Day Two of the Propulsion and Future Fuels Conference, being held in Hamburg from 19 to 21 November, will start with a focus on biofuels and the operational experience for two and four stroke engines.
Speakers include Stefan Farhnholz, Research and Development manager for Carnival Maritime; Remco de Witte, Global Application Manager, Fuel & Lubrication Oil treatment, Alfa Laval; Dr Muhammad Usman CEng FIMarEST, Product Manager Fuel Advisory, Lloyd’s Register and Jorge Manuel Gomes Antunes, CEO, TecnoVeritas
Stefan Farhnholtz will offer updates from Carnival Maritime GmbH which is part of Carnival Corporation and serves the brands, AIDA Cruises and Costa Crociere as their marine service unit. It provides digital support to the vessels of Aida Cruises and Costa Crociere, enabling real time support in risk and crisis management as well as optimized route planning.
Remco de Witte will introduce the latest developments in the ISO8217 fuel standard, discuss feedback of ship owners on biofuel usage both in the engine and in the fuel treatment system. In his role as technical expert for the Marine separation department for Alfa Laval Remco’s main responsibilities include representing HSS Mineral Oil in various marine separator R&D projects and securing product leadership for mineral oil separation and executing and follow-up of the new products with on board tests.
Dr Muhammad Usman has 25 years of maritime industry experience, and currently he is an expert voice on marine fuels, lubes and exhaust emissions. He has been a member of ISO TC28/SC4/WG6 for over 5 years and involved in the development of the revised editions of ISO 8217:2024 (International marine fuel standard). He is also a member of TC28/SC4/WG18, developing the first quality standard for methanol as marine fuel. He is also a member of the CIMAC WG7 (fuels) and WG8 (Lubricants). He has a PhD in performance modelling of large two-stroke engines.
Dr Jorge Antunes has 40 years’ experience in ship performance and ship fleet energy management. He served at sea, as a seagoing engineer, and obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD in Marine Technology from Newcastle University, becoming lecturer of MTEC at the University of Newcastle for 20 years. He covers nuclear, diesel, Otto and gas turbine technologies, working as a consultant for some of the major engine manufacturers, in particular on dual fuel engines. He is currently developing the Hydrogen Pioneer project for Mitsubishi.
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