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Conferences & Workshops
Workshop on Alternative
Fuels for
Ferries and Other Vessels
The Division of Advanced Technology, Office of
Shipbuilding and Marine Technology, is currently formulating a five-year plan to
accelerate the use of economical, low air emission, marine power plants in the U.S. inland
and coastal waters. This action is based on new environmental regulations, new
technologies, and a growing industry need. To aid in the formulation of the
five-year plan, MARAD, in collaboration with the Federal Highway Administration, hosted a
two-day workshop in the San Francisco area to explore the potential for using alternative
fuels aboard marine vessels.
Below is the agenda from the workshop and the
presentations which can be viewed by clicking on them.
Workshop on Alternative Fuels for
Ferries and Other Vessels
Naval Air Station Officers Club and Conference Center
Alameda, CA
November 1 & 2, 2000
Objective: Identify the potential to reduce marine air emissions
with alternative fuels and the inherent challenges of doing so.
DAY ONE
MARAD’s Low Air
Emission Marine Power Plant Program
by Richard P. Voelker, Maritime Administration
Transportation Equity
Act, National Ferry Study by Keynote Speaker – Robert Gorman, Federal Highway
Administration
Introduction to Workshop
Sessions by Daniel J. Gore, Maritime Administration
First Session - Emission Concerns and the Potential for Natural
Gas Marine Engines
Trends in International,
Federal and Local Marine Emission Regulations by James J. Corbett, PhD.,
University of Delaware
California Marine
Emission Issues
by Jackie Lourenco, California Air Resources Board
Evolution of Bay Area
Ferry Plans and Environmental Issues
by Ian Austin, PhD.,USR Corp
Present and Future
Emission Prospects for Diesel and Natural Gas Fueled Marine Engines
by Neil
Blythe, Former Chairman of Environment Committee – American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) - Internal Combustion Engine Division
Second Session - International Experience with Natural Gas
Ferries/Vessels
Norwegian LNG Ferry
Experiences and Views of Future Developments
by Per Magne Einang, Marintek
Canadian Dual Fuel
Vessel Experiences and Views of Future Development
by Ralph Marwood, Marine Design
Associates
United Kingdom LNG Fast
Ferry Program and Challenges
by Paulo Bernardes-Silva,
Iguana Seacraft
DAY TWO
Third Session - Economic, Regulatory and Logistic Issues
USCG Policy Development
Regarding Shipboard Natural Gas Utilization
by Lt Robb Wilcox, United
States Coast Guard
Shoreside Considerations
for Natural Gas Fueling by Norm Stone, Pacific Gas and Electric
Economic
Incentives for Alternative Fueled Vessels Carl Moyer, Congestion Mitigation and Air
Quality Program (CMAQ), Emission Credit Trading, Tax Credits, Legislation etc.
by Mike Jackson, A.D. Little Inc.
Fourth Session - Other Alternative Fuels and Technologies
Other Alternative Fuels,
Fuel Cells and Other Transit Mode Alternative Fuel Experiences by John Boesel,
CALSTART
Hydrogen Rich
Fischer-Tropsch Fuel (Synthetic Diesel from Natural Gas)
by Venkat
Venkataraman, National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy
Marine Demonstration of
Off-The-Shelf Fuel Cell Technology
by Bill Cratty, Sure Power Inc
Fifth Session - Developing a Framework for the Future
Vessel Operator Desires for
New Technology Demonstrations
by Captain David Clark, Golden Gate Bridge,
Highway and Transportation District
Opportunities for Low
Air Emission Marine Power Plant Demonstrations
by Larry Watkins, South
Coast Air Quality Management District
Low Air Emission
Strategies at the Port of Houston
by Laura Fiffick, Port of Houston
To receive information on MARAD sponsored conferences or to recommend the subject matter
for a proposed conference, please contact
Richard
Voelker by phone at 202-366-0006.
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