THE 10th Annual Maritime Salvage & Casualty Response Conference is to take place on September 11-12 London, and will be chaired by Jim Elliot, CTO, Teichman Group.
Mr Elliott currently serves as president of the American Salvage Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of salvage and firefighting response operations in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean Sea. He also serves as vice president of T&T Salvage, responsible for managing worldwide marine salvage, heavy lift, commercial diving and emergency response operations.
With three decades of leadership experience in maritime operations, he has served as a senior Coast Guard officer, incident commander, salvage master, commercial diver and a project manager on salvage operations from the Equator to the Arctic. Mr Elliott holds three master's degrees with distinction and was awarded over 70 Coast Guard medals and honours, including the agency's Inspirational Leadership Award.
A press statement from conference organiser said Mr Elliot will speak in the morning of Conference Day 1 and his presentation will focus on 'Marine Firefighting: Case Studies, Lessons Learned and the US Framework', where he will provide case studies on international container ship fires, and discuss tank vessel and freight ship firefighting operations.
Other topics to be discussed at the conference include: Salvage operations at Fire, LNG fuelled vessels, offshore oil gas decommissioning, container loss and major salvage operations, casualty risk management and insurance issues, environmental hazards and limiting the damage and consolidation in salvage: less expenses and high ethics.
The organisers said those attending will salvage companies, tug and towage companies, local authority representatives, ship owners, ship managers, P&I Clubs, maritime lawyers and consultants.
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Mr Elliott currently serves as president of the American Salvage Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of salvage and firefighting response operations in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean Sea. He also serves as vice president of T&T Salvage, responsible for managing worldwide marine salvage, heavy lift, commercial diving and emergency response operations.
With three decades of leadership experience in maritime operations, he has served as a senior Coast Guard officer, incident commander, salvage master, commercial diver and a project manager on salvage operations from the Equator to the Arctic. Mr Elliott holds three master's degrees with distinction and was awarded over 70 Coast Guard medals and honours, including the agency's Inspirational Leadership Award.
A press statement from conference organiser said Mr Elliot will speak in the morning of Conference Day 1 and his presentation will focus on 'Marine Firefighting: Case Studies, Lessons Learned and the US Framework', where he will provide case studies on international container ship fires, and discuss tank vessel and freight ship firefighting operations.
Other topics to be discussed at the conference include: Salvage operations at Fire, LNG fuelled vessels, offshore oil gas decommissioning, container loss and major salvage operations, casualty risk management and insurance issues, environmental hazards and limiting the damage and consolidation in salvage: less expenses and high ethics.
The organisers said those attending will salvage companies, tug and towage companies, local authority representatives, ship owners, ship managers, P&I Clubs, maritime lawyers and consultants.
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