ACI’s 3rd Optimising Ship Maintenance Conference will build on the success of our previous event in Hamburg 2009 by addressing the challenges ship owners, managers and technical directors are experiencing in developing a pro-active approach to maintenance. This event will reveal the solutions towards achieving business continuity through maintenance reliability and best practice.
ACI’s 2nd Bunker Fuel Management event will follow on from the previous event with latest issues exploring the most topical issues in bunkering such as high cost, fuel quality and stability, availability and environmental pressures. This highly relevant event will explore how ship operators are managing bunker challenges is today’s economic climate and the best-practices employed to increase competitiveness
ACI’s inaugural Ballast Water Management will focus on the fundamental issues relating to the management of ballast water i.e. costs and returns on investments, space for retrofit of systems, stability of ships during exchange and ensuring that crew are adequately trained to handle the systems.
21sr & 22nd of April 2009, Dubai. ACI’s 4th Maritime HR and Crew Development Conference in Dubai will highlight the topical issues relating to acute shortage of skilled crew especially for the tankers and offshore sector. The manning crisis is now at a critical point and is affecting different aspects of the shipping industry.
ACI’s Offshore Support Vessels event focuses on the current developments in the offshore support industry and explores the industry best practices in providing solutions to this rapidly changing and growing sector of the industry.The continuing high oil prices have resulted in increased activities in the exploration and production sector and the demand for offshore support vessels is growing.
ACI’s 4th Maritime Communications & Technology Conference will present a holistic approach to how ship owners and managers determine the value of investing in communications and information technologies, further examining how they can leverage these onboard applications to derive real value and increase their profitability.