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After all the years of doom and gloom, the two-deck conference centre-cum-show bar on board P&O ’ PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM was filled with positive vibes during the Shipping Conference, which was held between 21 and 23 April. Although ferry operators were still worried about the regulatory burden, sulphur no longer dictated the agenda of this year’s conference. Clearly, there was light at the end of the tunnel and with the cur- rent low bunker prices and interest rates, some operators talked loudly about new investments.

he grand North Sea cruise-ferry in the Mediterranean, especially in the operators seem to have digested the 0.1 PRIDE OF ROTTERDAM had Adriatic, is still challenging,” he com- sulphur emission cap quite well so far Tbeen selected to host the 13th mented, “although both the and there is a mixed bag of different Ferry Shipping Conference, a joint and subsidiary Minoan technical solutions to comply with the Shippax-BOLT Consulting arrangement. Lines reported black figures for 2014.” requirement. “But what is the long term Attended by over 320 delegates, includ- On the Channel, the battle continues as solution?,” Bo-Lennart Thorbjörns- ing top representatives of some 35 ferry before, albeit with improved results. son wondered. “Despite better growth and ro-ro operators, the two-day event The newbuilding market for ferries figures on the short Channel routes offered a good balance of conferencing remains weak but Mr Thorbjörnsson than on the North Sea, the doom modal and networking – with plentiful oppor- believes that the climate is improving. backshift scenario didn’t materialize on tunities to visit the 27 exhibitor stands. “Tallink has ordered a new LNG pow- a grand scale,” he added. “What’s more, After the conference had officially ered shuttle ferry for its thriving Helsin- SECA didn’t bring about another round been declared open by Janette Bell, P&O ki-Tallinn service,” he said, “and others, of consolidation. Possibly this has been Ferries’ Commercial Director, Bo-Len- such as Viking Line and DFDS Seaways, kept on hold due to the current low nart Thorbjörnsson of BOLT Consult- may follow suit.” But following a further bunker prices and interest rates.” ing started off with his analysis of the shipyard consolidation and a cruise ship The passenger and freight markets industry. Reflecting on the year that had ordering spree, newbuilding slots for have grown in 2014 and, according to passed since the previous conference, he ferries may be sparse, possibly result- Mr Thorbjörnsson, the strong travel noted that many operators had reported ing in orders outside Europe. Helped by market in Northern Europe will gener- good results for 2014. “But the situation the low bunker prices, the SECA ferry ate further growth in traffic. “There are

“If something happens on our ships, it will be out on the Annika Hult, Stena social media long before the Line, was critical Janette Bell, P&O Ferries and Bo-Lennart Thorbjörnsson, traditional media will report about the regolatory BOLT Consulting, officially opens the 13th Ferry Shipping Carus presentation by Anders it,” says Peter Gellert Pedersen burden the industry conference. Rundberg, CEO of Carus. DFDS Group. was facing.

2 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 “There is still a problem of overcapacity on “It is worrisome that newbuilding prices have certain routes,” said Guido Grimaldi. gone up much faster that the overall results of the companies,” said Janek Stalmeister, Tallink Grupp. many good reasons to be optimistic,” he Pedersen said. “If something happens on de Lange as North Sea Route Manager concluded. our ships, it will be out there long before and proved to be an excellent advocate traditional media will report on it. Be of the industry. She was critical about How the executives look at prepared to spend a certain percent- the regulatory burden the industry was the industry age of your annual gross turnover on facing, mentioning, amongst others, the The panel debate between ferry execu- digitalization.” Ferry companies should BWM Convention and NOx emissions. tives is usually one of the key highlights also adapt to the new sales channels like She asked regulators to be very care- of the conference, this year being no ex- the “Booking.com’s” and “Trivago’s” of ful with implementing industry wide ception to the rule. No less than five key- this world. With hardly any new ships regulations based on isolated incidents, note panellists from the major European being introduced or under construction, such as a fire. Although not referring to ferry operators gave their views on the he also foresaw a capacity shortage. “If any specific recent disaster, she made challenges and opportunities faced by we continue to sit still and do nothing, it clear that companies that follow the the industry. Peder Gellert Pedersen, we could be facing problems and lose rules shouldn’t be punished for the ir- DFDS Group’s Executive Vice President, volumes to the road.” responsible behaviour of companies that saw three challenges: sales channels, Annika Hult of Stena Line depu- were sometimes reluctant to follow the digitalization and capacity. “Social tized for the company’s COO, Niclas rules. media has long bypassed us,” Mr Gellert Mårtensson. Mrs Hult succeeded Pim Mrs Hult admitted that the intro-

