Mare Forum and Rotterdam Maritime Capital of Europe will host the 10th online round table of the successful series "Designing the ship of the future, 10" on Thursday, 6 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:30 Central European Time
Sense and nonsense about alternative fuels...
This theme and more will be discussed in a roundtable consisting of leading local and International Executives of the maritime industry chair-holdes . They will exchange their thoughts, ideas, and visions and try to answer the following questions (see below).
There is a need for a holistic maritime approach towards shipbuilding, shipping, ports, capital, energy security and energy transition, alternative fuels, people, digitalisation, AI, tech industries, finance, investments and regulations.
THE PANELLISTS (tentative)
The final panellists will be published soon. Stay - tuned
➤ Dimitris Monioudis Managing Director - Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, INTERCARGO Technical Committee Vice-Chairman and [WEBINAR MODERATOR]
➤ Caspar van Overklift Business Development & Manager ESG, ForestWave Navigation
➤ Ann-Christin Stucke Sustainability en circularity expert, ABN AMRO Bank
➤ Panos Zachariadis Fleet Technical Director, Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd.
➤ Joep Gorgels CFO / CBDO – Chief Financial and Business Development Officer, EST- FLOATTECH
➤ Alexander Prokopakis Executive Director, International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA)
➤ More panelists to be announced stay-tuned
AGENDA
➤ Sense and nonsense about alternative fuels
➤ Are there good predictions on alternative fuel production, capacities, rates, ports, and infrastructure?
➤ How will the need to scale up the production of clean fuels and innovative technologies for shipping in Europe be realised?
➤ How are alternative fuel suppliers preparing to provide carbon-neutral and zero-carbon fuels for shipping at scale?
➤ What are the alternative fuels producers' requirements?
➤ Will the need to use the ETS revenues generated under the EU ETS to organise the transition of the shipping sector, particularly for the uptake of clean fuels and technologies?
➤ How do we incentivise early movers but also create effective global regulations that will take more time?
➤ Is regional regulation a bad thing in the meantime?
➤ Will repair yards have the capacity to handle an upcoming wave of retrofits?
➤ How are they preparing for the challenge?
➤ What can we do now to help accelerate the availability of zero-carbon ships while at the same time reducing shipping’s footprint: slow steaming, retrofits, ESG reporting, and verification
➤ New technologies, new ships, new ideas, Perceptions and realities
➤ Who will design the zero-carbon ship of the future, and who will build the zero-carbon ship of the future?
➤ Where does the money come from to finance (green)ships, and how do you get it
➤ What are the incentives from the government and the finance industry to renew European (short sea) shipping?
➤ What steps must be taken to enhance circularity and ship recycling in Europe?
➤ What are the shipowners' requirements?
➤ Successful Decarbonization achieved - lessons to be learned
went on to undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Marine Engineering and
Marine Technology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
He has over 35 years of experience in shipping, having dealt with a multitude
of technical, purchasing, crewing, financial, operational and legal aspects
within the industry as well as repairs, acquisitions and newbuilding projects in
Japan, South Korea and China.
He is Managing Director at one of the oldest London-Greek shipping companies
(established in 1921 in London) which has operated geared bulk carriers, product oil
tankers and combination ore/oil carriers over recent years as well as Chairman-elect
of the Technical Committee of the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners
(INTERCARGO) which represents the interests of approximately one third of the
global ocean-going bulk carrier fleet.
Dimitris is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Naval
Architects, The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and The Institute of Marine
Engineering, Science & Technology and an Associate Fellow of the Nautical
Institute.
He presently sits on various industry bodies including the Council of the Greek
Shipping Co-operation Committee, DNV West Europe Owners’ Committee, Bureau
Veritas UK & Ireland Committee and Technical Committees of Lloyds Register
(Global), ABS (Europe), Korean Register (Greece) and the Union of Greek Shipowners.
He is also a member of the Marshall Islands Quality Council, the Marine Technical
Managers Association of Greece, the International Chamber of Commerce’s
Commercial Crime Services Advisory Board and the President of the Hellenic
Engineers Society of Great Britain.
