CBMU Virtual Spring Conference

May 27, 2021

12:00 PM - 03:15 PM

2021-05-27 12:00 PM 2021-05-27 03:15 PM CBMU Virtual Spring Conference America/New_York

 

Format: Virtual Format

RIBO ACCREDITATION: TBA


PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME:
12:00-12:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks and President’s Report

12:15 – 1:15 p.m.

Industry Updates:

IUMI

Lars Lange, Secretary General, IUMI

Lars Lange, who was born in Wolfenbüttel in 1968, is a qualified maritime lawyer by training and graduated from Göttingen University in 1995. Mr. Lange started his pro-fessional career as a maritime lawyer with the law firm Blaum Dettmers Rabstein in Bre-men. From 1999 onwards he dedicated his professional life to marine insurance: first as head of the marine insurance department, underwriting and claims, with C. Wm. Kö-nig GmbH & Co. KG based in Bremen. In October 2008 Mr. Lange took over the posi-tion as head of the marine and aviation insurance department at the German Insurance Association (GDV) in Berlin. 

In January 2013 he moved to his present position when he took over the office as Sec-retary General of the International Union of Marine Insurance e.V. (IUMI) where he takes – beyond others - care on IUMI’s IMO and EU activities and fosters the relations to other maritime stakeholders such as ship-owner associations, class, salvors, average adjusters, shipper and forwarders. In his capacity, Mr. Lange holds a number of honor-ary posts in the maritime environment, for example as the Chairman of the International Quality Assessment Review Body IQARB under the auspices of the IMO, as a member of the Advisory Committee to the IACS QSCS, as technical expert to the BIMCO Safety and Security Committee, and as a board member of the Green Award Foundation.

AIMU

John A. Miklus, President, American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU)

John Miklus John joined AIMU on October 1, 2013 and was named President of AIMU on January 1, 2014.  AIMU, founded in 1898, is a not-for-profit trade association representing and promoting the U.S. ocean marine insurance industry. John has over 35 years’ experience in the ocean marine insurance and reinsurance business, having previously spent 8 years at Guy Carpenter & Co. as Senior Vice President of the Marine & Energy Specialty practice and 21 years at The Hartford, where he was Senior Vice President responsible for world-wide Marine Treaty Reinsurance at Hartford Re Company. He started his career as a Marine Trainee at The Hartford in Boston after graduating cum laude from Bowdoin College with a B.A. in Economics and Government.

John is an active member of several marine industry organizations including the American Bureau of Shipping, National Cargo Bureau, Maritime Law Association of the United States, the Association of Average Adjusters of the U.S. and Canada, Connecticut Maritime Association, and the Marine Society of the City of New York. John is very involved with the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) as chair of the Education Forum and secretary of the Loss Prevention Committee, and busy planning for the 2022 IUMI Conference to be held in Chicago.

MIABC

Celeste Fox, President, MIABC 

Celeste Fox is a Senior Marine Underwriter in CNA Canada for the Western Region. Celeste has spent 12 years in Marine Insurance Industry growing expertise in Cargo, Hull & Machinery and other related marine risks. She has been an active member of the Marine Insurance Association of BC for over six years and has commenced her term as the President in 2021.

 

CMLA

Shelley Chapelski, President, CMLA

Shelley Chapelski is the leader of a team of experienced shipping lawyers within the transport group in Canada. Her practice encompasses both transactional and litigation aspects of maritime law, including maritime contracts, torts, liability claims, creditor's remedies and marine insurance matters. She has been recognized by her clients and colleagues as one of the leading maritime lawyers in Canada.

Shelley drafts and advises on a wide array charter parties, contracts of carriage, moorage contracts, insurance policies and other agreements that arise in maritime and transportation law, including ice pilot (navigator) contracts. She has also advised many users and suppliers of marine services on their obligations and liabilities under Canadian maritime law, including on the carriage of dangerous goods and bunkering operations.

Shelley has handled hundreds of casualties, including collisions terminal damage cases, cargo losses, and pollution events. She has resolved many passenger injury and death claims, including ones subject to the Athens Convention. She has dealt with dozens of vessel arrests and many maritime liens and limitation of liability proceedings. Shelley is a frequent advisor to marine insurers on coverage matters. She also has a particular interest in Canadian Arctic shipping having worked with a number of clients who operate in that region.

Shelley's clients include commercial vessel owners and operators, P&I Clubs and marine insurers, ports and terminals and maritime service providers.

She frequently meets with government representatives regarding the development of maritime law matters in Canada.

Shelley has represented clients in the provincial, supreme and appellate courts of British Columbia, Alberta and the Federal Court of Canada. She has also achieved numerous successful results for clients through mediation and arbitration.