Panel debate with some of Europe’s ferry Top executives.

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 3 Per Westling, Matteo Catani, Giorgio Arena, Stena RoRo said: Grandi Navi Fincantieri “We firmly believe Veloci said: wondering if in our methanol “Migration is shipyards in solution.” changing the Europe will world.” still be alive and kicking in order to build the next ferry generation.

duction of the 0.1 percent sulphur cap bers on 15 ships in the Finnlines fleet. 2012 with a non-shipping background, on 1 January didn’t bring about the ex- In order to improve fuel efficiency, and Janette Bell painted a fresh and unbi- pected modal backshift. “Even so, the 0.1 hence the ecological footprint, several ased picture of the industry. According percent SECA challenge was one of the ships have been re-bladed. Further- to Mrs Bell, the five keywords that set biggest since the abolition of duty free more, silicon paint has been applied on the industry’s strategic agenda were: sales in 1999,” she made clear. “But it the hulls of 24 vessels. Guido Grimaldi safety, growth, innovation, customer all happened to coincide with oil prices expected that 2015 would be another service and legislation. hitting a low level. The spread, however, excellent year for the company. How- “Safety is the bedrock of our in- is still the same and our bunker costs ever, he was extremely critical about dustry,” she stressed and, “a safe ship have gone up. We haven’t seen the big those operators that tried to compete is a happy ship.” Innovation, however, shift but, having said that, the situation with ageing, non-adapted tonnage. shouldn’t be underestimated either. “If is still volatile and it’s way too early to “There is still a problem of overcapac- you don’t innovate, you’ll die. In addi- draw conclusions.” Clearly voicing the ity on certain routes,” he said, “not least tion to that, we should also be on our concerns of the Gothenburg HQ, Mrs in the Adriatic Sea.” “This year alone toes for the complexity and multi layers Hult called for a stronger ferry lobby. sees the start of three new Italy- of legislation,” she declared, adding: “The cruise industry has twenty or so services with obsolete ships. Other at- “how do we manage the cost of legisla- lobbyists in Brussels, we have only one.” tempts to set up new ferry lines like e.g. tive complexity?” The Grimaldi Group of Naples was GoInSardinia ended in complete failure. Janek Stalmeister, who succeeded one of the driving forces behind the We should get rid of these pirates.” He Enn Pant at the helm of the AS Tallink setting up of Interferry in Brussels fol- then underlined that the strength of the Grupp at the turn of the year, talked lowing the 2011 Ferry Shipping Confer- Group lied in the large network and the about travel trends and digitalization. ence on board the company’s CRUISE more than 20 terminals they controlled. “The travel and tourism industry is on BARCELONA. Guido Grimaldi, the eld- “At the end of the day, it’s all about lead- the up,” he said. “Ferries could benefit est son of Emanuele Grimaldi and one ership and we believe in the commercial from this trend, but with car sharing of the company’s rising stars, explained power of a one stop shop: people and gaining importance, it is not clear yet how his company was tackling the goods can travel all over Europe with us whether we will need all these huge car challenges. A total amount of EUR 70 from north to south and east to west.” decks on our next generation of ferries.” million has been spent to install scrub- Having joined P&O Ferries in April On the subject of digitalization, Mr Stal-

“The advantage of roro,” said Ronald Paul, Port of Rotterdam, ex- Alan Klanac, Jadrolinija, talked Victor Velton, Versonix, explained Roman Poersch from Wilhelm plained the importance of short-sea about the challenges of operating how ferry operators could improve Borchert, “is its A-to-B-solution.” ro-ro for Europe’s premier port. a domestic route network. passenger revenue.

