IMCC’17
The 14th International Marine Claims Conference
IMCC'17
This is the programme of the 14th International Marine Claims Conference held at The Grand Hotel, Malahide, Dublin from Wednesday 28th to Friday 30th September 2017
“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme” – Mark Twain
Are today’s challenges to the marine insurance industry new, or recycled from the past?
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Tuesday, 26th September 2017
«First Timers» Evening Drinks Reception
at the Griffon Bar, The Grand Hotel
An opportunity for those who are attending IMCC for the first time to meet the Organisers and Strategy Group members. Dress: casual
Wednesday, 27th September 2017
CHAIRMAN'S INTRODUCTION
KEITH JONES
SPEEDY SESSION 1 – BALLAST WATER
JOHN POULSON
BALLAST WATER Join this session to find out more about what might have caught some by surprise with the coming into force of the new Ballast Water management provisions
SPEEDY SESSION 2 - FORENSICS
SHANNON RUSNAK, Matson Driscoll & Damico LLP
Find out how forensic accountants like ships too, and can do more than just business interruption losses!
BUNKERS AND CAT FINES
PAUL HILL, Braemar
Discover what the future of fuel might look like
ADVENTURE TOURISM CASE STUDY
DUNCAN MACLEAN, Brodies LLP
ANGELO MERIALDI, Siccardi Bregante
PAMELA SCHULTZ, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP
FRAZER HUNT, Mills Oakley
SHELLEY CHAPELSKI, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Adventure tourism of all types is increasingly popular around the world looking at everything from icebergs to whales. This session will use a case study to explore how a selection of issues arising out of a casualty might give rise to different challenges depending on the part of the world involved.
SPEEDY SESSION 3 - FRAUD
JOE O’KEEFFE, Ince & Co LLP
Join this session for an update on recent legal developments in area of fraudulent claims and a refresher of some of the key legal issues and principles involved in cases where the circumstances of a loss give rise to suspicions that the loss was deliberate, focussing on the different responses available to underwriters (and the differing position of co-assureds) depending on the manner of the loss (i.e. by sinking or by fire).
SPEEDY SESSION 4 - AUTOMATIC CUT OFFS
RICHARD BAILEY, London Offshore Consultants
Join this speedy session to find out more about alarms and automatic cut offs – should they be ignored, or do you do so at your peril
SPEEDY SESSION 5 - THE FUTURE OF SURVEYING
HENRIK UTH, Survey Association
Join this speedy session to hear about what the future might hold!
SPEEDY SESSION 6 - IUMI UPDATE
LARS LANGE, IUMI
Join this speedy session to hear about what the future might hold!
Close for the day
Cocktail reception
Dinner at hotel
Thursday, 28th September 2017
SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER CASE STUDY
RUPERT STEER, Cariconsult Group
What makes a vessel old before its time? What can cause a vessel to need hundreds of meters of weld seams replaced before its second special survey?…
SPEEDY SESSION 7 - F-CAP
DIANE BOWLES & KEVIN CLARKE, Lloyd’s
Senior personnel from Lloyd’s Salvage Arbitration Branch will address the purpose and effect of the Fixed Cost Arbitration process available for Lloyd’s Open Form salvage cases.
PORTS AND TERMINALS CASE STUDY
TIM LEWIS, BRAEMAR
Join this session to hear how the junction of land and sea gives rise to its own fair share of issues and challenges!
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Lunch
LOSS OF SHIPS' RECORDS
ALISTAIR JOHNSTON, CJC
Lost but not forgotten – join the discussion about in what areas the failure to have ships’ records of any type available might cause issues and for whom.
LOADED RISK - DANGEROUS CARGOES AND RISK
MARK RUSSELL, Gard AS
Chairman's closing remarks
KEITH JONES
Leave for dinner
Friday, 29th September 2017
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Workshop 3
Demystifying a GA and RDC Adjustment
HEATHER ROBINSON AND ANDREW SLADE, Richards Hogg Lindley
Join this workshop to get a guided tour from expert map-readers of how exactly to navigate your way through what might look like an impossible maze!
Salvage, Scopic and Wreck Removal
RICHARD JANSSEN, Smit
PARIS MANGRIOTIS, LOC Group
SAM KENDALL-MARSDEN, The Standard Club
Join this workshop to follow the trail of a challenging casualty with all the twists and turns from commencement of salvage operations through to final wreck removal.
SAME WORDS, DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHY
ANDREAS MEIDELL, Thommessen
MAXIMILIAN GUTH, Dabelstein & Passehl
ALEX KEMP, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Words workshop Join this workshop to discuss how judicial interpretation can differ around the maritime world.