HNS Convention

Workshop

Workshops on Implementation of the HNS Convention

Updated 5 June 2006

 

Workshop in London on 25 and 26 May 2006

The Secretariat of the IOPC Funds organised its second Workshop on the HNS Convention on 25 and 26 May 2006. The second Workshop provided an opportunity to learn about the shipping and chemical industries' perspectives on ratification and some of the practical problems faced by States that were in the process of ratifying the Convention.

Copies of the individual PowerPoint presentations given at the Workshop can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

Zipfile containing set of all presentations

 

The role of the IOPC Funds

Joe Nichols (IOPC Funds)

Incidents involving HNS

Karen Purnell (ITOPF)

Which issues still need further attention

Willem Oosterveen (Netherlands)

Industry Perspectives - OCIMF

Martin Kelly (OCIMF)

Industry Perspectives - IPIECA

Rob Cox (IPIECA)

Industry Perspectives - CEFIC

Jean-Claude Lahaut (CEFIC)

Submission of reports on contributing cargo

Catherine Grey (IOPC Funds)

Availability of data on HNS transport by sea Alun Lewis (Consultant)
Practical examples - Netherlands Jan de Boer (Netherlands)
Practical examples - Spain Esteban Pacha (Spain)
Ratification by States - Canada Mark Gauthier (Canada)
Ratification by States - Greece Petros Kontopoulos (Greece)
Ratification by States - UK Claire Boam (UK)

 

Draft List of Participants

 

 

 

Workshop in London on 28 and 29 June 2005

The Secretariat of the IOPC Funds held a Workshop in London on 28 and 29 June 2005 to facilitate States' preparations for ratification of the HNS Convention and to address the need for the uniform interpretation and application of the Convention.

The following guide was originally developed by the IOPC Funds' Secretariat to form the basis for that Workshop.  The guide was refined after the Workshop, taking into account observations made during the discussion at the Workshop.

Guide to the Implementation of the HNS Convention

Copies of the individual PowerPoint presentations given at the Workshop can be downloaded by clicking on the links below.

Zipfile containing set of all presentations

Overview of the Convention

Jerry Rysanek (Canada)

What are HNS?

Joe Nichols (IOPC Funds)

The shipowner and his insurer

Erik Rosaeg (Norway)

The HNS Fund

Måns Jacobsson (IOPC Funds)

Contributing cargo and the receiver

Willem Oosterveen (Netherlands)

Accounts and sectors /Reporting contributing cargo

Catherine Grey (IOPC Funds)

Interaction with other conventions

Måns Jacobsson (IOPC Funds)