British firm Idwal is building a commanding position in the vessel inspection business, conducting an S&P inspection on 45% of all vessels sold across the world last year.
The company is bringing a strong delegation to Geneva Dry on May 2, the world’s premier commodity shipping event, keen to rub shoulders with the many shipowners coming to Switzerland.
“As a company focused on bringing new transparency and technology innovation to vessel inspection, we look forward to connecting with industry leaders about how data can drive positive change,” says George Haysom, the chief commercial officer at Idwal.
Maintaining older vessels will be an increasing challenge this decade
The company has just launched Idwal ID, a new condition improvement programme, delivering defect management, benchmarking and analytics.
“With the dry bulk fleet ageing, maintaining older vessels will be an increasing challenge this decade, so understanding the condition of them will be critical for efficiency of operations and for S&P,” Haysom says. Available broking data shows dry bulk vessels older than 16 years grew by 12% last year.
A trend Haysom is keen to see in the spotlight at Geneva Dry is how dry bulk operators can leverage data and technology more efficiently.
Come May 2, the inaugural Geneva Dry will kick off with a whole afternoon devoted to digital, a chance for delegates to probe through the myths and hype, to explore what shipping’s myriad tech providers can actually do to improve owner and operator bottom lines.
The three digital sessions on the opening afternoon of Geneva Dry kick off with an hour on digital efficiency drivers with top names from Oldendorff Carriers and Cetus Maritime among the speakers followed by a workshop on making data actionable and finishing with what promises to be a lively debate on the future of fixing, moderated by Mandarin Shipping’s Tim Huxley with well known names from the likes of Bahri, Lauritzen Bulkers and Arrow as panellists.
Designed to be the annual global summit for the dry bulk shipping community, the event now boasts an extraordinary mix of shipowners, trading companies, miners and tech providers, all due to convene at the Hotel President Wilson on the shores of Lake Geneva on May 2 and 3 this year.
The high-level summit is split into relevant sectors to make delegates’ time more targeted and rewarding. Sessions also include minor bulks; agri-commodities; coal; iron ore; and decarbonisation.
The full Geneva Dry agenda can be accessed here.
Geneva Dry registration, at just $650, can be accessed here.
Special Geneva Dry rates at the President Wilson Hotel can be found here.
