A total of 145 delegates participated at the 11th COA Members Meeting in Amsterdam on Monday 26 November 2012. Presentations can be downloaded by COA Members:
Parallel Session A: Container Refrigerants
Update on the current status regarding counterfeit refrigerants and contaminated refrigeration machinery
Mark Bennett
Senior Vice-President, Triton Container
Moderator, COA Reefer Forum
Gas Sniffer Tube Testing
Marco Kramer
Director,
Holland Reefer Service
Lars van Ham
RAE-Benelux
GC Lab Testing
Miranda den Heijer
Sales Executive ARA
Inspectorate, The Netherlands
Parallel Sesssion B: Cargo Operations – CINS and Flexitanks
Cargo Incident Notification System (CINS) – Status Report
Dirk Vande Velde – Chairman, CINS
Corporate Manager – MSC Chemical Transports,
Director Environmental and Social Business Affairs
CINS: Analysing Operational Information on Cargo and Container Incidents
Peregrine Storrs-Fox
Risk Management Director
TT Club
COA Flexitank Developments: Updated to Code of Practice
Chris Thornton
COA Flexitank Manager
COA Flexitank Developments: the need for an International Standard
Andrew Watson
Director, Braid Logistics
COA Flexitank Developments: Status report on the Publicly Available Standard (PAS) for Flexitank Manufacturing
Patrick Hicks
COA Secretary
Update on the IMO / ILO / UN ECE Guidelines for packing Cargo Transport Units (CTUs)
Bill Brassington
ETS Consulting
Plenary Session: Container Industry Developments
COA Status and Developments
Bernard Isoard
Chairman, COA
IPPC: Minimising Pest Movement by Container
Mike Downes
Senior Technical Expert, Maersk Line
Member of the IPPC Expert Working Group
COA Depot Division
Marc Van Hoeydonck
General Manager, Depots – Inchcape Shipping Services
Chairman, Belgian Container Depots Association
Quality Control of Plywood Panels
Dr Roland Karnbach
Chairman,
German Container Depot Association
Alternative Materials Session: Container Flooring and Container Paints
Nigel Stribley
Director, Blue Sky Intermodal
Co-ordinator, COA Alternative Materials Working Group