Officers' conference held in Bergen

The 33 seafaring Senior Officers and Captains from Norway and Sweden met with management and the shore organization for presentations and discussions. The program included:

Port Operations and Planning: Cooperation ship and shore 
by Jared Honeycutt (Manager Port Operations, USA)
Introduction to ORCA and the Port Log  
by Jan Petter Rasmussen (Senior Advisor ERP)
Introduction to Cash2Card: Test of debit card to replace cash onboard
Bjarte Wetteland (Manager Business Control)
Odfjell Tankers: Market, customers, topline increase, vetting importance, port performance, expectations 
by Bjørn Hammer (Global Head of Tanker Trading)
Vetting: Best practice
by Jan Ove Ødegård (Marine Manager)
Presentation of Norwegian Insurance Partner 
by Helle Chemnitz (Insurance Broker, NIP)
Fleet performance: MRV reporting 
by Kristoffer Ramstad (Senior Fleet Performance Analyst)
Focus on safety, recent incidents and way forward
by Harald Fotland (COO), Geirmund Drivenes (Global Head of Ship Management), Knut Erik Fredriksen (VP Fleet Management), Harald Bauck (VP Risk Management), and Jan Ove Ødegård (Marine Manager)
Project Uniform update
by Robert Øksnes (Manager Planned Maintenance Systems)

The program also included two deep-diving group sessions, focusing on port efficiency and safety respectively.

 

"The Officers’ Conferences offer a great arena for sharing of expectations, learning and experiences across sea and shore. This year's conference was no exception to that; safety, quality, performance, efficiency, etc. were all topics and the participants put no boundaries on their participation. We had a great conference - thank you very much to all attendees."

Geirmund Drivenes