Monday 7th April

17:00 Registration
18:00-22:00 Get Together with Tapas and short speech from exhibitors

Tuesday 8th April

Session Chair:Jan Ketil Moberg
08:00	Registration / Coffee / Exhibition
09:00	Welcoming Remarks Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway
09:10	Opening Address Finn Carlsen, Director of professional competence, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway

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
09:50	OMHEC update Bjarte Rødne, Head of Supervision, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway

Training and human factors

10:00	Improving safety: The next step What do the safest companies do differently? How can you effectively manage human factors? How can you utilise the untapped expertise in your workforce? Job Groeneweg, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
10:30	Coffee Break/Exhibition
Session Chair: Ben Finlay
11:00	Offshore crane operations - Training of the lifting team Offshore crane operation is teamwork! Training should be relevant for actual operations Training should be in accordance with procedures in place Ole R. Lindbæk, Principal Crane & Lifting Engineer, Vår Energi AS, Norway

New Technology

11:30	Development of Fully Electric Offshore Cranes: Challenges and Innovations Advancement in Maritime Engineering Key Design Challenges Complex Crane Configurations Liebherr’s Development Michael Karge, Product development ship and offshore cranes,* Liebherr, Germany*
12:00	Lunch and Exhibition
13:00	Secondary Steel Installation Vessel – A Smarter Approach to Offshore Installation Innovative offshore installation using existing assets Reducing costs and increasing efficiency in secondary steel installation Enabling floating installation in challenging conditions Berend Hoogendijk, Managing Director,* Bargemaster, The Netherlands*
13:30	Status of Aker BP projects: New offshore cranes remotely operated from onshore. Update status connected to: New cranes Auto-hook arrangement Control room arrangement Ricardo Nuno Correia, Research & Development Lead Remote Crane and Svein Harald Hetland, Advanced Crane & Lifting Engineer and Delegated TA Crane &Lifting in ProjectsAker BP, Norway
14:00	Coffee Break/Exhibition
Session Chair: Robert Oftedal
14:30	The Jacket Lift System: A safe lifting concept beyond established frameworks Risk management as a design tool Protecting a complex crane with a blanket approach Technology qualification of a prototype lifting system José Beirão, Lead Engineer & Vincent van Dinter, Project Manager Capital Projects, Allseas, The Netherlands

Inspection and maintenance

15:00

Your New Crane is not Plug and Play - How to make your New Crane/Equipment Ready for the first Project

Find the balance in Engineering / Quality control / Commissioning phase
What is the benefit of an: TRL Assessment / Visualization & Simulations Sessions /
Acceptance test /Training / FMECA trails
Tips and Tricks for a new build Project

Rieno Graveland, Principle (lead) Engineer Cranes, Heerema, The Netherlands

15:30

Coffee Break/Exhibition

Learning from accidents and incidents

15:45

Crane Safety Evolution: Learning from Past Incidents

Common challenges with the crane operations
Using Technology to reduce the probability of failure
Detailed Pre-Use Checklist

Amit Bansal, Global Director – Technical Support Centre, Valaris, United States

Sharing best practice

16:15	Assuring cranes and lifting equipment on contractor rigs and vessels Challenges facing regulators, operators and Contractors when dealing with transient fleet of rigs and vessels Discussions with the audience Can we do this better? Challenges? Ben Finlay, Crane SME & Lifting TA, Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia
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

Session Chair: Colin Martin

Sharing best practice

09:00

Use of knots as Engineered Solution in lifting operations

Use of non standard solutions to reduce risk to as low as reasonably practicable.
Engineered solutions to close GAP against Norsok R-002 / R-003
How to Increase operational window and reduce personal risk when lifting lifeboat from sea

Vidar Matre, Principal Crane & Lifting, Okea, Norway

09:30

Guidance on Stability of Lifts

Assessment of stability of rigging arrangements
Overview and comparison of available methods
Aspects to be considered in the stability assessment