4 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Alain Meylan, Jens Rohleder Dimitrios interior archi- KfW IPEX bank: Dimitriadis of tect at AIA said: “The situation XRTC, offered “We have seen looks better an insight into an evolution today than in the Greek ferry towards open April last year.” market. areas with dif- ferent distribu- tion points.”

meister was convinced that there were from a totally different perspective. approach towards eating and shopping, possibilities to further increase onboard “Migration is changing the world,” he the open area will consist of multipur- spending. However, having just ordered told the delegates. “Migration as well as pose corners. Maybe we will no longer a new super ferry for the Helsinki- trade within and between developing need large shops as passengers will shop Tallinn route, he seemed to be con- countries will increase dramatically. The virtually and pick up their goods from a cerned about the cost of building a new obsolete existing fleet could therefore be distribution point on board,” he added, ship. “It is worrisome that newbuilding relocated to emerging markets.” He also herewith underlining the importance prices have gone up much faster than expected that the Baltic would keep the of Wi-Fi and connectivity. “People want the overall results of the companies.” leading edge of innovation. to stay connected all the time and are Despite some concerns expressed by The word FERRIES was used as reporting via social media in real time.” Europe’s ferry executives, the general an acronym by Giorgio Arena of Fin- As to the decoration, minimalistic will sentiment was absolutely not as pes- cantieri. It stood for the following be the name of the game. “We also have simistic as it has sometimes been in the keywords: Fuel, Environment, Reli- to protect the nature, which will be history of the conference. When asked ability, Rules, Innovation, Economy and reflected in the interior design with an whether new orders were being con- Shipyards. He wondered if shipyards in abundance of green materials that will templated, the answer was no longer a Europe will still be alive and kicking in be used throughout.” firm “no”, but rather a hesitant “yes”. order to build the next ferry generations During the Q&A session, Anders by 2025. Ørgård Hansen of OSK-ShipTech A/S Crystal ball Seen through the eyes of the interior wondered why none of the panellists Hailed as the BOLT Ferry Think Tank, a architect, Alain Meylan of French AIA, had talked about 3D-printing. “This multidisciplinary panel looked into the forecast that the ferries of tomorrow will be a total game changer,” he pre- proverbial crystal ball in order to give will boast more open plan spaces that dicted. “It will also change the whole their views on where the industry will offer a greater flexibility. “We have logistics chain and we will no longer stand come 2025. seen an evolution towards open areas import certain materials since we will Although having just entered the with different distribution points,” he print them. This will also affect ferry methanol era following an extensive explained. “Since there will be a new operators.” retrofit of STENA GERMANICA, Per Westling, Stena RoRo’s Managing Direc- Joachim Rønnevik and tor, said that the Swedish Group kept Edvard Thonstad of the all propulsion options open. “We firmly Norwegian Public Roads believe in our methanol solution,” he af- Administration talked about the new generation firmed, “but we are also examining LNG of domestic zero and low and electrically powered ferries.” Stena emission ferries. also follows the different air lubrica- tion systems with great interest. “We have been looking at it and the different types,” Mr Westling commented. “Rid- ing on a carpet of drag-reducing micro- bubbles is really interesting and I would be surprised if we wouldn’t see a further development of it.” Although also touching upon energy efficiency measures, LNG propulsion and broadband Wi-Fi connection, Mat- teo Catani, Grandi Navi Veloci’s Com- mercial Director, looked at the future

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 5 ”All the advantages of travelling Robin Mérus of Marioff Corporation Rolls-Royce Marine’s Finn Arne Lars-Fredrik Forberg, Concept by ferry are highlighted during the talked about one of the worst Rognstad emphasized the benefits Manager at Glamox in Oslo, talked Ferry Fortnight,” said Bill Gibbons of things that can happen on board: of the company’s Permanent about the future of ship lighting. Discover Ferries. fire. Magnet Tunnel Thruster (PMMT).

