Monday 7th April
17:00 Registration |
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18:00-22:00 Get Together with Tapas and short speech from exhibitors |
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Tuesday 8th April
08:00 | Registration / Coffee / Exhibition | |
09:00
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Welcoming Remarks |
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09:10
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Opening Address |
News from authorities
09:25 | News from Authorities Jan Ketil Moberg, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway, Colin Martin, Specialist Mechanical Engineer, HSE, United Kingdom and Arnold de Groot, Inspector Operations, State Supervision of Mines, The Netherlands |
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09:50 | OMHEC update Bjarte Rødne, Head of Supervision, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway |
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Training and human factors
10:00
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Improving safety: The next step
Job Groeneweg, University of Leiden, The Netherlands |
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10:30
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Coffee Break/Exhibition |
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11:00 |
Use of crane simulator for training of personnel involved in lifting operations and to prepare for complex lifting operations |
New Technology
11:30
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Development of Fully Electric Offshore Cranes:
Michael Karge, Liebherr, Germany |
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12:00 | Lunch and Exhibition | |
13:00 |
Innovating Motion Campensation for Offshore Excellence |
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13:30 |
Status of Aker BP projects: New offshore cranes remotely operated from onshore.
Ricardo Nuno Correia and Svein Harald Hetland, Aker BP, Norway |
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14:00 | Coffee Break/Exhibition | |
14:30 |
The Jacket Lift System: A safe lifting concept beyond established frameworks
José Beirão, Lead Engineer & Vincent van Dinter, Project Manager Capital Projects, |
Inspection and maintenance
15:00
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More than an overload test only |
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15:30 | Coffee Break/Exhibition |
Learning from accidents and incidents
15:45
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Crane Safety Evolution: Learning from Past Incidents |
Sharing best practice
16:15
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Assuring cranes and lifting equipment on contractor rigs and vessels
Ben Finlay, Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia |
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16:45 | End of day 1 | |
18:00 | Transport to Ulstein Kloster Hotel for conference dinner | |
22:30 | Transport to the hotel |
Wednesday 9th April
Sharing best practice
08:30
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Use of soft couplings (knots) to reduce the risk to personnel when connecting lifting equipment to lifeboat when lifting from sea |
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09:00 |
How to extend the area of use of a standard “General purpose Offshore crane
Arild Eriksen, KCA Deutag and Tor Raknestangen, NOV, NO |
Lifting ropes and equipment
09:30 | TBA | |
10:00 | Coffe Break/Exhibition |
Ageing Facilities
10:30
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The role of Marine Warranty Surveying in Decommissioning Heavy Lifting Operations |
Lifting operations
11:00 |
New communication solution for safe lifting - replace the use of UHF radio with the use of digital communication |
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11:30 |
Lifting in diving Operations
Jan Gangnes, Subsea 7, Norway |
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12:00 | Lunch and Exhibition |
Standards and Guidelines
13:00 | Design verification and certification as safety barriers – Use of DNV-SE-0480 Marcin Piotr Sikora, Principal Engineer, DNV, NO |
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Information technology
13:30
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Improved safety and reliability through NOV digital services
Mats Hustad Haukebø, Project Manager - Development of Digital Services |
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14:00 | Coffee Break/Exhibition | |
14:30 |
Charting the digital seas: Understanding cyber resilience requirements
Matthew Partyka, Lead Cyber Resilience Specialist, Lloyd’s Register Canada Limited, Canada |
Renewable Sector
15:00
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New OPTS (Offshore passenger transfer system) |
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15:30 |
The journey from idea to execution
Eelko May, Managing Director, Liftwerx, The Netherlands |
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16:00 |
Closing/adjourn by/end of the conference
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We look forward to seeing you in Aberdeen, April 2026!