More than 45 maritime industry technical leaders attended the 36th Hellenic Marine Technical Committee Meeting of Bureau Veritas Piraeus, which was held on Wednesday 22nd November 2023 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Athens. The meeting was hosted by Mr. George Andreadis, Marine Chief Executive Greece, and was chaired by the Committee Chairman, Mr. George Sarris, President of Enterprises Shipping & Trading S.A.
The Committee included two sessions. The first session was opened with Mr. Vassilis Dimoulas, Technology and Innovation Director for SEEBA Zone whose presentation focused on retrofitting for alternative fuels and the technical challenges that emerge, as these have been experienced by BV through ongoing projects. Dr. John Kokarakis, Technical Director for SEEBA Zone presented the challenges and loopholes of Fuel EU Maritime, followed by Mrs Maria Lambardaki, Project Developer, who elaborated on some frequently asked questions concerning EU ETS. Vassilios Dimoulas finished the first session with a presentation about nuclear power and marine propulsion, including recent BV activities, followed by a Q&A session and open discussion.
The second session of the Committee commenced with Mr. Bill Stamatopoulos, Global Business Development Director Verifuel, who made an insightful presentation of the new ISO 8217:2024 standard. He was followed by Dr John Kokarakis, whose second presentation was about bridge poster modifications after ShaPoLi/EPL. The last presentation was delivered by Mr Kostis Antonopoulos, Eastern Mediterranean Representative of RightShip, whose subject was RightShip’s GHG 2.0, followed by a lively discussion.
Mr. Andreadis stated: “The 2023 committee subjects were a mix of the current, the upcoming, and the future regulations and technology. At Bureau Veritas we are “at your side”, ready to assist our clients through their decarbonization journey, both in the short and in the long term. Listening to our client's concerns and opinions is instrumental in shaping the services of Bureau Veritas and the technical committee meeting is one of the most important instruments of this continuous communication and discussion with the maritime industry."
Dr John Kokarakis, Mr Nikos Argyros
Mr George Kotsyfis, Mr George Andreadis, Mr Mike Kasmas
Mr Antony Lambros, Mr Evangelos Tzitzis, Mr George Andreadis, Mr Haris Giantzikis, Mr Panos Kourkountis
Mr George Mantalos, Mr Zenon Kleopas, Mr George Andreadis, Mr Fotis Belexis
Mr Bill Stamatopoulos, Mr Vassilis Dimoulas, Mrs Paillette Palaiologou, Mr George Sarris, Mr George Andreadis, Dr John Kokarakis
Mr Vassilis Dimoulas
Mr George-Paul Perantzakis, Mr John Ioannidis, Mr Dimitris Kostaras
Mr Manos Migadis, Mr Nikos Argyros
Mrs Paillette Palaiologou, Mr George Kotsyfis
Group Photo
Mr Spyros Kontoulis, Mr Vassilis Sarris, Mrs Paillette Palaiologou, Mr Aris Pantos, Mr Mike Kasmas
Mr Panagiotis Damianakos,- Mr Vladimiros Maragkoudakis
Mr George Andreadi, Mr Panagiotis Vassiliou, Dr John Kokarakis
Mr George Sarris, Mr George Andreadis