Mobile and Internet services at Bruno Bouckaert introduced the Hull Tage Klockars of Wärtsilä talked ABB Marine’s Matti Nuuttila sea have moved from “nice to Vane, a fixed foil that reduces the about using digitalization and con- presented the company’s latest have” to “need to have”, said Jan fuel consumption by optimising the nectivity. gearless thruster. Erik Norli MCP. flow around the vessel’s aft body.

Industry and economic trends tion, but in the end prices will probably domestic and Adriatic trade.” One of the sessions focussed on in- soar again.” The Greek ferry fleet is one of the dustry and economic trends. It mainly Dimitrios Dimitriadis of XRTC youngest in the whole of Europe, but it dealt with financing and the state of Business Consultants offered an insight is expected to decrease in absolute num- the Greek ferry market. KfW IPEX- into the Greek ferry market, covering bers. Except for troubled NEL Lines, the Bank’s Jens Rohleder put it very clearly: both the domestic and Adriatic trades. total EBITDA performance was positive “the situation looks better today than Not surprisingly, Greek ferry operators for the first time in five years. “Although in April last year and the perspectives are facing challenging times. This has the number of tourists visiting Greece for 2015-16 are quite good – even for been the situation for the past five years, is on the rise, Greek ferries haven’t ben- Greece.” “Economies are more stable, as demand is weak and competition efited from it,” Mr Dimitriadis noted. which is good news for the ferry busi- remains hard. All main routes are still ness,” he continued. “The record low in place but, particularly in the Adriatic, Container feeder versus ro-ro interest rates, together with the low competition is fierce. “Attica Group Roman Poersch, Managing Director of oil prices and the depreciation of the and Minoan Lines are the winners of Wilhelm Borchert, elaborated on how Euro, are also positive for the Euro zone 2014,” Mr Dimitriadis explained. “Pas- ro-ro trailer transport can compete countries.” KfW IPEX-Bank mainly senger numbers have only marginally with container feeders. He gave the seeks financings of sustainable invest- increased, the biggest increase in the do- example of the Baltic Sea Region where ments, including green investments. The mestic trade being achieved by the At- the container lo-lo volumes largely German government-controlled bank tica Group, whereas Minoan Lines won exceeded the number of ro-ro units co-financed DFDS Seaways’ scrubber in the Adriatic. It’s the same picture for in 2013, mainly because the Russian installations and Mr Rohleder believed the freight traffic, where Minoan Lines market was one of the key drivers. “The that it would be false economy not to has further increased its share in the advantage of ro-ro,” Mr Poersch said, invest in green technologies because of Adriatic. In the passenger car market, “is its A-to-B-solution.” Three examples the current lower oil prices. “A wait and however, it was the Attica Group that of lo-lo versus ro-ro transports (from see attitude could be a short term solu- saw the biggest increase in both the Eindhoven to Moscow, Mannheim to

