Conference Program (Actual, March 21-23, 2018)

2018 Ferry Conference March 21-23, 2018

The 4th Annual Conference of the Worldwide Ferry Safety Association (WFSA) occurred on March 21-23, 2018.

Photo by Mitch Waxman

Introduction: Setting the agenda

Panel 1: Vessels & Landings: Developed/Developing World

• Moderator, Charles Cushing, C.R. Cushing
• Aluminum ferries, John Waterhouse, Eliot Bay Design Group
• Composite ferries, Martin Grimnes, Arcadia Alliance, Maine
• Maintenance and resilience of floating landings, Dominic DeSantis, McLaren Engineering Group
• Designing a vessel for the Singapore Straits, Student awardees of international design competition:
  • Jangka Rulianto and Rahmat Diko Edfi, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember Surabaya, Second Prize
  • Marcus Teo Tze Kang, Captain, Singapore Collaborative, First Prize

Panel 2: Training

• Moderator and Speaker, Capt. John Garvey, Staten Island Ferry, Director, Ferry Operations
• Reporting about first annual global survey (conducted by WMU, New Wave Media, Marine LMS), Murray Goldberg
• Navigating the crowded harbor--simulator training, Rich Paine, Hornblower

Panel 3: Affordable real time weather route information

• Moderator, James DeSimone, Staten Island Ferry
• Maritime weather information: Automatic reporting, a new paradigm, Joseph Sienkiewicz, NOAA
• 3D printed ferry weather monitors: status, Catherine Lawson, AVAIL

Panel 4: Technology

• Moderator, Len Roueche, FRS and WFSA
• Electric ferries and use of their data, Ryan Bishop, ABB
• The multiple applications of AIS, David Hewson, Vessel tracker
• New global maritime imperative for ferry safety: Need and opportunity, Roberta Weisbrod, WFSA

Student awards ceremony

Aleik Nurwahyudy, Maritime Safety Investigator at National Transportation Safety Committee, Indonesia.

Student awardees, 5th International Design Competition for a Safe Affordable Pax Ferry for the Singapore Straits between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Electric-Spectrum ferries (diesel hybrid, all electric and hydrogen fuel cell)

• James Wong, NYCEDC, introduction to topic
• Len Roueche, FRS/WFSA, facilitator

Batteries

Jon Diller, Spear Power Systems

Designers

• John Waterhouse, Elliot Bay Design Group
• Anders Hansen, OSK
• Ralph Duncan, BMT

Builder

Martin Grimnes, Arcadia Alliance (last few slides)

Equipment suppliers

• Joe Hudspeth, Global Marine at BAE Systems
• Ryan Bishop, ABB
• Mikael Brandel, Cavotec

Operators

• John Sainsbury (Gee’s Bend), HMS consulting
• Joe Burgard, Red and White Lines, San Francisco Bay