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Offshore Accommodation & Access Conference 9-10 December 2014

Offshore Access Technical Workshop 8 December 2014
Kensington Close Hotel, London

The only event dedicated to the offshore

accommodation and access industry
Offshore Accommodation & Access will identify opportunities in this expanding sector and
develop practical solutions for farshore oil and gas and offshore wind projects.
n

 rontline feedback from Chevalier Floatels, Sea Trucks Group, Siem Offshore
F
and C-Bed

Douglas Westwood briefing on accommodation vessel demand by capacity and region

Discuss client requirements and the cost implications of accommodation vessel

selection

Understand the regulatory framework and proposed updates to the SPS code

Find out how innovative access equipment is improving safety and productivity

Examine the latest walk to work accommodation concepts

Marcel Roelofs
Chevalier Floatels BV

Alex Gauntt
Siem Offshore
Lead Sponsor

Guy Devos
Sea Trucks Group

Flemming Hjorth
C-Bed
Co-sponsor

Kathryn Symes
Douglas-Westwood

Badge Sponsor

Supported by

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Tim Brner
Offshore Shipbroker
GERMAN RENEWABLES SHIPBROKERS GMBH

Capt Paul Crowther
Managing Director
ATLANTIC MARINE AND AVIATION

DAY ONE Tuesday 9 December 2014

09.00 Registration and coffee
09.30 Chairmans welcome

Gijsbert de Jong
Manager Offshore Service Vessels and Tugs
BUREAU VERITAS

MARKET DATA HUB

09.40

Objective Generation
Take a few minutes to consider the issues you would like to
address over the two days and write your personal list of
conference objectives

10.00

Analysis of global supply and demand for OAVs

Renewable energy
Developing wind projects and requirements for offshore
accommodation
Current fleet size and future demand: size of vessel,
number of accommodation units required onboard

Oil and gas

Requirements for the oil and gas sector
Understanding changing environments and resulting
vessel demand
Will there be an increasing demand for smaller sized
vessels in offshore oil and gas projects?
Kathryn Symes
Analyst
DOUGLAS-WESTWOOD

12.20 Audience feedback

12.30
14.00 
OPEN FORUM

What are the operators requirements for locating
personnel offshore?
Exactly what do oil and gas operators and offshore wind
project developers require from the offshore accommodation
sector? How do their requirements differ? Share thoughts and
experiences with your peers on this critical topic during our
open forum. Take a break from Powerpoint and work together
to match client needs with practical solutions

What are the main design features the client is looking for
when chartering offshore accommodation vessels: personnel
capacity, storage space, comfort, accessibility to workplace?

Understanding the case-by-case needs for different
locations and projects

What facilities are needed onboard as standard and what
is ideal?

How do expected working patterns affect choice of vessel?

Incorporating personnel and equipment transfer

How do oil and gas and wind project requirements differ?

Capt Paul Crowther
Managing Director
ATLANTIC MARINE AND AVIATION

Marco Hoogendoorn
Business Development
HOLLAND SHIPYARDS

10.40 Coffee and networking break

PA

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15.15 Networking break

Speed Networking meet 20 new contacts in 20 minutes
and exchange business cards in this fun and fast-paced
networking session
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INTERACTIVE CHAMPAGNE DISCUSSION HUBS

15.45 
Take the opportunity to discuss key topics in small groups:
1. Winterisation for OAVs working in ice conditions
Practical measures to address extreme temperatures

2. D
 oes quality accommodation matter?
Can improving facilities improve working practices?
Led by Lynnda Pekel, Manager, Offshore Technology and
Business Development, Europe Division, ABS
OU

N DT A B L

ES

D IS C U S

 pdate on the SPS Code for special purpose ships

U
C
 urrent status of IMO discussions on definition of special
person
H
 ow are national governments defining industrial personnel?
MCA guidance
Classification issues
Limits based on number of personnel onboard

Gijsbert de Jong
Manager Offshore Service Vessels and Tugs
BUREAU VERITAS

KI

EL

PANEL DISCUSSION
Meeting client needs within the required budget
What are the main parameters for client needs in both
sectors?
Are these changing and are expectations becoming higher?
How do budgets differ between oil and gas and
renewables and how does this impact on provision?
Panellists will include:

Flemming Hjorth
Senior Sales Executive
C-BED

Marcel Roelofs
CEO and Owner
CHEVALIER FLOATELS BV

IO

11.40

14.45

11.10 Full life cost evaluations: what are the real numbers?

Undertaking cost/benefit analysis of an offshore
accommodation vessel

Evaluating running costs of a newbuild v. refit/conversion

Is it possible to compare effectively different types of
accommodation?

Length of charters for capex/opex cost estimates

Reducing operating costs

Marcel Roelofs
CEO and Owner
CHEVALIER FLOATELS BV

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3. G
 reening the accommodation fleet: environmental
requirements
Guidance on the environmental regulations for OAVs

4. S uitability of access systems for smaller vessels
Discuss options for access systems depending on vessel size
Led by Colin Pearce, Business Development Manager,
Houlder Ltd
16.45 Feedback from the discussion hubs

Ergo notations for specific areas

Lynnda Pekel
Manager, Offshore Technology and Business Development,
Europe Division, ABS

12.20 Audience feedback

12.35 Networking lunch

K IN G D
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17.00 Close of day one and

networking drinks reception

14.00 Results from a joint industry project



ACCESS AND TRANSFER SYSTEMS FOCUS

DAY TWO Wednesday 10 December 2014

09.30 Chairmans welcome and recap on Day One

DESIGN SHOWCASE AND NEXT GENERATION OAVs

09.35

New vessels and access solutions for O&M logistics

The new Walk to Work vessel:
Seakeeping and comfort levels: how the hull form allows
for up to 30% reduction of accelerations
How the design enables accessibility of no less than 80%
Standard cabin design features including functional and
recreational facilities, interior design with optimal use of
natural light
Peter Robert
Business Development Manager Offshore Wind
DAMEN SHIPYARDS GROUP