6 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Tampere and Milan to Jönköping) illus- grow to 57. The Norwegian government ling by ferry are highlighted during the trated that the ro-ro solution was by far has been requested by the Parliament to Ferry Fortnight and Bill Gibbons called much faster. “Although the competition ensure that requirements for zero emis- to export the model to the continent, between lo-lo and ro-ro is limited, it is sion and low emission technology are primarily targeting the German and increasing,” Mr Poersch concluded. included in all future tenders for public Scandinavian markets. People usually don’t associate the ferries, when the technology allows for port of Rotterdam with ro-ro, but Ronald it. Another example of this new thinking Possible solutions for the Paul, the port’s Senior Executive Vice is embodied in AMPERE, a 100 per cent industry President and COO, explained the im- battery powered shuttle ferry that took During the two-day conference, a series portance of short-sea ro-ro for Europe’s up service across the Sognefjord earlier of speed speeches dealt with a wide premier port. No fewer than three major this year. array of possible technical solutions for ro-ro ferry companies operate from the the industry. port, serving the UK and Portugal. The Improving passenger revenue Robin Mérus of Marioff Corporation growth of the British economy has gone Victor Velton of Versonix Seaware - an talked about one of the worst things that hand in hand with the growth of the innovative rule-based reservation system can happen on board: fire. The com- ro-ro ferry services out of Rotterdam, the - explained how ferry operators could pany’s Hi-Fog system is a very fine mist port recording a 20 million tonnes ro-ro improve passenger revenue by looking spray created by high pressure when throughput in 2014. at the cruise industry. “Ferry operators released through special micro nozzles. are fighting with each other to attract It is regarded as an efficient fire sup- Heritage and innovation passengers,” he argued, “but they forget pression system. Dr. Alan Klanac, President and CEO of to target the traditional cruise cus- Rolls-Royce Marine’s Finn Arne Jadrolinija - the Croatian government- tomer.” He called upon ferry operators Rognstad emphasized the benefits of the controlled ferry operator - talked about to treat their cruise passengers just like company’s Permanent Magnet Tun- the challenges of operating a domestic the cruise lines treat them. This could nel Thruster (PMMT). In addition to route network. With a fleet of 50 ships, include premier dining, special check-in its simple and flexible installation, the Jadrolinija is a major force in Croatian desks and in-cabin delivery of luggage. PMMT is highly efficient, saves space coastal waters. In addition to 34 domes- Mr Velton also underlined the impor- in the thruster room and needs less oil tic lines, the company controls three tance of proper marketing and distribu- volumes in the thruster, reducing the international services to Italy. Over 10 tion on the Internet. “You should analyse risk of oil spills. million passengers, together with 2.5 how a search engine replies to your busi- Lars-Fredrik Forberg, Concept Man- million vehicles, are carried annually. ness. A travel portal like Expedia is one of ager at Glamox in Oslo, talked about the Up to 600 sailings per day are offered in the mass travel distribution channels, but future of ship lighting and why LEDs the peak season. The combined fleet of ferries are not there.” are revolutionizing the lighting indus- three international ferries, 35 domestic In the UK, Discover Ferries has been try in terms of efficiency, design and ferries plus eight catamarans and four set up as a promotional campaign to performance. passenger-only ships, has an average age increase the awareness and profile of Mobile and Internet services at of 26 years. However, a fleet rejuvena- travel by ferry to the continent, Ireland sea have moved from “nice to have” to tion is ongoing: last year alone, four new and around the UK. It is supported by 13 “need to have” and are culminating in ships were built for local lines. 18 new ferry operators and associate members what MCP’s (Maritime Communica- ships, of which 12 newbuildings, were such as Carus, Hogia and the Port of tions Partner) Jan Erik Norli described introduced during the last decade. Mr Dover, etc. In 2014, ferries serving UK as the “smart ship”. The “smart ship” Klanac believed that commercialization ports carried 39 million passengers, 8.5 will drive revenue growth and with the and digitalization were the way ahead, million cars and nearly 163,000 coaches. focus on the end user experience, MCP the company recently having introduced Although this represented a marginal is speeding up the process towards 4G/ prepaid cards. growth, the market has shrunk dramati- Wi-Fi. Mr Norli, however, urged ferry Joachim Rønnevik and Edvard cally over the last twenty years. This is operators to start selling Quality of Serv- Thonstad of the Norwegian Public mainly attributed to the opening of the ice (QoS) Wi-Fi. Roads Administration talked about the Channel tunnel, the abolition of duty Despite lower fuel prices, the reduc- new generation of domestic zero and free sales and the advent of low cost tion of fuel consumption remains high low emission ferries. The Norwegian airlines. “Especially the fixed link and on the agenda for most ferry operators. domestic ferry market counts 130 differ- the low cost airlines have eroded the Several solutions to reduce consumption ent ferry routes, which are being served UK-continent passenger market,” said were discussed during one of the speed by 200 ferries. The routes, operated Bill Gibbons of Discover Ferries. “The speech sessions. by private companies, carry 20 million number of passengers travelling by ferry Bruno Bouckaert introduced the vehicles per annum and generate an an- between the UK and the continent has Hull Vane, a fixed foil that reduces the nual turnover of EUR 550 million, with decreased by 45 percent in the 1994- fuel consumption by optimising the flow 50 percent of the operating subsidies 2014 period. Remarkably, ferries still around the vessel’s aft body. Mounted coming from the government. The take the lion’s share of people travel- below the stern of a ship, the Hull Vane Norwegians have been at the forefront ling between the UK and France with is particularly effective on ships that sail of LNG propulsion and already back in a 33 per cent market share.” Discover relatively fast with Froude numbers be- 2000, GLUTRA, the world’s first LNG Ferries also launched the National Ferry tween 0.2 and 0.7, making ferries a likely fuelled ferry, was introduced. Today Fortnights aimed at raising the profile of candidate for the installation of it. Using there are 19 LNG ferries, but this will ferry travel. All the advantages of travel- CFD, the Dutch company studied the

