II Conference «LNG Fleet and LNG Bunkering in Russia»

Venue: Congress Center, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Iljinka str. 6/1, Moscow

Organizers: Krylov State Research Center, IAA PortNews

Assisted by: RF Ministry of Industry and Trade, Rosmorrechflot

Partner: Sovcomflot

General sponsor: Gazpromneft Marine Bunker

Sponsor: Damen

Languages: Russian, English 

Objectives: to discuss the implementation of projects on using LNG by ships, determine the problems related to creation and development of the new sector, outline the ways of solution. 

Invited to attend: Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Energy, Governments of the Kaliningrad/Astrakhan/Murmansk Regions and the Republic of Tatarstan, Saint-Petersburg Government, Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, Russian River Register, Rosmorport, Krylov State Research Center, Central Marine Research and Design Institute, Marine Engineering Bureau, Russian Chamber of Shipping, Association of Commercial Sea Ports, shipping and shipbuilding companies, bunker suppliers, United Shipbuilding Corporation, LNG manufacturers, suppliers of equipment, banks and leasing companies, Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, Saint-Petersburg State Marine Technical University.

The First Conference “LNG Fleet and LNG Bunkering in Russia” was held in Moscow on 25 October 2017. The conference was organized by Media Group PortNews and Krylov State Research Center and with the assistance of the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Gazpromneft Marine Bunker supported the event as its General Sponsor; DAMEN Group and Valcom were the Conference Sponsors. The event was attended by more than 100 specialists from Russia, the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Among the 16 reports delivered at the Conference was that of Victor Olersky, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation – head of the Federal Marine and River Transport Agency (Rosmorrechflot); Vitaly Klyuev, Director of the Department of State Policy for Maritime and River Transport of the Russian Ministry of Transport (live broadcast from London);  Yury Kostin, deputy head of Rosmorrechflot; Elena Kvasnikova, representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade; Igor Tonkovidov, Executive Vice-President and Technical Director of Sovcomflot; Aleksandr Krasavin, representative of Glavgosekspertiza.

 

Contact of the Organization Committee:

Tel. (812) 570-78-03, (812) 712-45-16, (812) 712-45-01

Fax (812) 570-78-03   mn@portnews.ru,  snitko@portnews.ru