Double-Hull Tanker Legislation: An Assessment of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (1998)
Chapter: Appendix D
APPENDIX D Committee Meetings and Activities
Committee Meeting
First Committee Meeting, March 9-10, 1995, Washington, D.C.
The following presentations were given by guest speakers:
Overview of Coast Guard objectives and status of Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-380) (OPA 90) and International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted in 1973 and amended in 1978 (MARPOL) implementation
Capt. Dennis Bryant, U.S. Coast Guard
Second Committee Meeting, June 12-13, 1995, Irvine, California
The following presentations were given by guest speakers:
Effect of OPA 90, Section 4115 on tank vessel inspection—procedures and concerns
John Ferguson Deputy Chief Surveyor, Lloyd's Register of Shipping Linwood Poindexter, Vice President, North American Region, ABS America
Effect of OPA 90, Section 4115 on insurance of tank vessels operating in U.S. waters
John Hickey, President, American Hull Insurance Syndicate
Effect of OPA 90, Section 4115 on tank vessel sale, purchase, and chartering patterns
Samuel Jones, President, Mallory Jones Lynch Flynn and Associates
John Loucas, Vice President, McQuilling Brokerage Partners
Effect of OPA 90, Section 4115 on tank vessel design, producibility, and cost
Yoshiaki Sezaki, Manager, Design Division, Shipbuilding Headquarters, Hitachi Zosen Corporation
Third Committee Meeting, October 9-11, 1995, Washington, D.C.
The following presentations were given by guest speakers:
Industry perspectives on OPA 90, Section 4115
Miles Kulukindis, Chairman, INTERTANKO1 and President and Chief Executive Officer, London and Overseas Freighters Ltd.
Dagfinn Lunde, Deputy Managing Director, INTERTANKO
Eric Shawyer, Chairman and Chief Executive, E.A. Gibson Shipbrokers Ltd.
Martin Stopford, Managing Director, Clarkson Research Studies
Insurance perspectives on OPA 90, Section 4115
Nickolai Herlofoson, Managing Director, Gard P&I
Shipbuilding perspectives on OPA 90, Section 4115
Jung Nam Lee, Executive Vice President, Sun Jong Park, and Byung 0. Kim, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Richard Neilson, Manager, Research and Concept Design, Newport News Shipbuilding
Financing perspectives on OPA 90, Section 4115
James Grubbs, Senior Industry Analyst, Global Shipping Group, Citibank, N.A.
John Newbold, Division Executive, Global Shipping Division
Coast Guard comments on implementation of OPA 90
RADM James Card, U.S. Coast Guard
Fourth Committee Meeting, February 1-2, 1996, Irvine, California
The following presentations were given by guest speakers:
Engineering, maintenance, and inspection aspects of double-hull fleet operations
Richard Whiteside, Engineering Manager, British Petroleum
Double-hull tanker operations
Mitch Koslow, General Manager, Keystone Shipping
Measures to reduce oil spills from existing tank vessels without double hulls—highlights and rationale for U.S. Coast Guard proposed rule
Paul Cojeen. U.S. Coast Guard
Determining change in quality of the tanker fleet
Jack Klingel, U.S. Coast Guard
Fifth Committee Meeting, April 25-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.
The following presentations were given by guest speakers:
Barge industry perspectives on OPA 90, Section 4115
Tom Allegretti, President, and Jennifer Kelly, Vice President, American Waterways Operators Jon Wales, Vice President, Reinauer Transportation
Sixth Committee Meeting, June 17-18, 1996, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Studies Performed Under Subcontract
Comparative Study of Double-Hull vs. Single-Hull Tankers. 1996. Herbert Engineering Corporation, San Francisco.
Forecast of Petroleum Flows and Tanker Needs, 1995-2005. 1995. PIRA Energy Group, New York.
Seasonality Trends. 1996. William Gassman. Department of Ocean Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge.
Tanker Supply and Demand Analysis, Task 1 and Task 2. 1996. Navigistics Consulting, Boxborough, Mass.
Tankships Calling on U.S. Ports, 1990 and 1994. 1995. Institute for Shipping Analysis, Göteborg, Sweden.
U.S. Coast Guard Oil Spill Data, 1978-1995. 1996. Robert Brulle. Fairfax, Va.
Other Activities
Testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Douglas C. Wolcott, June 4, 1996.