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 7 Johanna Jonny Nieminen of Alexandersson Ixonos, took of Callenberg the opportunity Technology to shed light Group unveiled on how Ixonos how it is pos- approaches sible to use digitalization. less fuel.

The successful installation of the first rotor sail on board Bore’s ESTRADEN was highlighted by Tuomas Riski, CEO of Norsepower.

ReVolt is an Edwin Pang Job Volwater unmanned zero of KNUD E. of C-Job Naval emission and HANSEN Architects - the fully battery underlined the Dutch naval powered sea- advantages architects of going vessel of converting TESO’s new developed by tonnage. TEXELSTROOM. DNV.GL pre- sented by Hans Eivind Siewers, DNV.GL.

effect of the Hull Vane on P&O Ferries’ based on internet, cloud and mobile Last but not least, Job Volwater of NORBANK, resulting in fuel savings of technologies, took the opportunity to C-Job Naval Architects - the Dutch six per cent at 20 knots. shed light on how Ixonos approaches naval architects of TESO’s new TEX- Tage Klockars of Wärtsilä talked digitalization. ELSTROOM - called for the use of an about using digitalization and connec- Jonny Alexandersson of Callenberg independent naval architecture office tivity to deliver performance improve- Technology Group unveiled how it is when planning a newbuilding. ments in finance, reliability and effi- possible to use less fuel, lower emissions After words of farewell and thanks ciency. and earn more money through energy to P&O Ferries for the excellent serv- ABB Marine’s Matti Nuuttila pre- management technology. ice, Ats Joorits invited all delegates to sented the company’s latest gearless the 2016 edition of the Ferry Shipping thruster: the Azipod D. According to New concepts and projects Conference to be held on board SILJA Mr Nuuttila, this compact Azipod offers The last session dealt with new ship SYMPHONY between 13 and 15 April. the best-in-class maintainability and ef- concepts and technical projects. ReVolt Rendez-vous in Stockholm on ficiency with an eight per cent efficiency is an unmanned zero emission and 13 April! increase from previous generations. fully battery powered seagoing vessel The successful installation of developed by DNV.GL. With this innova- Ats Joorits, Tallink the first rotor sail on board Bore’s tive new ship concept, DNV.GL aims to Silja, invited ­ESTRADEN was highlighted by Tuomas provoke discussions regarding new lo- all delegates to the 2016 Riski, CEO of Norsepower. The rotor gistics chains, extreme energy efficiency edition of the is nothing new, but Norsepower has and autonomous operation within the Ferry Shipping modernized the technology entirely by short sea shipping segment. An in-depth Conference to introducing high-tech materials and presentation of this 1,300 dwt, 100 TEU be held on board SILJA SYMPHONY automated operation. For typical ferry ship and its different design features between 13 and configurations, fuel savings and emis- was given by Hans Eivind Siewers, DNV. 15 April. sions reduction potential are up to ten GL’s Segment Director Passenger Ships per cent. & RoRo. Johanna Nieminen of Ixonos, a crea- Edwin Pang of Knud E. Hansen tive technology company that dreams, underlined the advantages of converting designs and delivers powerful user tonnage, which is a cheaper and quicker experiences and sustainable solutions solution than building anew.

8 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Morten Leknes, Glamox.

