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Dr Diamantis Andriotis, New Buildings Coordinator, Stealth Maritime Corporation SA

Dr._D.Andriotis_SMALLERDr Diamantis Andriotis, born 1981, studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College and City University, London, where he received an excellence award for his academic achievements. His Doctorate degree, under sponsorship by MAN B&W, involved experimental and numerical investigations of complex flows and cavitation inside large Diesel Engine fuel systems and their effect on the Near-nozzle Spray Structure. Along and after his PhD he performed research at City University for Caterpillar (USA), Perkins (UK) and participated to the DTi project for the design of radically low emission Diesels. Due to his involvement with Mathematics and Fluid Dynamics he was appointed to develop an algorithm for the 3-D reconstruction of coronary arteries able to perform quantitative analysis of the geometric characteristics and the internal flow for a project sponsored by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Through his research work he has authored and co-authored numerous publications for Technical Journals and Conferences and he is a reviewer of JFM, POF, A&S and IJER. Since 2008 he works for Stealth Maritime Corporation SA being responsible for the New Buildings of the company, including Bulk Carriers, Tankers and LPGs, and being involved in the projects and technical management of the existing fleet of 60 vessels. Being involved with research and development he has actively participated in various conferences related to Shipping and technical advancements.

 

Andrea Cogliolo, Sector Manager, Machinery, Electrical, Automation and Risk Analysis, RINA Services SpA

Cogliolo_copyMember of the Italian National Committee TC18 “Electrical installations of ships and of mobile and fixed offshore units” since 1993, he took the TC18 Italian Chairmanship in 2004 and is the actual Chairman.
RINA representative in ACAE (Association for the certification of electrical apparatus member of LOVAG) he has been the Chairman since 2002.
He was RINA Member of the IACS Working Party on Electricity and of the IACS Machinery Panel (1997-2004).
In 2007, he became the Head of the Machinery Sector in RINA taking also responsibilities for the “MARPOL - IBC - IGC and Environmental Issues Group”.

 

Stavros Daniolos, Technical Manager, Minerva Marine Inc

DaniolosStravros Daniolos studied at Sunderland Poly and Newcastle University, graduating with a M.Sc. in Marine Engineering in 1979.
He served his military service as Engineer Petty Officer with the Hellenic Navy.
His first employment as Superintendent Engineer was with Canopus Shipping from 1979 until 1984.
In 1985 he joined Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises as Superintendent Engineer and in 1995 was promoted to the position of Technical Manager held till 2000.
In 2001 he moved to Athenian Sea Carriers as Chief Operating Officer, position held till September 2001.
In 2001 he joined Minerva Marine Inc as Technical Manager, position held today.
Stavros Daniolos is a member of most major classification societies, Vice President of MARTECMA and secretary of the Greek CIMAC association.

 

Stavros Hatzigrigoris, Managing Director, Maran Tankers Management Inc

HATZIGRIGORIS1992 – present: Managing Director, Maran Tankers Management;
2005 - present : Managing Director Maran Gas Maritime;
1981-1992 : Fleet Manager, Anangel Shipping Enterprises SA
1977: BSc Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering from University College London
1979: MSc in Marine Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens
1989: Diploma in Management of Ship Operations from University of Strathclyde
1981: Member of TEE
1989: Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers
2008; SNAME International Vice President
Member, ABS Technical Committee
Chairman, DNV Greek Technical Committee
Member : LRS Greek Technical Committee
Member : KR Greek technical Committee
Member : CRS Greek technical Committee
SNAME Greek Section Executive Committee, 2003-2006.

 

Zhou Jiliang, Director, Clarkson Asia Limited, Head of Newbuilding / Sales and Purchase Department, Clarkson Shanghai 

Jiliang_ZhouJiliang Zhou holds a Bachelor degree in Naval Architecture, Shanghai Jiang Tong University (1989) and a Master degree in Management, Norwegian Businesses School (2000).
He began his carreer in shipbroking in 1989 with a Chinese National Trading House where he stayed for 11 years. Then he joined Zodiac Maritime Shanghai office, as manager in charge of newbuilding projects in China and since 2005 he is with Clarkson. Today he is Director of Clarkson Asia Limited, Head of Newbuilding / Sales and Purchase department in Clarkson Shanghai.

