Carbon free shipping and shipping carbon – contracts in context

On 10 November from 9 to 17, the Shipping and Ocean Law Research Group (SHOC) and Centre for Private Governance (CEPRI) at Univeristy of Copenhagen are organizing the conference: Carbon free shipping and shipping carbon – contracts in context.

The conference focuses on the implementation of regulatory initiatives to reduce carbon at the contractual level, i.e. adaption of charter parties to comply with the EEXI (Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index) and the CII (Carbon Intensity Index) and the proposed extension of the EU Emission Trading System (ETS) to cover also the maritime sector. The conference also deals with derived issues on ocean carbon storage and contracts for the shipment of carbon.

The conference takes place at: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Law, room 8A.0.57, South Campus, Njalsgade 76, DK-2300 Copenhagen S

Participation is free of charge. Please register no later than Tuesday 8 November at 12.00

Program

09.00-09.30: Coffee and croissants
09.30-09.45: Prof. Vibe Ulfbeck: Welcome and setting the scene

Part I: Regional initiatives: The EU ETS system and contracts for trading with carbon

09.45-10.00: Prof. Ellen Eftestøl, University of Helsinki: Fit for 55 and the ETS system in the maritime sector (confirmed)
10.00-10.15: Prof. Simon Baughen, Swansea University: The ETS system and ETS clauses (confirmed)
10.15-10.30: Attorney at law, Andreas Oxholm, Hafnia Law Firm: Contracts for carbon trading
10.30-10.45: Discussion
10.45-11.00: Coffee break

Part II: International initiatives and the BIMCO contract clauses
11.00-11.15: Prof. Michael Tsimplis, University of Hong Kong: From MARPOL to contracts (confirmed)
11.15-11.30: Stinne Ivø, BIMCO: Overview of BIMCO’s standard EEXI, ETSA and CII clauses, (confirmed)
11.30-11.45: Prof. Stephen Girvin, NUS: EEXI and CII in Charterparties (confirmed)
11.45-12.00: Discussion

12.00-13.00: LUNCH

Part III: Alternative models and enforcement issues
13.00-13.15: Attorney Rachael Hoyland, Hill Dickinson LLP, UK: An advisor’s experience and the Chancery Lane project (confirmed)
13.15-13.30: Dr. Jolien Kruit, Van Traa Law firm (NL): The contractual architecture of the “Blue Visby Solution” (confirmed)

13.30-13.45: Utkarsh Dubey, Zero Carbon Shipping Centre: Business models and cross value chain collaboration
13.45-14.00: PhD fellow, Vincenzo Battistella, KU: Enforcement through port state control? (confirmed)
14.00-14.15: Post doc., Asli Arda, KU: the Poseidon Principles and enforcement (confirmed)
14.15 -14.30: Discussion

14.30-14.45: Coffee break

Part IV: Shipping carbon
14.45-15.00: Søren G Nielsen, Blue Water shipping: The Greensand project and supply ships (confirmed)
15.00-15.15: Assistant professor Max Usynin: Carbon carriage and dangerous goods (confirmed)
15.15-15.30: Senior Vice President, Krester Krøger Kjær, SKULD: Insurance perspectives (confirmed)
15.30-15.45: Discussion

15.45-16.00: Coffee break

Part V: Storing carbon at sea
16.00-16.15: Niels Schovsbo, KU Geology: Storing carbon at sea
16.15-16.30: Professor Yoshifuma Tanaka, KU: Environmental Obligations to Regulate Oceanic Carbon Storage in International Law (confirmed)
16.30-16.45: Associate professor Carola Glinski, KU: Carbon storage at sea from a waste law perspective (confirmed)
16.45-17.00: Discussion and Wrap up

End of conference and drinks