Gary Umpleby and Niclas Blomström Hogia Ferry Systems and Mika Rytkönen, Mikmek in Welcome Coffee in the exhibition area, sponsored the middle. by Stena Roro. Ann-Sofie Forss, Stena RoRo, having Michael Howie and Jakob some coffee and a piece of cake. Toolsgard, Cavotec.

Aluship, Goetz Linzenmeier.

Kasper Uithof and Bruno Bouckaert, Hull Vane.

Marcus Högblom, ABB Marine.

DML Marines PDMS, David exhibition area, Stickland and Alistair Thomson. Derek Rae.

Ixonos, Andrew Knight.

Rickard Alexander Levchenko and Sergey Kotenev, St Peter Ternblom, Line, Steve Thurlow Incat in the middle. Fjord Line.

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 9 Sverre Ökern and Anne Cecilie Thidemansen from Lunch time. International Corporate Art.

Wietse Bandstra and Job Volwater NCL Ferry / WASALINE from C-Job Naval Greig Hilton and Jonathan Steel Mikael West and Peter Architects. from Piksel. Ståhlberg.

Dimitris Vagianos, Play Seas having lunch with shipping colleagues.

The whole gang from Processkontroll.

Eva Mikkola, Jörgen Petterson, BSPC and Dan Mikkola, Godby Shipping.

Hans Heinrich Conzen and Bernhard Johannes Termühlen from TT Line having lunch with John Garner P&O and Nils Galatius Roberto Andersen Trollship. Villaverde and Alberto Vall from LaNaval.

10 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Seatruck Ferries, Alistair Eagles, John Steen- Ann-Sofie Forss, Stena RoRo and Erik Klöve, Barry Mikkelsen, Danske Faerger and Jens Vind Jensen, Rogliano Salles. Jensen Partner. Per Björnsen and Costas Kontes, V.Ships.

Elizabeth Mandersson, Shippax, hand-over the prizes to Roberto Prever from Naos, Andrea Visentini, Cantieri Naval Visentini, Morten Larsen Fjord Line, Anders Ørgaard-Hansen OSK.

Mingling during the welcome drink.

Mikael Lagström from Brax Shipping invites all to the welcome drink, Bloody Brax, together with Johan Brax and Joakim Dahlberg. Enjoy the drink!

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 11 Good spirit, good food, happy faces. What a pleasant combination!

Graham Stedman, Halton Marine talking to Yvonne Ahlendorf Janette Bell, P&O , Dan Mikkola Godby Shipping, from NORD/LB, Andreas Malmqvist Rolls- Royce, Finn Christophe Mathieu Brittany Ferries, Scott Ure Vollesen KNUD E HANSEN, Henrik Björner Söe Scandlines, Calmac, Jacek Budniak Euroafrica, Brent Horwitz James Rogres Clarkson, Olivier Port of Boulogne and Roberto MTN,Kaj Jönsson Port of Ystad and Maria Villa LaNaval. Åkersten Hogia.

Pierre Mattei, Corsica Ferries, Mike Wake from Austal, Sergio Goncalves, Porto Santo Line and John Bertell from Carus.

Happy smiles – Cezary Grzywacki, Tim Eckhoff, Vianney Vatier, David Wendel from DNV GL sponsors of the Sverre Ökern, Joseliene Verloop, Joacim Dahlberg, Victor dinner – with happy friends around the table. Mandersson, Sofia Roos, Patrik Almqvist and Insa Nagels.

Marine Atlantic Paul Griffin, Jakob Tolsgaard Cavotec, John Grant Wärtsilä and Olof Berndtsson from Stena RoRo.

Ann-Sofie Forss, Stena RoRo, Irene Parmeggiani from Jaroslaw Kotarski, Unity Line, Derek Rae, PDMS, Grandi Navi Veloci and Danel Olsen Eckerö Group. Spiros Paschalis from Attica Group and Bruno Bouckaert from Hull Vane.

