About speakers 2007
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»»»Get Acrobat Reader Carin ANKARCRONA carin@shipbiz.se Carin graduated from Stockholm School of Economics in 2004. Her Master’s thesis on Intellectual Property Rights protection in Russia was partly conducted during a one-month stay in Moscow, a month that laid the ground for a fascination for Russia and its people. Before joining a PhD-program in Economics at Stockholm University, she returned to Moscow for eight months to do a policy report on the Swedish experience of Russian Customs. Carin completed the first year at the Ph.D-program, but has put it on hold as she has decided to settle down at the countryside outside of Halmstad. Since September 2006 Carin is working for ShipPax Information and she is now sharing her time between ShipPax Information and ShipBiz International. The latter is a new company, co-founded with Lars Meijer, which offers a broad range of consultancy services. With a love for travelling and a great interest in getting to know new people, Carin is delighted to have found an international environment right in the middle of Halmstad. » Speech pdf Ulrich Bau ermeister The German, Ulrich Bauermeister is the Managing Director of Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock (Rostock Port). Following the commercial apprenticeship, he studied and graduated in economics and received the Doctor of Public Administration. From 1982 he worked in the City of Hamburg and since 1984 as Vice-Head of port division in the Department of Economic Affairs. In 1993 he joined the city council of the Hanseatic City of Rostock and in 2000 he was appointed the Managing Director of Rostock Port. In this position he formed the Port of Rostock to one of the most important Ferry- and Ro/Ro-Ports as well as an important cruise port at the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. » Speech pdf Jon Boyce seahighways@btconnect.com Jon is a qualified naval architect, graduating in 1978 from London University. Following a spell with P&O in London, Jon developed a strong interest in ro-ro design and operation. This became even more focussed when he subsequently lived in Scandinavia, working for several ro-ro operators. Since 1989, his own consultancy company has specialised in the ro-ro sector, often cooperating with Klas Brogren at ShipPax Information. Now based in London, Sea Highways has been responsible for the design of a number of short sea ro-ro vessels and the study of new routes. In his spare time, Jon is very involved in voluntary Christian work, especially in Eastern Europe. » Speech pdf Poul Ørsted BREDESGAARD cphsale.dk@maerskbroker.com After having complete his shipping trainee period (1989-1992) with Nordana Line, Poul was stationed in Italy in 1993 as Owners representative, followed by 4 years (1994-1998) in the U.S., first as traffic manager, since as line manager for Nordana Line’s U.S./Caribbean service. Returning to Denmark, he was part of the projecting and start-up of a new ConRo service between North Continent and East Africa, for which he later on took the helm as line manager. In 2001 he joined Maersk Broker, to take on new challenges as shipbroker within RoRo, RoPax, Ferries and High Speed vessels. With initial focus on RoRo, he amongst other got deeply involved with Danish MoD, and their efforts to provide permanent sealift capacity to Nato. Later, general market business of RoRo, RoPax and Highspeed vessels has been the primary focus, and today, as Senior General Manager, he is heading up the Specialised Tonnage Team with Maersk Broker consisting team of 5 brokers. Academically Poul graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a bachelor in economics in 2003. Klas BROGREN brogren@shippax.se Without the eventual success with his golf handicap (still 28) nor becoming a new downhill Jean-Claude Killy despite efforts, Klas’ new and more down-to-the-earth promise to get exercise is to make his daily commuting to his new Halmstad office by bicycle. But whatever he takes on, Klas is first and foremost dedicated to passenger shipping as a lifelong hobby. Not really discovering the border line of a hobby, it became his profession when, in 1977, his first assignment was for a project work with Tor Line in Gothenburg. It was followed by five years with shipbrokers in Stockholm where he was active in S&P and chartering, specialising in passenger shipping. In 1981, he returned to his hometown to become a partner in Marine