10.15 
Keys to successful operation of DP3 vessels for
offshore accommodation

Key parameters

Client requirements

Operational experiences

Guy Devos
General Manager Operations
SEA TRUCKS GROUP
10.55 Audience feedback
11.05 Coffee and networking break

OPERATIONAL CASE STUDIES:

USING OAVs IN PRACTICE
11.30 
CASE STUDY
Potential for floating hotels going further offshore

Assessing client needs

Experiences from recent projects

Flemming Hjorth
Senior Sales Executive
C-BED
11.55 
Guidelines for habitability and ergonomics for
offshore accommodation

The necessity for habitability and ergonomics

ILO MLC tie in with ABS regulations

NE

L S E S SI

PA

14.30 
Understanding the different methods of access systems

New gangway concepts

Operating in heavy seas/harsh environments

Safety and security aspects

Panellists will include:

Alex Gauntt
Business Development Manager
SIEM OFFSHORE

Bjrnar Huse, CEO, UPTIME INTERNATIONAL
Colin Pearce
Business Development Manager
HOULDER LTD
O

09.00 Coffee and networking breakfast

15.15 Tea and networking break

 lanning and logistics for optimum personnel transfer
P
systems for offshore projects

Walk to work or mother and daughter craft?

Planning for shore to ship transfers and returns

Assessing vessel spreads for projects

Is the accommodation vessel a transfer vessel too?

Is the vessel a workplace or only accommodation/transfer
vessel?
Kre Anthonsen, Director Sales and Market, OSM Offshore
AS, OSM MARITIME GROUP
15.35

16.05

OPEN DISCUSSION
How can transfer systems enhance project efficiency?
Discuss how choosing the right transfer system could
improve project efficiency and how to assess what type of
system is right for each project

16.35 Chairmans round-up and close of conference

Fresh interactive formats offering innovative

networking opportunities

Audience Participation
An opportunity to engage with
experts, exchange expertise and
shape the agenda

Network Development Lunch

Coloured dots on name badges
correspond with lunch tables so
delegates get to have lunch with
people they may otherwise not
have met

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INTERACTIVE
WORKSHOP

Monday 8th December 2014

OFFSHORE ACCESS
TECHNICAL WORKSHOP
Reviewing strategies for dynamic positioning for
vessel to vessel connections to reduce risk
09.30

Registration and coffee

13.10

Audience feedback

10.00

Chairmans welcome

13.20 Lunch

Colin Pearce
Business Development Manager
HOULDER LTD
10.10 Interactive objective generation
During this session you will have the opportunity to introduce
yourself and learn about your fellow delegates. Share your
objectives to ensure specifically tailored guidance

REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES FOR OFFSHORE

ACCESS SYSTEMS
10.30 
Guidelines for the transfer of personnel to/from offshore
vessels and structures

R
 easons for revised guidance

D
 ifferences between renewable energy sector and oil and gas
sector

R
 isk assessment

Training and competence
Philip Woodcock
Operations Director
WORKSHIPS CONTRACTORS, B.V
11.10

Coffee and networking break

11.30

 lassification issues for offshore access systems and gangways

C
R
 isk assessment and management
S afety concerns

Gijsbert de Jong
Manager Offshore Service Vessels & Tugs
BUREAU VERITAS

DEVELOPMENTS IN DESIGN

12.10

12.40

 ase study: developing a vessel to increase personnel

C
access to offshore structures
C
 onceptual development of offshore access vessels
P roviding a Stable Working Platform
Allowing safer turbine access in higher sea states

GANGWAY SYSTEMS
14.20

 esign parameters for heave compensated gangways and

D
turbine access systems
Evaluating the design for likely situations: loads, weather conditions
Control system development
Functionality
Results in practice/sea trials
Colin Pearce
Business Development Manager
HOULDER LTD
Sven ten Haaf
Head of C&C Department
AMPELMANN OPERATIONS

15.00 
Reviewing strategies for dynamic positioning for vessel to
vessel connection to reduce risk

Managing uptime

Where is transition point?
Joe Farrell-Dillon
Manager DP & Marine Engineering
GLOBAL MARITIME CONSULTANCY LTD
15.25

Coffee break

15.40 
Offshore accommodation: Different project, different fits

Purpose built solutions: newbuilds, modifications

Standardized products: newbuilds, existing

Rental accommodation


Marco Hoogendoorn

Business Development
HOLLAND SHIPYARDS

16.10 
Interactive group discussion: technical challenges and
solutions
In an informal session, ask your questions about the issues
surrounding access systems for offshore structures and discuss
solutions with the expert speakers and industry colleagues


Robbie MacDonald
Project Engineer
NAUTRICITY LTD

16.45 Key objectives review

Assess the learning process and how your objectives have been
covered throughout the day.

Design process for a walk to work vessel

D
 esign parameters
D
 esign process
Peter Robert
Business Development Manager Offshore Wind
DAMEN SHIPYARDS

17.00

Chairmans summary and close of workshop

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Offshore Accommodation & Access Conference

9-10 December 2014

Offshore Access Technical Workshop

VIP CODE:

8 December 2014
Kensington Close Hotel, London
www.informamaritime.com/accommodation
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Floatels, Sea
Trucks, C-Bed &
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