Training your team for high performance

6TH - 10TH JUNE 2011

PARKROYAL ON BEACH ROAD / SINGAPORE
WITH COURSE DIRECTOR ROBIN MEECH

WWW.BUNKERWORLD.COM/bunkeringsingapore2011

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unkering Singapore is a practical and comprehensive 5 day
all-inclusive residential bunker training course being held in
Singapore from 6th - 10th June 2011.

The course is designed for newcomers, as well as existing shipping

professionals who may have been in the industry for a while. A theory
and practical based course, gives the opportunity to experience real
life bunkering, while incorporating the latest industry developments
and regulations in a factual but creative way.

The course is intended to sharpen skills and business understanding

and to reduce the overall cost of bunkering for your business.

Industry expert and course director, Robin Meech, has a wealth of

experience across the marine and bunker sectors and shares his
knowledge to offer relevant examples and case studies throughout
the week of the course.

Divided into a mixture of theory and hands on experience, delegates

will be given a complete guide to bunkering; covering pricing
and demand, understanding and complying with the latest and Who should attend:
upcoming regulations and proficiency of sampling, analysis and fuel
specifications. • Oil Companies
• Independent Suppliers
Strategic purchasing and negotiating skills will include price and credit • Bunker Traders
risk management as well as legal issues relating to bunker contracts, • Bunker Brokers
quality and quantity claims, resolution of disputes and ship arrest. • Barge Operators
• Shipowners
What makes this course differential from all other bunker courses, is • Shipping Agents
that is provides real life theoretical experience within a lab and trading • Law Firms
room, as well making the classroom time enjoyable and interactive. • IT Companies
• Testing Agencies
To ensure time efficient relationship building and the opportunity • Lubricant Suppliers
to learn from other attendees experiences, an excellent programme • Transaction Processors
of social networking compliments the course agenda, guaranteeing • Refinery Operators
delegates benefit from all that Singapore and the course has to offer. • Shipping Operators
• Sales Managers
All attendees will receive an accredited certification from Marine • Senior Sales Representatives
and Energy Training Pte Ltd, a joint partnership between Robin • Marketing Representatives
Meech and Petromedia Ltd established to provide comprehensive • Marine Fuel Manager Operations
and exceptional training programmes internationally throughout the • Managing Directors
marine and bunker industry. Comprehensive course documentation • Supply Managers
will also be provided with further opportunity for progressive training • Bunker Risk Managers
and industry awareness development both online and at further • General Managers
courses and industry events. • Distribution Managers

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COURSE SCHEDULE

Monday 6 June - THE ENVIRONMENT Tuesday 7 June - Sampling and Testing

Robin Meech, Course Director Chris Fisher, Bunker Claims International

Background Production of bunkers

• Market size • From oil well to propeller
• The players • Low sulphur fuels
• Future developments • Crude oil types and their impact on bunker quality
• Refining methods and their impact on fuel quality
Regulations • Blending
• Marpol Annex VI
• EU directives ISO 8217
• USA regulations • The history of fuel specifications
• Future regulations • The key issues
• Evaluation of 2010 version
Coffee & Networking Break • Current specifications
• The future
Compliance
• Options Coffee & Networking Break
• Costs of compliance
Sampling and Surveys
Abatement • Sampling methods
• Technologies – scrubbing - SCR • Sampling barges and tanks
• Economics – deciding when to invest • Measurement techniques
• Future scenarios • Calculations and Conversions
• Precision of test methods
Lunch Break • Evaluation of test results

Demand and Pricing Testing companies

• Demand for the six types of bunkers by region How, when, why to use them
• Price premium fuel oil /gas oil and sulphur
Metering
Green House Gasses • Traditional methods
• Background • Coriolis meters
• Quantification
• Explanation and comparison of three approaches to Lunch Break
GHG reduction
Half day in the Laboratory - DNVPS
Coffee & Networking Break • Procedures
• Principal tests
Alternative fuels • Theory and practice
• LNG • How to obtain best value from the laboratory
• Bio-fuels and other alternatives
• Sustainability
CONTINUED>
The future environment
• Future fuel usage by type
• Comparative economics
• New technologies for economic and clean fuels

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Wednesday 8 June - Business Skills Thursday 9 June - Operations

Robin Meech, Course Director
Singapore regulations
Strategic purchasing Seah Knee Hee, Spring Singapore
• Procurement problems • The administration of the port
• Choosing a port • The regulations summarised
• Choosing a supplier • Future regulations
• Price versus cost
Delivery Operations
Credit risk management Chris Fisher, Bunker Claims International
• Reading a company’s accounts • Best practice delivering bunkers
• What to look for in a credit assessment • Best practice receiving bunkers
• Organisation • Avoiding environmental damage
• Safety issues
Coffee & Networking Break
Lunch Break
Managing a bunker business
• Negotiating Port Visit
• Organisation • Observing barge operations
• Cost control
• Regulations FRIDAY 10 June - Legal

Corporate Social Responsibility The role of the P&I clubs

• Training/spasmodic/unstructured Alvin Tan, North of England P&I
• Reputation/Poor/claims/metering/money grabbing • Claims handling
• Environment – Followers – not innovative • Charter-party clauses
• Social/Community support/Few examples visible • Charter-party disputes
• Types of insurance cover
Lunch Break
Coffee & Networking Break
Derivatives for Fuel Oil hedging
Tom James, Professor at University of Petroleum & Types of claims
Energy Studies & Executive Director and Chairman NR-X Andrew Lee, Partner - Hill Dickinson LLP
Pte Ltd • Quantity & Quality
• Forwards, swaps, basis swaps, options, Asian • Claims against Suppliers & Charterers
options, crack spread options • Terms and conditions of sale
• Shipping Company Hedging Strategies • Importance of evidence & determination of causation
• Inventory stock holding (bunker, Fuel Distributor) • Avoiding claims
• Physical Trader scenarios • Payment disputes & ship arrest
• Pros & cons of Mediation, Arbitration & Commercial
Hedging Case Study Court.
With a simulated market environment using individual
Thomson Reuters screen set-up for Fuel Oil / Bunker Oil Workshop case study
Markets at Reuters’ offices
Course quiz

Certificates presentation

End of Course
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REGISTRATION

SG $5,500pp course fees includes:

• Bed and Breakfast Accommodation at Parkroyal on Beach Road, Singapore for 6 nights (Sunday 5th June –
Friday 10th June)
• Three social networking dinner evening events
• Transportation to/from external course visits
• Course Documentation
• Course DVD
• Course Photograph
• Accredited course certification
• One year free news membership to Bunkerworld.com worth US $495

Save up to SG $550 per delegate with the Corporate Group discount offer. Register 3 attendees and receive a
10% discount for any additional passes purchased for the Singapore Bunkering course from 6 – 10 June 2011.
Course discount of SG $1,000 for delegates who do not require accommodation.

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For further information on speaking or attending Singapore
Bunkering, please contact:

events@bunkerworld.com

or call:

Asia
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+65 6324 0920

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Terms and Conditions

FEE
Includes 6 nights at the Park Royal hotel on a Bed and Breakfast basis.
Transport to/from the airport is not provided. Course materials are available
only to students who attend the course. Bookings made after 1st April must be
accompanied by a credit card confirmation.

CANCELLATIONS
Cancellations received in writing before 15th April 2011 will be subject to a service
charge of 20% of the course fee. It is regretted that cancellations received after
this time cannot be accepted and are subject to the full event fee. Attendee
substitutions are welcome any time.

ARE YOU REGISTERED?

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do not receive anything please e-mail us at events@bunkerworld.com to make
sure we have received your booking.

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