Roel Verwey, R&D Manager, BigLift Shipping B.V. , The Netherlands
and Karsten Behrens, Managing Director, SAL Engineering GmbH, Germany

10:00

Coffee Break / Exhibition

Lifting ropes and equipment

10:30

Advanced Applications of MRT & Computer-Vision in Rope Monitoring

Fully integrated multi-channel MRT and 360° computer-vision
based monitoring solution
A single software application where data from both
systems are combined
Increases the speed and improves the safety of inspections
while acquiring visual and magnetic data for the full rope
inspection

Alan Bell, Senior Sensors & Instrumentation Engineer, Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group,
United Kingdom and Martin Wehr, Dr.-Ing., Rotec GmbH, Deutchland

Ageing Facilities

11:00

The role of Marine Warranty Surveying in Decommissioning Heavy Lifting Operations
Global Maritime will give an overview of the requirements and responsibilities of
Marine Warranty Surveyors in decommissioning.This will investigate the
interdependencies between the insurance underwriters, the operators and
the heavy contractors. The purpose of the presentation will be to demystify
the role of marine warranty surveyors and identify the responsibility
of quality management through engineering and delivery.
John Butler, Global Lead – Energy Transformation, Global Maritime, United Kingdom

Standards and Guidelines

11:30

Design verification and certification as safety barriers
– Use of DNV-SE-0480
Marcin Piotr Sikora, Principal Engineer, DNV, Norway

12:00-13:00

Lunch / Exhibition

Lifting operations

Session Chair: Arnold de Groot

13:00

Push2 Talk. New digital crane communication solution
for safer lifting operations

History behind the development
UHF technology out of date
Safety improvements
Where are we today

Jon I. Båtnes, Senior Crane and Lifting Engineer, Equinor, Norway

13:30

Lifting in diving Operations
Diving operations in the North Sea require lifting operations to support some of the tasks performed by divers. Presentation of specialized lifting activities such as:

Lifting operations supported by the Diving Support Vessel Crane in active or passive mode
Lifting operations using lift bags
Come-alongs for fine adjustment of lifts at the seabed
Pull-in activities to align pipes and flexibles

Joar Gangenes, Norway Diving Manager, Subsea 7, Norway

14:00

Coffee Break / Exhibition

Information technology

14:30

Improved safety and reliability through NOV digital services
How to achieve improved productivity, reduced total cost and reduced
climate footprint through connectivity.

Automated Crane Monitoring
Remote fault tracing and support
Remote testing
CBM Pilot: “NOV Recommends”

Mats Hustad Haukebø, Project Manager - Development of Digital Services
and Business Models and Kim Marius Olsen, Senior Software Engineer, NOV, Norway

15:00

Charting the digital seas: Understanding cyber resilience requirements

the role of cybersecurity within LR-CO-002 Code for Offshore Personnel Transfer Systems; and
why it’s crucial for the future of offshore operations

Matthew Partyka, Lead Cyber Resilience Specialist, Lloyd’s Register Canada Limited, Canada

Renewable Sector

15:30

Development of new Offshore Passenger Transfer System (OPTS)

Improvements made to acquired prototype L2W
with focus on safety and preparation for serial production.
Technology development and test program
Use cases and benefits with this technology

Kjetil Roksvåg, Global Sales Manager and
Sindre Halvorsen, Product Owner OPTS, Palfinger, Norway

16:00

Closing/adjourn by/end of the conference
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness,
Norwegian OceanIndustry Authority (Havtil), Norway

Program 2025

Monday 7th April

Tuesday 8th April

News from authorities

Training and human factors

New Technology

Inspection and maintenance

Learning from accidents and incidents

Sharing best practice

Wednesday 9th April

Sharing best practice

Lifting ropes and equipment

Ageing Facilities

Standards and Guidelines

Lifting operations

Information technology

Renewable Sector

We look forward to seeing you in Amsterdam in April 2026!