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Performance Optimisation for the Merchant Marine Market 29 November 2012, Wärtsilä Webinar

Watch the recording of the webinar here

In today’s marine market a difficult equation must be solved every day: how to achieve increasingly positive results with increasingly scarce resources?

Competition is tougher, profitability expectations have risen, and environmental regulation is increasingly stringent. What’s more, demand for expert support is growing due to increased complexity and technological development.

Wärtsilä believes the challenge for the marine industry is operational efficiency – and that optimisation is the key to our customers’ success.
 

Wärtsilä is pleased to invite you to participate in our upcoming webinar on this vital topic for decision makers in today’s marine market.

The webinar will be presented twice on Thursday, November 29th – from 10:00-11:45 and 18.00-19:45  Helsinki/EET (Finland). Both sessions include live presentations by leading industry experts, and you are invited to participate in the open talk sessions together with other marine market influencers.
 

You can join this Wärtsilä Services webinar from your own computer at no charge – from wherever you are. Click the link below to register for the webinar.

AGENDA 10:00-11:45 AND 18:00-19:45 HELSINKI/EET (FINLAND)

Opening of the webinar:
Performance optimisation – what it is
Atte Palomäki, Group Vice President, Communications & Branding, Wärtsilä

Upcoming Energy Efficiency requirements, impact and possibilities
Tommi Kauppinen, General Manager, Optimisers, Wärtsilä

Self Financing Fuel Saving technology
Alisdair Pettigrew, Managing Director, BLUE Communications
and Senior Advisor, the Carbon War Room Shipping Operation

Solutions to achieve substantial efficiency optimisation – from propellers 
and engines to design and total vessel management
Luc Dankers, General Manager, Sales Support & Product Management Propulsion, Wärtsilä and Andreas Wiesmann, General Manager, Innovation & Business Development 2-stroke, Wärtsilä

Why is it critical for the container shipping industry to
radically reduce consumption on the existing fleet
Niels Bruus, Head of Global Optimization and Innovation, Maersk Line
and Jasper Boessenkool, Head of Strategic R&D, Maersk Maritime Technology (MMT)

Q&A
Moderated by Atte Palomäki
WELCOME!

• Atte Palomäki

  

  Prior to entering corporate communications Atte had a long career in journalism. Since  2008 he has led the communications and branding in Wärtsilä.

• Tommi Kauppinen

  

  Tommi has 15 years of experience in automation and machine control system development. Currently he is responsible for the development of the Wärtsilä Optimisers Platform.

• Alisdair Pettigrew

  

  Alisdair is a senior advisor to Sir Richard Branson's Carbon War Room NGO and co-founder of Blue Communications, an agency advising industries concerned with altering perceptions of their economic and social value.

• Luc Dankers

  

  Since joining Wärtsilä in 1990, Luc has held positions in both Engineering and Services. He is now responsible for all Propulsion related Sales Support and Product Management within Wärtsilä Services.

• Andreas Wiesmann

  

  Andreas spent 25 years in various positions within Wärtsilä's 2-stroke engines business, then co-developed the first marine agreements for full engine room maintenance management. Currently his focus is on solutions and services for 2-stroke engines.

• Niels Bruus

  

  Educated as a Master Mariner, Niels has held various positions within Maersk Line operations. Today he heads their Global Optimization and Innovation unit, working on energy and vessel intake optimization, as well as terminal bottlenecks.

• Jasper Boessenkool

  

  Dr. Boessenkool recently joined Maersk Maritime Technology in Copenhagen,a highly specialized maritime engineering consultancy unit supporting the Maersk Group's vessels.His focus is on the intersection between strategy, technology and innovation.