Major-end users, specialist consultants and manufacturers of leading edge equipment are all among the speaker lined up to present at the European debut of the World Class Crane Management Seminar, being held in Amsterdam, 27-19 May.
The seminar programme has been specifically designed to b of the broadest possible interest to managers and engineers across the whole spectrum of the lifting industry.
The opening address will be given by Rolf Lovgren, chairman of the International Organization for Standardization committee ISO TC96-SC5 (Use, Operation and Maintenance of Cranes). He will also deliver a paper on achieving world class crane management through the use of International Standards, a subject on which he is recognised as a world authority.
Mammoet engineering manager Wessel Helmens will describe how the Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, was recovered through the innovative use of massive strand jacks.
Søren Jansen, managing director of Danish rental company BMS, will present a paper on the dilemma facing mobile crane hire companies in Denmark and the quest for achieving shareholder value.
Kurt Thomsen, director of maritime lifting contractor A2SEA, will describe the development of a new solution to the difficulties of erecting of erecting wind turbines offshore.
Paul Wisman, technical manager of ECT Delta Terminal in the Netherlands, will discuss the relationship between the construction of a crane and safety, maintenance costs, availability and reliability.
From PAT Group, Marc Ostertag and Gregor Leuschen will offer an insight into the future development into electronic safety systems.
Alain Voyatzis, general director of SMIE, will explain how anti-collision technology developed for tower cranes is now ready to be transferred to other lifting applications such as mobile cranes, harbour lifting, shipbuilding, scrap-handling and EOT factory cranes.
Steve Cooke, service director of Ainscough Crane Hire and committee member of ESTA, the European crane hire association, will discuss the harmonisation and normalisation of mobile crane standards from a user’s perspective.
Kimmo Hytönen, managing director of Innocrane, will discuss the technical possibilities and limitations of load sway resistance technology.
‘Cutting the cost of crane motion control’ is the subject of a paper to be delivered by Lars Tuve Hansson of ABB.
Hitec director Tom Bremer will present a paper on ‘Man-machine interface and simulation aided training’. He will bring a portable offshore crane simulator, so that the delegates within or after the programme can test the simulator abilities. Hitec O will offer a prize for the best ‘crane operator’ at the conference.
Further speakers are still subject to confirmation, but the line-up already established ensures a not-to-be missed lifting industry event.
The World Class Crane Management Seminar is supported by Crane Partner International and the magazines Cranes Today and Hoist. It is organised by Wilmington Publishing. For further information, or to get a booking form, please contact Julie Rossiter at Wilmington Publishing, email: jrossiter@wilmington.co.uk, tel: (+44) 208 269 7823, fax:( +44) 208 269 7874