1:15 – 1:30 p.m.

Transport Canada Update

This presentation will provide CBMU members with updates on recent developments at Transport Canada, including potential reforms of the carriage of goods regime, the review of the Marine Liability Act for non-economic losses, and updates to shipowner liability and compulsory insurance requirements.


François Marier, Director, International Marine Policy

François Marier is the Director of International Marine Policy at Transport Canada, where he has served for over 20 years. He is responsible for economic policy, legislation and regulation of international shipping, including in areas of bilateral and multilateral relations, competition, trade, liability, compensation and insurance.

1:30 – 1:40 p.m.

Break

1:40 – 2:10 p.m.

Containers Overboard in the Pacific

It has been well known for generations in the maritime industry that Winter in the North Pacific can, on occasion, be an inhospitable place.  The North Pacific Winter Seasonal Zone is active from 16th October to 15th April, where the number and frequency of adverse weather events increases.  This increase in frequency of recent container vessel casualties, where stacks have collapsed and containers lost overboard in the North Pacific,  has brought in to stark relief the risks incumbent in navigating the Pacific Ocean during the winter season.  This presentation aims to highlight some of those risk factors, both real and purported, that led to this increase in casualties and consequential losses and to provide an overview of the claims considerations in the aftermath of these events.


Anthony Slater, Case Handler, Cargo Casualty Management, WK Webster

Anthony Slater is a maritime professional with a depth of experience spanning thirty years within the industry.  He apprenticed with BP, serving on oil tankers and gaining qualification as both a Deck and Engineering Officer.  Following qualification he served on various vessel types as an Officer.  Later in his career he was a Marine Superintendent for a major line specialising in car carrier vessels.  Anthony has legal experience with a respected international law firm and further experience as a Director, Senior Manager and Deputy Harbour Master with a UK port Authority.  He holds a maritime honours degree, is an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute and currently enjoys a role with the Cargo Casualty department of the claims consultancy W K Webster, undertaking a variety of complex claims. 

2:10 – 2:40 p.m.

Sustainable Marine Energy Canada Presentation

Mark Savory spent the last five years helping to bring the tidal energy industry in Atlantic Canada to surface via his experience with Sustainable Marine Energy Canada Inc., “SMEC” for short.
 
SMEC as a tidal energy developer plans to deploy 9MW of in-stream tidal generation capacity in Nova Scotia, for the successful commercialization in Canada of an emerging renewable energy technology.
The project is located at the Fundy Ocean Research Centre for Energy “FORCE”. We are very pleased to have Mark speak to the audience on how the insurance industry in Canada should be supporting similar projects.


Mark Savory, P.Eng, VP Project Development & Commercials, Sustainable Marine Energy Canada

Mark Savory is an accomplished and self-motivated business leader with over 35 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure industry and is a registered professional engineer in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada with a Bachelor Degree of Engineering (Mechanical) from Dalhousie University. Until 2013 he worked with EMERA and Nova Scotia Power with progressively senior leadership, as Vice President Technical & Construction Services with direct responsibility for corporate engineering, Project Management Office, Procurement & Real Estate, Environmental Services and Environmental Compliance.

Mark has extensive experience in all phases of energy and infrastructure projects through project development, construction, commissioning and operations, with direct experience in infrastructure projects, construction management, business development, contract negotiation and contract management, technical due diligence investigations, root cause failure analysis, project management, insurance risk assessments and insurance claim investigations.

Mark currently is a member of the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office – 911 Cost Recovery
Board

2:40 – 3:15 pm

Enhancing Vessel Owner Liability: Limits of Liability for Vessels under 300 GT and Extending the Application of the Bunkers Convention

François Marier, Director, International Marine Policy, Transport Canada

The Marine Liability Act (MLA) governs the liability of vessel owners and operators in relation to passengers, cargo, pollution and property damage. It establishes limits of liability, the responsibilities of vessel owners and cargo owners, and uniformity by balancing the interests of vessel owners and other parties. The MLA includes rules that ensure that if a marine incident happens in Canadian waters, and up to a 200 nautical mile limit of the exclusive economic zone, people affected can be compensated for eligible losses. Depending on the incident, vessel owners can be held liable (financially responsible) for damage to property, the environment and injuries to people.

Under the MLA, vessel owners have the right to limit their liability if their vessel is involved in a marine incident. Limiting liability supports maritime trade and our economy by making costs more predictable, including the availability of insurance.

This presentation will outline Transport Canada’s approach that would raise the limits of liability under section s.29 of the MLA for vessels under 300 gross tonnes (GT) and extend the application of the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001 (Bunkers Convention) to non-seagoing vessels in Canada.

 

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