Tomas Michelsson ABB, Niclas Blomström Hogia, Alistair Eagles Seatruck Ferries, Poul Ørstedt- Bredesgaard Navitaship, Per Westling Stena Roro, Camilla Horn OSK and Jan-Olof Grönhult DNV GL.

Henk Grundstra, Damen Shipyard with the table friends, Pino Spadafora RINA, Håkan Jönsson TTS,Marcus Högblom ABB, Håkan Modig Bore and Mikale Törnfeldt Port of Ystad.

12 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Ralph Axelson from Gotlandsbåten, Inka Huttunen, Carus and Jörgen Pettersson Nadan Beara from Nina Savijoki, Deltamarin and Per from BSPC,thanks for a very nice com- Brodogradevna. Fredman from Port of Södertälje. pany around the table.

Jaroslaw Kotarski from Unity Line, Jacek Budniak and Marcin Goldman from Euroafrica having breakfast.

Donald Barnes from Marine Atlantic.

Victor Velton from Versonix sponsor of the breakfast, invites Cezary Björn Boström, Port of Grzywacki from TLS Boca System. Ystad with a colleague.

Inka Huttunen, Tim Watson and Mike Grainger Liferaft, Hans John Bertell all Eivind Siewers DNV GL , happy smiles from Ingemar Gustavsson from Jan Erik Norli MCP and Johan Carus one of the Proceskontroll and Appie Brax from Brax Shipping. Main sponsors. Boorsma from Actemium.

Nadan Beara and … as Göran Zivoje Krstulovic- Bo-Gustav Donning from already do ... Opara from Eckerö Group,will proudly Brodogradevna. wear the Shippax cap….

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 13 Mika Rytkönen of MikMek and Dennis Jim Andersen and Andrew Duncan from Caledonian Robin Mérus and Robert Hildén of Niklasson from Maritime Assets having a coffee break. Marioff Corporation Gordion.

Janek Stalmeister,Tallink Grupp and Giorgio Arena, Fincantieri, looking into the just printed SHIPPAXGUIDE 15 sponsored by Fincantieri.

Brent Horwitz, Ian Watson, Ian Maxson- Davies from MTN talking with Ian Rabbidge from P&O Ferries.

Norsepower, Tuomas Riski.

Mikko Patrakka Sinead Butler from Red Bull offers a and Andrew Knight special Red Bull & Vodka to the guys. from Ixonos.

14 SHIPPAXCFI – JUN 15 Tommy Fabijanovic from TTS and Einar Kjerstad, Henning Brauer from Partner ship Alistair Fiskerstrand Design. Eagles, Verft. Seatruck Ferries.

First time dele- gates Welcome! Niclas Uwe Giese Mårtensson, and Patrick Stena Line. Brandt from FerryKnowHow.

Jennie Hinz and Maria Åkersten from Hogia, lovely flowers in your hands. Martin Andtfolk from We Tech Solutions. All of them enjoyed the fresh air and the sun.

Patrik Almqvist and Lance Trengereid from Stena Line Scandianavia.

Steve Thurlow , Incat Andreas Malmqvist and Frederic Pouget Rolls-Royce and Jerry from Brittany Ferries. Lindskog Consilium.

Happy Hour in the Irish bar sponsored by Wärtsilä April 21 and by ABB April 22.

RINA sponsors of the Dinner Drink April 22. Pino Spadafora and Massimo Volta welcomed all delegates to the View over the dinner April 22 Dinner drink at Sky Bar. sponsored by P&O Ferries.

JUN 15 – SHIPPAXCFI 15 The P&O team – thank you for an excellent service during the conference.

Thank you all for this conference says we all at the Ferry Shipping Conference team, Bo-Lennart, Victor, Göran, Victoria, Elizabeth, Sofia and Philippe. See you next year and welcome onboard SILJA SYMPHONY invites Ats Joorits from Tallink Silja!

Thank you for this conference!

See you next year!

Book online www.ferryshippingconference.com

Last but not least, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the sponsors of the event, including:

Main sponsors: Sponsors & exhibitors:

Quadricromia: C 86% M 72% Y 28% K 35%

Organizer: Shippax – BOLT Consulting