Caspar has 14 years experience in ship finance, restructuring and (corporate) M&A through working at ABN AMRO and Zuyderzee Capital.
Since 1.5 years he works with ForestWave focusing on ESG regulation and business development.
Besides his role at ForestWave, Caspar is director at Caleta Participaties, a family office with investments in maritime, agriculture and energy.
Since 1997 he is Technical Director of AtlanticBulk Carriers in Greece and, since 2004 al shipping regulations (e.g.GBS, PSPC, FSA) and the prevention of others (e.g. double hull bulkcarriers). In cooperation with major Korean shipyards he has applied numerous energy saving ideas, some of which have become industry standards.
He is a Fellow member of the American Society of NavalArchitects and Marine Engineers, member of Technical Committees of several shipping Classification Societies and the Union of Greek Shipowners, Chairman of BIMCO’s Marine Environment Committee and elected in the Board of Directors of HELMEPA, the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping and MARTECMA.
He has written numerous technical guides, papers and articles and is the recipient of the 2011 Efkranti Shipping Personality award for promoting Greek Shipping internationally, the 2017 Hellenic Shortsea Shipowners Association & Shipping Personality award, the 2017 Lloyd List Achievement in Safety or Environmental Protection award, the 2019 Green4Sea Personality award and the 2021 Lloyd List “Technical Achievement” award.
Bank, focusing on the Corporate and Institutional Clients. Her responsibilities include to promote ABN AMRO’s sustainable finance services, working on Sustainability-Linked Loans, Green Loans, KPI and target setting. Further, her work involves assessing and advising clients on ESG and sustainability related risks, and helping in conducting environmental and social due diligence on the banks clients.
Within her team she is the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the shipping sector, helping amongst others to decarbonize the shipping portfolio, and representing the bank as one of the founding members in the Responsible Ship Recycling Standard Initiative (RSRS), an initiative of banks supporting and promoting responsible ship recycling, with clear expectations upon themselves and to their clients. She is further part of the Poseidon Principles “Future Principles Committee”.
Her background is in Environmental Change and Policy, and Geography.
In October 2022, I finished the Commissioner and Supervisor Program at the TIAS University / School of Business. I am ready for such a role, mainly covering financial/ESG/sales/HR matters within an organisation in the maritime/financial segments.
At the moment I am working with EST-Floattech as Co-director/CFO/CBDO. And I have an advisory role at Value Maritime and Onboard-Platform and Howden Insurance brokers and Greenstar Capital. Furthermore I am helping some others with certain maritime related financial advisory.
www.zwinmaritime.com
www.est-floattech.com
- DEPA Commercial SA. – Athens, Greece Oct. 2022 – Present: Consultant – Marine Activities
- LNG PRO Bunkers Ltd. – Athens, Greece Sep. 2017 – Sep.2022: Chief Executive Officer
- Franman – Athens, Greece May 2016 – Feb.2017: Director – Bunker Services
- Mamidakis Brothers Group – Athens, Greece Aug. 2004 – Feb. 2015: General Manager – Shipping, Bunkering, Aviation – €306 million
- Jardin Trade Investments / Hyundai Electronics – Athens, Greece Aug. 2003 – May 2004:
Assistant General Manager
- Radio Korasidis – Athens, Greece Jan. 2003 – Aug. 2003: Network Marketing Manager
- RadioShack – New York, USA May 1997 – May 2002: Joined the team as Sales Associate and within a year was promoted to Store Sales Manager.
EDUCATION
MBA in Executive Management Jan. 2003
Saint John's University – New York, USA
BSc in Business Management (Dean's list for academic excellence) May 1997
State University of New York at Stony Brook – New York, USA
ASc in Business Administration (President's and Dean's list for academic excellence) May 1995
State University of New York at Farmingdale – New York, USA
INDICATIVE TRAINING PROGRAMS
BIMCO Shipping School
Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) – Copenhagen, Denmark
Advanced Bunker Course
International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) – New York, USA
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Languages: Greek: native | English: fluent
Interests: Basketball, Tennis, Skiing, Travelling, Family activities
Family Status: Married with two children
Date of Birth: 21/01/1975
