Monday 7th April

 17:00 Registration

   

 18:00-22:00 Get Together with Tapas and short speech from exhibitors

 

 

Tuesday 8th April

 08:00 Registration / Coffee / Exhibition  

 09:00 

 

 Welcoming Remarks
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness,
Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway

Jan Ketil Moberg 

 09:10

 

Opening Address
Finn Carlsen,
Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway

 Finn Carlsen web

News from authorities

09:25 News from Authorities
Jan Ketil Moberg, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway,
Colin Martin, Specialist Mechanical Engineer, HSE, United Kingdom and
Arnold de Groot, Inspector Operations, State Supervision of Mines, The Netherlands

 Jan Ketil Moberg Colin Martin Arnold de Groot

 09:50  OMHEC update
Bjarte Rødne, Head of Supervision, Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), Norway
 Bjarte Rodne
 

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, University of Leiden, The Netherlands

   Job Groeneweg web

 10:30

 

Coffee Break/Exhibition

  
11:00

Use of crane simulator for training of personnel involved in lifting operations and to prepare for complex lifting operations
Ole R. Lindbæk, Vår Energi AS, Norway

 

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, Liebherr, Germany

 Michael Karge web  
12:00 Lunch and Exhibition  
13:00 Innovating Motion Campensation for Offshore Excellence
Danny Markus, Bargemaster, The Netherlands
 
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 and Svein Harald Hetland, Aker BP, Norway


Richardo Nuno Correia web    Svein Harald Hetland
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 system

José Beirão, Lead Engineer & Vincent van Dinter, Project Manager Capital Projects,
Allseas, The Netherlands

Jose Beirao     Vincent van Dinter web

Inspection and maintenance 

15:00

 

More than an overload test only
Benefits of an acceptance test/qualification test/heat runs/FMECA to make the equipment robust for the first operation offshore
Rieno Graveland, 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, Global Director – Technical Support Centre, Valaris, United States

 Amit Bansal web

Sharing best practice

 16:15

 

Assuring cranes and lifting equipment on contractor rigs and vessels

  • Challenges facing regulators, operators and Contractors when dealing with transient fleet of rigs and vessels
  • Discussions with the audience
  • Can we do this better? Challenges?

Ben Finlay, Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia

 BenFinlayweb
16:45 End of day 1  
18:00 Transport to Ulstein Kloster Hotel for conference dinner  
22:30 Transport to the hotel  
 

 

Wednesday 9th April

Sharing best practice

08:30

 

Use of soft couplings (knots) to reduce the risk to personnel when connecting lifting equipment to lifeboat when lifting from sea
Vidar Matre, Okea, Norway

 

09:00

How to extend the area of use of a standard “General purpose Offshore crane

  • Subsea lifting operations from a jack-up rig.
  • ROV performing as banksman and slinger.
  • Lifting operations when jack-up rig is afloat.

Arild Eriksen, KCA Deutag and Tor Raknestangen, NOV, Norway

 

Lifting ropes and equipment

09:30

 

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, Bridon-Bekaert Ropes Group, UK and Martin Wehr, Rotec GmbH, Deutchland

 Alan Bell web
10:00 Coffe Break/Exhibition  

Ageing Facilities

10:30

 

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.
Dorothy Standen/John Butler, Global Maritime, United Kingdom

 

Lifting operations

11:00

New communication solution for safe lifting - replace the use of UHF radio with the use of digital communication
Jon Ingvald Båtnes, Equinor, NO

 

11:30

 

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

 Jan Gangnes, Subsea 7, Norway

 
12:00 Lunch and Exhibition  

Standards and Guidelines

13:00

 

Design verification and certification as safety barriers – Use of DNV-SE-0480
Marcin Piotr Sikora, Principal Engineer, DNV, Norway
 Marcin Piotr Sikora web

Information technology

13:30 

 

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, Norway

Mats Haukebo web Kim Marius Olsen web 
14:00 Coffee Break/Exhibition  
14:30

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, Canada

 

Renewable Sector

15:00 

 

New OPTS (Offshore passenger transfer system)
Jan Silgjerd, Palfinger, Norway

 

15:30

The journey from idea to execution

  • Execution of offshore bottom-fixed projects
  • Generator exchange on a floating turbine

Eelko May, Managing Director, Liftwerx, The Netherlands

 Eelko May
16:00

Closing/adjourn by/end of the conference
Jan Ketil Moberg, Head of Logistics and Emergency Preparedness,
Norwegian OceanIndustry Authority (Havtil), Norway

 

Jan Ketil Moberg 

We look forward to seeing you in Aberdeen, April 2026!

 

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