

Conference Room 2

1230 – 1300 UK application of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) to workboats (Mark Towl, Vessel Policy Manager, MCA)

1315 – 1400 Revision of Brown Code (David W Ralph – Principal Surveyor Codes Vessel MCA, Mark Ranson – Secretary National Workboat Association, Capt Paul Wilkins – Principal Surveyor Offshore & Cargo Vessels MCA)

1415 – 1500 Safer, further, deeper – DNV’s new rules for WFSV’s (Martin Crawford-Brunt, Mårten Schei-Nilsson and Thomas Grafton)

1500 – 1545 Very Simple Fuel Saving (Donald MacPherson, Technical Director, Hydrocomp Inc)

1545 – 1630 Maritime opportunities in Bretagne and Normandy – How to do business in France
(The Channel Innovation Network (CHAIN) Sylvie Brichet, Anticipa Science Park and Jérémie Bazin, Technopole Brest-Iroise)