ACI’s 9th Vessel Efficiency & Fuel Management Summit will examine the performance enhancing options available to ship owners and ship managers for efficiency maximisation and increased profitability. Special focus will be put on how to increase the fleet’s fuel optimisation rate, providing proven techniques as showcased by real case studies. Reporting tools for measuring performance and specific fuel-efficiency devices will also be examined. This event will analyse how to increase overall efficiency and performance by minimising the fleet’s energy demands.Key Presentations for 2014:Using Performance Data Analytics to Save FuelAssessing the Details of Vessel Performance with New TechnologiesFocus on Fuel Quality & AdditivesAssessment of How Navigation Equipment Contributes to Fuel OptimisationCase Study: Trim Optimisation- Development of This Overtime and Associated Savings in Performance CostsMarine Hull Coating: Investment, Suitability of Product and Expected ROIMarket Update on Effective Voyage Planning TechnologyImplementing a Successful Retrofit ProgramDeciding on LNG as a Fuel- The Challenges and AdvantagesMatching Relevant Legislation and Regulatory Updates to Existing Fuel Consumption StrategyOptimisation & Management of Fuel ConsumptionEmploying Main Engine Modifications in Order to Optimise Fuel EfficiencyMonitoring The Impact of Human Operational Efficiency on Fuel ConsumptionType Specific ECDIS Training Who Will Attend?All ACI’s events attract a targeted group of senior level executives and decision-makers from industry.  Our meetings are strictly end-user focused.  Delegates will be drawn from  ship owners & ship managers, chartering companies and bunker traders and include Managing Directors, General Managers, Vice-Presidents, Fuel-Purchasers and Bunker Traders, as well as Fleet Directors/ Fleet Managers, Technical Directors/ Technical Managers, New Buildings Directors and Managers, Superintendents, Operations Directors/Managers.EU Agenda readers/subscribers are entitled to a discount on registration. For more information, full agenda and discounted registration please contact Dimitri Pavlyk on +44 (0)203 141 0627 quoting MBF9D10