Trading which for many years held the management contract for Prince of Fundy Cruises as well as Scarlett Line. As the need of market information expanded, he developed this in his own company Plus 2 Ferryconsultation AB, which later registered ShipPax Information as its marketing name. Apart from the publications, CRUISE & FERRY Info, GUIDE, DESIGNS and STATISTICS, the company is also offering tailor-made consulting or evaluations. » Speech pdf » Speech pdf Robert CLIFFORD rclifford@incat.com.au Robert Clifford built his first boat as a teenager, and mastered the art of sailing yachts at an early age. As a young man Robert took up fishing and set to sea for scallops and crayfish before developing a river cruise business which suddenly became Hobart’s commuter service carrying millions of passengers in the years following the Tasman bridge collapse. Robert’s experience moving boats and passengers quickly was put to good use when designing and building high speed craft. The shipbuilding facilities at Incat have grown dramatically to cater for larger and faster vessels over the past few decades. After a range of small passenger craft Incat took the giant leap in 1989/90 to the 74 metre vehicle carrying wave piercing catamarans, those and subsequent classes of high speed vessels now operate around the world in commercial and military roles. Often dubbed the pioneer of the high speed industry, Robert Clifford holds an honorary doctorate in Engineering and Incat is currently building their largest ever vessels, two 112m metre craft under construction for a Japanese customer. » Speech pdf Carl-Otto DAHLBERG carl-otto.dahlberg@imperialship.com Carl-Otto Dahlberg joined Imperial Shipping Ltd as a partner in 2006. Imperial Shipping invests in ro-ro and MPP vessels. In the ro-ro segment the company owns seven ro-ro vessels and is a tonnage provider to liner companies such as Finnlines, Transfennica, Stora Enso, Crowley and WWL. Previous to Imperial Shipping he was Managing Director of Stena RoRo AB during 16 years when he contracted many RoRo and RoPax vessels both in Europe and the Far East as well as selling and buying a vast number of 2nd hand vessels for Stena RoRo as well as Stena Line. He is a graduate Naval Architecht from Chalmers in Gothenburg and has also attended the Stockholm School of Economics. He started his career with Kockums Shipyard in 1974. He joined the Kihlberg group, a conglomerate in shipowning, shibuilding and shipbroking in 1979 whereafter he had a short spell with Brax Shipbrokers. Carl-Otto is also Chairman of the Board of SAI, the Institute of Shipping Analyses and a board member of Gothenburg Chartering. Nils-Erik Eklund nils-erik.eklund@vikingline.fi Born in 1946 in Mariehamn, Åland Islands. Studies in economics at the University of Eskilstuna, Sweden. Married, 2 children. When still studying he started to work as Marketing Consultant in 1971 and in 1972 as Information and Tourist Assistant for the Municipality of Eskilstuna. In 1974 he moved back to Mariehamn and started as Manager/ Managing Director at the Park Alandia Hotel. In 1980 he joined Viking Line Abp (former SF-Line Ab) and has worked on different executive levels in the company ever since. In 1990 he was appointed CEO and Managing Director. Nils-Erik has also been a Member of the Board of Directors of the subsidiaries of Viking Line Abp since 1980. He is also a member of the Administration Board of the Seamen’s Pension Fund (1980), Member of the High Level Passenger Ferry Group Committee/ECSA (2001), member of the Shipping Committee of the Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland (1989), Member of the Board of Directors of Ålands Redarföreing r.f. (1983) and he has been Member of the Board of Management of the Finnish Maritime Administration (1990- 2004). He also holds other positions of Commissions of Trust in various Finnish Companies. In 1993 he was appointed Honorary Consul of Island. » Speech pdf Atle ELLEFSEN Atle.Ellefsen@dnv.com Atle is a naval architect and marine engineer from Oslo University College (1979), has a Master of Science degree from the University of Trondheim (1982), and is an elected Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. In DNV since December 2001, he is head of DNV Maritime Solutions Concepts and Technology. He has been working with due-diligence assessments of ships and shipyards, incident reports, conversions, conceptual design and specification work. He is also a lead product quality (MPQA) assessor, and has headed the development and implementation of DNV’s yard fire safety assessment services and DNV’s shipboard environmental health portfolio covering air and water quality, food safety and architectural safety. His previous experience includes 3 years at Drammen Slip & Verksted’s hull design office, 9 years as a consultant ship designer with among others Wahl, Heirung & Partners; 2 years engineering offshore sub-sea equipment at Norwegian Contractors; and 6 years as new building Project Director for Royal Caribbean for the Vision class in St. Nazaire and the Radiance class in Papenburg. Atle has substantial international experience, spends much of his spare time on passenger ship history and is an awarded builder of model ships. » Speech pdf Maria Gelin maria.gelin@sjofartsverket.se After having graduated from Uppsala University with a Master of the Laws in 1989, Maria joined the Swedish ”civil service”. The first port of call was the National Board of Transport (Transportrådet), where she dedicated her time to international road transport. In 1991, it was time to change the course slightly by beginning a period of five very interesting and instructive years at the National Board of Trade (Kommerskollegium) dealing with all sort of EU matters. The transport background came in handy when Maria in 1996 began her ministerial career at the former Ministry of Transport and Communications (Kommunikationsdepartementet), and the Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communications (Näringsdepartementet). During the period 2000 - 2004, Maria was transport counsellor at the Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU, where she was dealing with and negotiating new pieces of EU legislation in the field of railways and aviation. In the autumn of 2004, it was time to be introduced to fourth mode of transport by joining the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket), where Maria presently is the director of the department of Maritime Policy and Public Affairs. Peder GELLERT PEDERSEN pgel@dfdstorline.com Peder Gellert Pedersen was born in 1958. He is a licensed shipbroker (Danish Ministry of Trade & Industry) and holds a BBA in Organization from The Danish Business School. He has been in the transport and shipping business since 1979. In 1994 he joined DFDS as General Manager in the Transport Division, and in 2002 he was appointed Vice President in DFDS, responsible for the development of the DFDS Group freight activities in the Baltic Sea area and the Russian Federation. Peder Gellert Pedersen is Chairman of the Board of DFDS’ subsidiaries in Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland and member of the Board of UAB Krantas Travel in Lithuania, DFDS Tor Line AB in Sweden, OOO Sovcomflot Lines in Russia and ICT A/S in Denmark. Peder Gellert Pedersen is now heading the entire Ro/Ro and Ro/Pax network of DFDS Tor Line. » Speech pdf Bill GIBBONS W.Gibbons@psa-psara.org William Gibbons has been director of the Passenger Shipping Association (PSA) since April 1994. Since that time he has worked to actively promote the UK cruising industry to UK holidaymakers and the travel trade, through the PSA’s Passenger Shipping Association Retail Agents scheme (PSARA). The PSA is the trade association for both cruise and ferry companies based in the UK and currently has 38 cruise and 21 ferry members. The PSA is now seen as the main industry voice for commercial matters as well as a source of information and advice for the public. He is marketing director in European Cruise Council since 2002.” From 1990 to 1994 William was an independent management consultant, working particularly in the ferry industry, whilst also studying for an MBA degree. William previously held the post of general manager of Sealink Isle of Wight ferries, prior to which he was the service manager and then ferry line manager for the Harwich Hook of Holland ferry route. William was previously assistant shipping and port manager for the Port of Harwich and worked on the Channel Island services from Portsmouth. William has two children and lives in London and Dorset. » Speech pdf Ian GRAHAM Ian was born in England, emigrated to Australia and is currently living in New Zealand. Ian is a Marine Engineer and has a Graduate Diploma in Shipping and a Master of Business Marine Management. He started his working career as a Fitter & Turner with a ship repair company in Melbourne. The seagoing career began in 1976 when Ian went to sea