DIARY DATE
Event: The IMarEST Stanley Gray Lectures: - ‘Biofuels and their effects on the shipping industry’
Venue: City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ
Date: Wednesday 23 April 2008
Time: 17.00 for 17.30 (followed at 18.45 by reception)
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BIOFUELS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY
Biofuels are increasingly in the news – a biofuelled airline has been flown; UK fuel suppliers are to ensure that a percentage of their sales must include biofuels and there is a lively debate about ‘feeding or fuelling the nation’. Now, in the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology’s (IMarEST) Stanley Gray Lecture, Richard Sadler FIMarEST FRINA, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd’s Register is to turn the focus on biofuels and the shipping industry.
Virgin Atlantic, Sir Richard Branson’s airline, flew the biofuelled plane; and the UK’s Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) Programme will, from April 2008, place an obligation on UK fuel suppliers to ensure that a certain percentage of their aggregate sales is made up of biofuels
In his lecture, entitled ‘Biofuels and their effects on the shipping industry’ on 23 April, Richard Sadler will cover the various types of biofuels and how they may affect marine transportation, the effect on new and existing trade patterns, the subsequent changes that this may have on suitable ship designs and sizes; together with the application of biofuels as marine fuels and lubricants.
“We are in for a fascinating evening on a topic that is proving increasingly newsworthy,” explains IMarEST’s Chief Executive, Keith Read CBE. “Although acres of newsprint has been used to debate many issues surrounding biofuels, I do not remember reading anything significant in the general press about the effects that these fuels will have on the massive global shipping industry; this lecture will certainly help to redress the balance and increase awareness of the impact that the fuels will have on many aspects of the marine sector.”
The Lecture will be delivered at the City Conference Centre, 80 Coleman Street, London EC2R 5BJ (the headquarters of IMarEST). Attendance is free of charge to IMarEST members and non-members alike. The evening begins with tea and networking at 17.00; the lecture starts at 17.30 and the post-lecture reception is at 18.45.
Reservations can be made online at www.imarest.org, through direct contact with the IMarEST Events Department at +44 (0)20 7382 2636 or at events@imarest.org
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EDITORS NOTES
About Richard Sadler
As Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd’s Register Richard Sadler is responsible to the Board of Lloyds Register for the overall performance of the Group in terms of financial and non financial results. He is an executive member of the Board of Lloyd's Register.
Richard Sadler joined Lloyd's Register in 1976 and worked in the marine, industrial and offshore sectors before moving overseas for 12 years. He returned to the UK in 1995 as Corporate IT Business Manager and held a number of posts before becoming Marine General Manager, London in 2000. Mr. Sadler moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004 as Director Ship Asset Management, and rejoined Lloyd's Register in 2006 as Lloyd's Register EMEA Director. He formally took up the position of CEO on July 1, 2007.
Richard Sadler has a BSc Naval Architecture and a Post Graduate Diploma of Welding Technology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. He is married and has two children.
About Stanley Gray and the Stanley Gray Lectures
The IMarEST Stanley Gray Lectures (and the annual Stanley Gray Awards) are named in memory of Stanley Gray who was the Chief Mechanical Engineer at the Port Directorate of Basra during the 1950s & 60s. When he died in 1973 he left half his estate to be held by the Institute in trust to create the Stanley Gray fund. He expressed the wish that the money should be awarded via a scholarship or prize to wherever the Institute saw distinction in Marine Engineering. This remit has been expanded following due process to include Marine Science and Technology. The Stanley Gray Series of prestigious lectures is held to mark his generosity to, and patronage of, the Institute.
The IMarEST Stanley Gray Lecture series was launched in 2002 to reflect the broadening scope of the Institute’s remit. This lecture was previously held once a year in June (the final Annual Stanley Gray Lecture was delivered by Hon Justice Coleman on the Derbyshire Enquiry), but is now held three times a year; each given by key figures from the fields of marine engineering, science and technology. Since this new format of three Stanley Gray Lectures each year was introduced by IMarEST, many influential members of the marine community have given lectures.
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About IMarEST
- Voucher copies/tear sheets with coverage are always welcome, as is a simple notification of use of the release to judithpatten@wwmail.co.uk
- The IMarEST (Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology) is the leading membership body and learned society for marine professionals, industry, research and education, with 49 branches and 15,000 members worldwide
- Professional Recognition: qualifications for membership are based on the educational background and/or multi-disciplinary experience ensuring that high professional standards are maintained
- The only membership body that can award Chartered Marine Scientist and Technologist, Chartered, Incorporated and Engineering Technician status to their professional engineering counterparts
- The IMarEST is part of the Marine Engineering, Science and Technology Federation
- IMarEST Marine Partners: a membership network for organisations in industry, research and education operating in the marine and offshore sectors
- Maritime journals include MER (Marine Engineers Review), The Marine Scientist, The Journal of Offshore Technology (JOT); Maritime IT & Electronics; Shipping World & Shipbuilder; and the newly launched Journal of Operational Oceanography
- IMarEST Publications: Technical Proceedings Parts A, B, C and D; and a catalogue of 100+/- books
- The IMarEST Marine Information Centre (MIC) has 36,000 references available; 86,000 references on the combined IMarEST/BMT database; and some 5,000 books and 3,000 conference proceedings
- IMarEST organisers 30-40 events and conferences annually; and was the host organisation for the World Maritime Technology Conference held in London 6-10 March 2006
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