The International Offshore Crane and Lifting Conference

Monday 7th April

17.00 Registration

18.00-22.00 Get Together with Tapas and short speech from exhibitors, exibitor area

Tuesday 8^h April

08.00 Registration / Coffee / Exhibition

09.00 Welcoming Remarks
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), NO

09.10 Opening Address
 Finn Carlsen, Director of professional competence, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), NO

 News from the Authorities

09.25 News from Authorities – Incidents and accidents and focus from the regulators
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), NO, Colin Martin, Specialist Mechanical Engineer, HSE, UK and Arnold de Groot, Inspector Operations, State Supervision of Mines, NL

09.50 OMHEC update
Bjarte Rødne, Head of Supervision, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), NO    

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, professor, University of Leiden, NL

10.30 Coffee Break/Exhibition

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, NO

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, DE

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, NL

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, NO

14.00 Coffee Break/Exhibition

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 syste
José  Beirão, Lead Engineer & Vincent van Dinter, Project Manager Capital Projects, Allseas, 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, NL

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, Director – Technical Support Centre, Valaris, UK

Sharing best practice

16.15 Assuring cranes and lifting equipment on contractor rigs and vessels
– Challenges facing regulators, operators and contractors when dealing with a 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, AU

16.45 End of day 1

18.00 Transport to Utstein Kloster Hotel for conference dinner

22.30 Transport to the hotel

Wednesday 9^th April

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, Okea, NO

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., NL 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, UK and Martin Wehr, Dr.-Ing., Rotec GmbH, DE

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, UK

Standards and Guidelines

11.30 Design verification and certification as safety barriers – Use of DNV-SE-0480
Marcin Piotr Sikora, Principal Engineer, DNV, NO

12.00 Lunch and Exhibition

Lifting operations

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, Subsea 7, NO

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, NO

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, CA

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, NO

16.00 Closing/adjourn by/end of the conference
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), NO

 

• Regulators
• Offshore wind
• Major duty holders
• Oil and gas contractors
• Service companies
• Experts and Industry leaders from the Offshore Crane Lifting Operations Community
• Material handling Industry
• North Sea Offshore Petroleum Regulators

The Venue

The 28th International Offshore Crane & Lifting Conference will be held at the Clarion Hotel Air Stavanger. The hotel is located in the immediate vicinity of the airport, Sola/Stavanger.

• Phone: +47 51 71 85 00
• E-mail cl.air@choice.no
• Utsolaarmen 16
• 4055 Sola , Norway

More information on the hotels website

Hotel
To be booked by the individual participant.

We have reserved a number of rooms at Clarion Hotel Air. Single rooms (bed and breakfast) are NOK 1590 per night.  The hotel rooms can be booked by follow link: Link til booking av rom

The rooms will be released on March 10, 2025

Conference app
During and after the conference, we will be communicating with all participants through a dedicated conference app. This is a web-app that you only add to the home screen (no download via app store/play store).
The conference app keeps you up-to-date on the programme, lecturers, downloading lectures, practical messages, sharing photos, commenting, chatting with other participants and information.
You will be sent a link to the app no later than the day before the conference starts.

Exhibitors
Book your Exhibitor booth now, including:

• Booth 3×2 meters (approx. 6m2), table and 2 chairs – shell scheme panels
• Admittance for 2 participants, all sessions including conference fees, lunches and Get Together
• Logo on events website with direct link to your website and your own «page» under «Exhibitors» in the conference web-app.

Find your preferred booth and do your booking today!

Registration via the Book now button If you have any questions, please contact kundeservice@qualitynorway.no Registration rules Registration is binding. By registering you accept our terms of cancellation. Registration right up to the start of the course, subject to availability. Terms of cancellation Written notice of cancellation must be sent to kundeservice@qualitynorway.no Any cancellation after the booking deadline will be subject to a 30 % cancellation fee. No refund will be made for cancellation within 7 days until the start of the conference. Unfortunately, sick leave does not provide a basis for refund. Contact your insurance company regarding this. Invoice/payment deadline
The invoice is sent out 3 weeks before the start, and the payment deadline is 14 days. Rights The purchasing of this event is personal and is associated with the registered party.