with Kuwait Shipping as a marine engineer. He sailed on a variety of vessels from General Cargo to LPG and finished his sea going career in the off shore industry in Australia. Ian came ashore in 1985 and started working with Brambles Shipping as Assistant Engineering Superintendent. He worked in a variety of roles and finished up as General Manger Vessel Operation. In 2004 Ian transferred to New Zealand to take over as General Manager Operations. Over the years, Ian has been the Project Manager for the construction of 2 2300 lane meter Ro/Ro in Korea, the construction of Webb Dock Ro/Ro Terminal and the upgrade of the Rail Ferries Arahura & Aratere as well as the introduction of the Kaitaki including the building of new terminal facilities. » Speech pdf Kaj JANSSON Kaj.Jansson@vikingline.fi Kaj Jansson, Chief Engineer, started his career in Viking Line 1973 as Marine Superintendent. From 1995 till his retirement in May 2005 he was the Technical Manager. He was responsible for new building projects, ship operations, repair and maintenance, harbours, safety matters as ISM and ISPS. He has been technically responsible for six new buildings of passenger and roro ferries for Viking Line. Since he retired he has been engaged as Project Manager in two new buildings for Viking Line, Viking XPRS and Viking ADCC. » Speech pdf Søren JESPERSEN Søren Jespersen is the Managing Director of DFDS Seaways and member of the Executive Board of DFDS. He has a MBA from IMD in Lausanne Switzerland. Having worked in the airline industry for most of his life, Søren joined the shipping industry in February 2004, to undertake a turn around of the passenger part of DFDS. DFDS is a leading North European liner shipping company founded in 1866 and based in Copenhagen, employing some 4.500 people. The DFDS route network includes freight and passenger routes, operating 67 vessels of which DFDS Seaways operates five Cruise Ferry ships. Soren Jespersen joined the Board of Directors in 2006. » Speech pdf Yiota KRASSAKOPOULOU krassakopoulou@attica-group.com Yiota is Legal Advisor, Corporate Relations & Public Affairs for ATTICA GROUP, parent company of SUPERFAST FERRIES and BLUE STAR FERRIES. Since 2002 she advises the Group on EU affairs, corporate issue management, government relations and public policy. In 2005 Yiota was appointed Legal Advisor to the Association of Greek Coastal Shipping Companies, in order to support industry’s efforts towards liberalisation of the Greek cabotage market and to re-define industry’s political and legislative positioning. Prior to joining Attica Group, Yiota practiced Law in Athens until 1999. She subsequently spent three years in Brussels representing corporate, institutional and trade association clients in the fields of Competition, International Trade, Maritime and Intellectual Property Law. Member of the Athens Bar, Yiota graduated from the Athens Law School in Greece in 1996 and holds a post-graduate degree in International and European Relations from the Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR), the Netherlands. » Speech pdf Paul KYPRIANOU kyprianou.paul@grimaldi.napoli.it In 1995-1996 I was appointed as Commercial Executive at Associated Oceanic Agencies Ltd, the commercial offices of the Grimaldi Group in London. In 1997 I was transferred to Grimaldi’s Headquarters in Naples as Area Manager for Greece and Cyprus, a position that I still hold. Since 2000 I also hold the position of External Relations Manager of the Group. Since 1998 I am in charge of the preparation and presentation of European-funded projects. I have been a Board Member of various companies of the Grimaldi Group among which Scandinavian Auto Logistics (1999-2000), a logistics company based in Esbjerg (Denmark), Grimaldi Belgium (since 2000), and of Antwerp Euroterminal (since 2000), the ro/ro multipurpose terminal run by the Group in the port of Antwerp. Since 1998 I represent the Group at the European RoRo Carriers’ Action Group, special committee of ECSA (European Community Shipowners’ Associations). I am Chairman of the Group since 2003. Since 2005 I am also the Managing Director of Grimaldi & Louis Dreyfus Lines, a joint venture between the Grimaldi Group and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. » Speech pdf Jim MASON masonshp@globalnet.co.uk From his early youth Jim Mason held a fascination with ships. In 1963 Jim took the opportunity to join H. Clarkson & Co. Ltd as an office junior and subsequently received an education