 

Hyung Kwan Kim, Team Leader, Ship Basic Design for Commercial and Offshore Vessels, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Ltd
sp1Hyung Kwan Kim, Principal Engineer/Naval Architect, was born in 1968 in South Korea. In 1993 he graduated from Seoul National University where he studied Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering. After his graduation he was employed in Hyundai Heavy Industries Co, Ltd. Since then he has been in various positions in Hyundai (Hull Initial Design of Bulk Carrier and Container Carrier – CAD & CIM Development for Ship Design and Building – Offshore Engineering for FPSO and FSO – Hull Initial Design of Tanker and LPG Carrier – Ship Basic Design for Bulker, Tanker and Container Carrier – Technical Manager, London Liaison Office) and from 2009 till now he is Team Leader, Ship Basic Design for Commercial and Offshore Vessels.

 

Dr John Kokarakis, Director of Technical Services, Hellenic & Black Sea Region, Bureau Veritas
 sp2Dr John Emmanuel Kokarakis, a 1979 graduate of National Technical University of Athens, holds PhD (1986) and Masters degrees in Naval Architecture (1983) and in Mechanical Engineering (1984) from the University of Michigan. He worked for over ten years as a consultant in technical problems worldwide in the area of technical investigation of marine accidents. He participated in the technical investigation of the Exxon Valdez grounding, Piper Alpha fire and explosion, Aleutian Enterprise foundering and many other accidents of less notoriety. The last eleven years he works in the area of classification. He served at ABS and Germanischer Lloyd  in Piraeus. He is currently the Technical Director of Bureau Veritas in the Hellenic and Black Sea Region. He is responsible for the smooth technical operation in the region and the harmonic cooperation with the BV offices worldwide to the benefit of  BV clients. He was a member of the team which developed the Common Structural Rules.

 

Jan Koren, Director for Tankers, Det Norske Veritas sp3Jan Koren, born 1948, is employed with DNV as Business Director Tankers. He holds a Master degree in Marine Engineering, from the Technical University of Norway,Trondheim, 1973. 
He has been with DNV for 36 years in various positions, including ship surveyor. He has spent four years in Singapore as Regional Manager for South East Asia, and more than five years in Japan in charge of customer service management.
He was initially working with ship automation and unattended engine rooms. Subsequently oil pollution and MARPOL, related to tankers in particular, were main tasks.
He has been member of different IACS Working Parties, and during a period of a few years also member of the Norwegian delegation to IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC).

 

Panagiotis Koutris, Managing Director, Kristen Marine SA – Roxana Shipping SAKoutrisPanagiotis Koutris, Naval Architect & Marine and Mechanical Engineer M.Sc, was born in 1957 in Athens. In October 1980 he graduated from National Technical University of Athens, where he studied Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering. After his graduation he was employed in Alfa Laval (1983-1984) and then in Avin International SA (1984-2000) and Athenian Tankers (2000-2001). Since then he is Managing Director in Kristen Marine SA – Roxana Shipping SA for a fleet of 25 tankers and bulkers.

 

Odin Ohyig Kwon, Director Head of Basic Planning Group, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering sp4Odin Ohyig Kwon was born in Korea in 1959. He studied Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering in Seoul National University. After his graduation in 1982 he joined Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, Ltd where today he is Director, Head of Basic Planning Group.

 

Dr George Maglaras, Area Design Support Manager, Greece & Eastern Mediterranean, Lloyd's Register
 George_Maglaras_PhotoGeorge Maglaras’ professional experience covers over 15 years of classification society work. For the past six years he is the Manager of the Design Support Office in Lloyd’s Register Piraeus. Under that capacity he is responsible for all plan approval activities in Greece as well as in Eastern Mediterranean covering a broad spectrum of class and statutory related issues mainly for local but also for international clients.
Having completed his undergraduate studies in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at National Technical University of Athens, George obtained an M.Sc. and a Ph.D. from Virginia Tech, USA, specializing on the reliability of structures. He is the author of a number of scientific papers that were published in refereed academic journals and conference proceedings. George is a member of SNAME and the Greek Association of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

 

Ted Petropoulos, Founder of Petrofin and head of Petrofin Research sp6Ted Petropoulos is an ex International Banker and has been a financial advisor since 1986, with particular emphasis on shipping, project finance and banking advice.  He started his career in the family shipping business in London in the early 1970s. He joined the First National Bank of Chicago (FNBC), London, in 1975 and became an Assistant Vice President in 1980. He served as Head of FNBC’s Piraeus Branch in 1979 and stayed in Greece until 1982 when he joined ABN Bank, London Branch, in 1982 and worked as the Head of Transportation, Energy and Project Finance until early 1985. In 1985 he became General Manager of the London branch of a Swiss Bank and in 1989 he founded Petrofin S.A., an international shipping financial, advisory and research company.

