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Monday, 07 October 2019

Bunkerspotted October/November 2019

Tom Boardley, Secretary General of CLIA, and Roberto Giorgi, Chairman of Fraser Yachts, at the LISW19 Rebecca Hossack Gallery Reception

Stellar line-up for the London Stock Exchange Market Open Ceremony to launch LISW19: Lord Mountevans (Chairman, LISW Board of Advisors), Denis Petropoulos (Braemar Shipping Services and Vice Chair, LISW Steering Group), Nus Ghani MP (Maritime Minister), Harry Theochari (Norton Rose Fulbright and Chair of Maritime UK) and Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization

LISW19 Front Line: Kitack Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, UK Maritime Minister Nus Ghani MP, Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, co-founder of LISW and Managing Director of Petrospot, Craig Neame, Partner at HFW, and Lord Mountevans, Chairman of the LISW Board of Advisors at the House of Lords

The Rt Hon. Patricia Scotland QC, Secretary-General, The Commonwealth, speaking at the LISW19 Conference

Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd CBE, Royal Navy Fleet Commander, discusses the seven maritime choke points during LISW19

Mariella Bottiglieri, Managing Director of Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company S.p.A., contributes to an active panel during the LISW19 Flagship Conference

Paddy Rodgers (far left), Director, Royal Museums Greenwich, Director and Chairman, ITOPF Ltd, and former CEO, Euronav, successfully chairs the LISW19 Flagship Conference

UK Chamber of Shipping Chief Executive, Commodore Bob Sanguinetti, listens attentively to LISW19 speakers

Lindsey Keeble, Global Maritime Sector Head and Partner, Asset Finance Group London at Watson Farley & Williams, contributes to an LISW19 panel on innovation in trade and shipping finance

Michael Parker, Global Head of Shipping and Logistics at Citigroup, introduces the Poseidon Principles to an eager LISW19 Conference audience

Maritime Minister Nus Ghani (centre) and Harry Theochari, Chair of Maritime UK (far right) pose for the paparazzi with members of the Petrospot team ahead of the LISW19 Gala Dinner at London’s spectacular Grosvenor House Hotel

London calling: Hill Dickinson shipping lawyer Julian Clarke – who announced his move to Ince & Co days after performing – rocks the LISW19 Gala Dinner

Maritime Minister Nus Ghani – who insisted on attending scores of events during LISW19 – addresses a hugely appreciative LISW Gala Dinner audience

Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State for Transport, uses his Gala Dinner speech to hail the success of LISW19

Lord Mountevans raises a glass to the Queen during the royal toast at London’s spectacular Grosvenor House

Denis Petropoulos, Founding Partner of Braemar Shipping Services, entertains Hisham Nasir Alnughaimish, Vice President – Commercial and Operations at Saudi shipping company Bahri Oil at the LISW19 Gala Dinner

Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes of Petrospot and Margareta Jensen-Dickson of Stena Line at the UK Flag Reception

Mafemani Maringa of the South African Maritime Safety Authority takes the helm in a punting session on the River Cherwell during the Oxford Bunker Course

Nigel Draffin leads a case study with Dyveke Jensen of Wilson Eurocarriers, Julian Dannemann of Hanseatic Bunker Services and Marta Chwesewicz of Euro Marine Logistics on the Oxford Bunker Course

French Connection: Marc-Antoine Regaud of CSSA – Total Oil Trading in Geneva scores the highest marks in the end of course exam

Artistic licence: Clay Maitland, Managing Partner of International Registries, discusses maritime art with Michael Parker, Global Head, Shipping and Logistics at Citigroup at the LISW19 Opening Reception

Petrospot’s events team, Sophie Keene and Tori House, welcome guests to the London International Shipping Week VIP Opening Reception

Juliet Boyles, Petrospot’s Marketing Executive, enjoys the oil tanker paintings at the Rebecca Hossack Gallery during LISW19

Co-founders and owners of London International Shipping Week, Sean Moloney of Elaborate and Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes of Petrospot, at the Opening Reception

HRH The Princess Royal addresses VIP guests at the LISW19 Welcome Reception at the Banqueting House

Smiles all round: Bud Darr of MSC Group, Katie Ware, Head of the UK Ship Register, and Sir Michael Bibby, President of the UK Chamber of Shipping, enjoy the UK Flag Parliamentary Reception at the House of Lords

Women in Bunkering: The Oxford Bunker Course – for the second time in succession – attracts more women than men

Sarah de Olivera of HET Hamburg Energy Trading enjoying the start of the Oxford Bunker Course

Luis Torrejon of Repsol in Peru makes the most of his time in Oxford to learn about bunkering

Claire Morvan a recent starter at CMA CGM in Marseille, looks forward to a life in bunkering

Birthday girl: Marta Chwesewicz of Euro Marine Logistics celebrates a milestone during the Oxford Bunker Course

Julian Dannemann of Hanseatic Bunkering Services did surprisingly well in some of the exam questions...

Dennis Grube of HET Hambury Energy Trading takes a relaxing coffee break amid the intensive learning

The girl from Brazil: Christina Barbosa of Petrobras is delighted to have come to the Oxford course

Therese Westgaard of Bergen Bunkers (who also attended BunkerExperience in May) shares her thoughts with Dyveke Jensen of Wilson Eurocarriers

Gemma Byrne of Irish fuel supplier Emo Oil takes a break during the Oxford Bunker Course

With 23 students from 10 countries on the 30th BunkerExperience course in Rotterdam, October’s course becomes the biggest in its 15 year history

Jacqui Taylor of South African Bunkering & Trading – who attended the Oxford Bunker Course 18 years ago – finally gets to enjoy her own BunkerExperience

Middelfart-based Dan-Bunkering newcomer Marie-Louise Haahr shows she has what it takes to be successful in bunkering

Health & Safety: Always with three contact points with the ladder, Mohammed Buhammad of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation descends onto the Vanora

Karin Gravendeel of Orient Shipping Rotterdam dons safety glasses before taking fuel samples

Suited and booted: BunkerExperience students prepare to sample fuels on board VT lube oil barge Vanora

Final instructions are given before the practical part of the BunkerExperience course commences

Yvonne van den Berg, Customer Service Manager of Saybolt Nederland and a previous BunkerExperience student, welcomes the current student intake to her lab

Cub technicians: Petter Borge of Bergen Bunkers, Jacqui Taylor of SABT, Lev Konstantinovskiy of Shell Trading and Supply, Victor Poulsen of Dan-Bunkering and Kim Gudmundsson of Stena Oil at work in Saybolt’s Rotterdam laboratory