in shipbroking from “grass roots” level. Jim was promoted to the S&P department in 1965 firstly working in the records section and then being appointed a shipbroker dealing with trawlers and coasters. Jim enjoyed experiences as a trainee with Appledore Shipbuilders and a volunteer with Poul Christensen in Denmark. Following a spell in the “British Owners Section” Jim established a dedicated department concentrating on the S&P and chartering of ferries, ro-ro and container ships. After much soul-searching, Jim decided to leave Clarksons and in 1980 Mason Shipbrokers Limited was formed. As they say the rest is history! Barbro McAUSLAND barbro.mcausland@visitsweden.com After having finished the Gothenburg College for Commerce in 1967, Barbro worked for a creative exhibition and entertainment company, Teenage Fair. She was then trained by Vingresor, and was offered position as Area Manager in Tunisia, but declined. Barbro was accepted as one of two trainees at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in London and left Sweden in late 1968. One year’s traineeship at the Chamber led to a post as information officer at the Swedish Travel and Tourism Council. From 1972-1976 Barbro was stationed as Tourist Secretary at the Swedish Embassy in London. 1977 she was appointed Director of the Swedish Tourist Board and remained in this position in London until spring 2003. The job involved marketing Sweden as a tourism and business travel destination in cooperation with carriers, regions in Sweden, hotels and other tourist attractions. In 2000 Barbro was appointed Director of the US market as well. Since spring 2003 Barbro is the director of VisitSweden for Central Europe covering Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland, with offices in Hamburg and Weesp. Currently on the board of the Female Advisory Group for Sweden’s New Wave Group, on the board of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Germany, and have founded SveaBritt, a female network group in London for professional women. With a family spread globally, her hobbies are travel, cooking and gardening. » Speech pdf Eero MÄKINEN Eero.Makinen@akeryards.com Graduated as Naval Architecht M.SC from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1970, Finland. Joined Valmet Helsinki Shipyard in 1968 as designer in hull department, moved over to Wartsila Helsinki Shipyard in 1969 and has been employd with that same group throughout since, living through all company name changes from Wartsila, Wartsila Marine Industries, Masa- Yards, Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Aker Finnyards and to finally Aker Yards. Had varoius positions in design research and marketing of icebreaking ships until 1983, moved to establish and head a subsidiary Wartsila Arctic Inc in Vancouver, B.C, Canada. Was transferred back to Finland in 1989 as SVP in Marketing and Sales. Had a short term assignment as VP of sales at Kavarner Philadelphia Shipyard, USA in 2000. The present posititon is SVPof Marketing of Aker Yards Cruise & Ferries with the office in Saint Nazaire, France. In addition functions as board member of AkerYards Marine in Vancouver, Canada (formerly WartsilaArctic Inc.) and chairman of AWEK Industrial Patents, Helsinki, Finland. Eric NILSSON Eric.Nilsson@portgot.se Born 1947 in Piteå. Graduated from Business School of Economics in Göteborg. Married, 2 children and two grand children. Has been working on executive level most of his carrier; in shipping and port but also in the financial and property sector. Almost 10 years in DFDS Tor Line as Deputy CEO and since 2001 Executive Vice President in the Port of Göteborg with main responsibility for Business Development, Marketing and Rail. Eric Nilsson is board member of Swedish Ports Association, board member of Svenska Transportindustiförbundet/Swedish Freight Association and deputy chairman of the Swedish Maritime Forum. » Speech pdf Jan-Eric NILSSON jen@gotlandsbolaget.se Born 1957. Graduated from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy and the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm as Master of Science in Naval Architecture. Post graduate studies in executive programs at IMD, Stockholm School of Economics and Harvard Business School. Served 1975-1990 in the Swedish Armed Forces as a Naval Architect and in the Special Forces as an Engineer Pilot. Was appointed Managing Director & CEO of Rederi AB Gotland in 1990 and Chairman and CEO in 2001. Other commissions: Chairman