Ted Petropoulos has also been in shipowning and shipmanagement since 1998.  He founded Petrobulk Maritime Inc in 1998, which until 2007 had managed 13 dry bulk vessels.  Petrofin Ship Management Inc, (PSMI), was founded in 2005, and currently manages a modern 5-vessel fleet of handymaxes / supramaxes.

Ted Petropoulos has a B.Sc. Economics Honours Degree from the London School of Economics, a Master in Business Administration Degree from the Manchester Business School, as well as numerous additional academic distinctions.  Additionally, he has been a guest lecturer at UK and Greek Universities and a speaker at International and Greek conferences and a contributor of articles to numerous international magazines and publications for over 25 years. He is an acknowledged expert in the world of shipping finance.

 

Ralf Plump, Head of Department Environmental Research, Strategic Research and Development, Germanischer Lloyd 

ralf_plumpRalf Plump is a Naval Architect M.Sc. (Diplomingenieur, Dipl.-Ing.)
He gained his diploma in naval architectures in 1989 at the University of Hamburg. In the same year he joined Germanischer Lloyd (GL) Container Department. He worked in field of container stowage and lashing systems for about 7 years with several special duties like rules development, etc.
Until 2001 he did hull drawing approval for ship newbuilding of nearly all ship types with several stays in East Asia (South Korea and P.R. of China) as a hull surveyor and on-location drawing approval engineer.
The last five years he was the deputy head of the ship acoustic department at GL. With beginning of 2008 he became head of environmental service group within GL’s Strategic Research Department.
In April 2009 he became head of the new founded Environmental Research Department in GLs business unit Strategic Research & Development.

 

Ren Qiang, Deputy Director of Technical Center, Director of Research and Development Department, Chengxi Shipyard Co, Ltd 

REN_QIANGWork experience:
- Over 20 years experience in shipbuilding and conversion
- In charge of modern shipbuilding technology in floating dock
- Rich experience in bulk carrier and floating dock design
- Attended several state projects
- Typical projects: *Diamond 53 serial vessel  *Dolphin serial vessel  *45k, 46k, 49k, 76k Bulk Carrier  *35,000t, 50,000t lifting capacity floating dock
*1200t crane barge conversion  *Semi-submerge barge conversion  *Science research vessel conversion  *Technology research on conversion vessel.

 

Dr Kirsi Tikka, Vice President Global Technology and Business Development, American Bureau of Shipping sp5Kirsi Tikka is Vice President, Global Technology and Business Development, at ABS with responsibility for the development and implementation of new technology and environmental initiatives.  Her work focuses on the application of environmental technology to improve environmental performance within the industry.

Prior to joining ABS in 2001 Kirsi Tikka was Professor of Naval Architecture at Webb Institute in New York. She has also worked for Chevron Shipping in San Francisco and for Wartsila Shipyards in Finland.

A native of Finland, Kirsi has a Doctorate in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture from the University of Technology in Helsinki. She is Member of SNAME and Fellow of RINA.

 

Panos Zachariadis, Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management 

Panos_ZachariadisPanos Zachariadis is Technical Director of Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd since 1997. Prior to that he was Marine Superintendent in New York. His shipping experience includes sea service in bulk carriers and oil tankers, specifications and supervision of repairs and new buildings, ship operations and chartering.

He has been attending IMO since 2004 as member of the Greek delegation, being involved with IMO’s Goal Based Standards from beginning to end. He was also extensively involved in the Greek FSA study which reversed the IMO decision to make double hull bulk carriers mandatory and was instrumental in developing IMO’s coating standard (PSPC) for ships’ ballast tanks. His current focus is the environmental regulations being formed at IMO (Market Based Instruments and EEDI). He has written numerous technical guides and papers and is a frequent article contributor to the magazine Naftika Chronika.

Panos Zachariadis holds a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Iowa State University and a MSE degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan. Memberships include the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, SNAME, BIMCO Marine Committee, several Technical Committees (ABS, LR, Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, Union of Greek Shipowners), BoD and founding member of Marine Technical Managers Association (MARTECMA) of Greece.