of Handelsbanken, Visby and the Swedish Shipowners’ Association’s environmental committee. President of Interferry. Vice chairman of the East Sweden Chamber of Commerce. Member of Handelsbanken Regionbank Öst, the Gotland Tourist Association, the Swedish Sea Rescue Society, the board and ferry section of the Swedish Shipowners’ Association. Member of the administrative board of Redarnas Ömsesidiga Försäkringsbolag and Försäkringsaktiebolaget Alandia in Mariehamn, the committee of Assuranceforeningen Skuld in Olso and Lloyd’s technical and Nordic committees in London. » Speech pdf Roberto PREVER prever@naos-design.com Roberto started his career in a small boatyard in 1980 just graduated at the Nautical Institute. He then worked as draftmens in a design office during his faculty studies. Getting a good knowledge of Computer aided Design Roberto joined Maierform in 1990. He has done an intensive work with BMT software for naval architecture; he participated also to his development. In 1993 found NAOS Ship & Boat Design, getting more and more experience with CAD systems, Finite Analysis Codes, Solid modelling, Computational fluid dynamic codes. Roberto is presently a specialist in Naval Architecture and Hydrodynamic, as well as basic design for Ro Ro and Ro Pax vessels. He leads a team of 10 Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in Trieste, and is a partner in ScandiNaos in Sweden. He is also project manager for several new ship designs, ranging from 300 to 30.000 GT. NAOS is a company mainly known for having designed the Visentini series and the Stora Enso series, beyng active also in other ship sectors. Christophe SANTONI SantoniC@ldlines.fr Started his career in 1988 in PCTC business as Sales Manager of HUAL France. From 1996 to 2003 he was the Managing Director of HUAL France as well as Managing Director of Cetam (HUAL’s shortsea subsidiary created in 1999) from 1999 to 2003. Christophe joined LDA in 2003 to develop ro-ro/ferry activities through newly created subsidiary Louis Dreyfus Lines (LD Lines). At the age of 40 he is now the Managing Director Louis Dreyfus Lines (ro-ro/ferry subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs - LDA Paris). LD Lines present liner services include: Liner pure freight ro-ro services: Marseilles/Tunis - Marseilles- Barcelona /Algiers - Le Havre/Rosslare, Ropax/Ferry services: Le Havre/Portsmouth - Le Havre/Newhaven - Dieppe/Newhaven (Transmanche Ferries) - Toulon/Civitavecchia (GLD Lines in partnership with Grimaldi Napoli). » Speech pdf Jan A. SOLEMSLIE jan.a.solemslie@dnbnor.no Jan graduated as Cand. jur. (degree in law) from University of Oslo in 1978. After qualifying as Advocate (Attorney at Law) moved to Bergen in 1984 to take up a position as Lawyer/Credit Officer in Norges Skibhypotek AS, later Norges Hypotekinstitutt AS. Norges Skibshypotek AS was an old venerable specialised ship finance institution established in 1928. In 1989 he moved to Oslo and took up a position as Deputy General Manager in the Ship Finance Department of Sparebanken ABC. After several mergers between Norwegian banks he is now a Senior account Officer in DnB NOR Bank ASAs Ship offshore and Logistics division where he among other is responsible for following the ferry market. Bo-Lennart THORBJÖRNSSON consulting@shippax.se After gaining a Bachelor of Commerce at Lund University in 1972, he was appointed to Marketing Management Assistant with Lion Ferry AB, Sweden. Three years later, he was promoted to Marketing Manager which included management of the Varberg- Grenå (Denmark) route. In 1978, he became International Passenger Manager with overall sales and marketing responsibility for all Lion Ferry’s routes. In 1981, he moved to DFDS Helsingborg as Line Manager. After two years, he became Managing Director of DFDS in Hamburg, Germany, where his contribution to management changes and restructuring led to the company becoming profitable again. Continuing with DFDS, but this time being based in Copenhagen, in 1984, he became Group Director and head of all DFDS Seaways’ passenger routes. In the year 2000, he was appointed CEO and Managing Director for DFDS Seaways and Director of DFDS Group Executive Board, again based in Copenhagen. After seventeen years working away from his family Monday-Friday, he decided to leave DFDS and instead work as a Management Consultant based in Halmstad, using his many years of international experience. » Speech pdf |
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