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BERGEN: Navigating 2025: Key Shipping Trends and Challenges

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- , Opus XVI, Vågsallmenningen 16, 5014 Bergen, Bergen

For the third year in a row, Thommessen is pleased to invite you to our New Year's seminar where we, together with industry experts from Pareto Securities, will have a closer look at some of the key trends and developments shaping the maritime sector in 2025: EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime, contractual challenges in connection with armed conflicts and the impact of geopolitical unrest on the shipping market.

Agenda

16:30-17:00

Registration and light serving

17:00-17:30

EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime – General update, experiences so far and how to plan for the future
Partner Mads Haavardsholm and Senior Associate Sofie Mæland Tykvenko from Thommessen will give a brief update on the inclusion of the maritime industry in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) one year after coming into force in 2024 and guide you through the FuelEU Maritime Regulation entering into force on 1 January 2025. These two instruments are the key instruments implemented by the EU in an effort to reach the "Fit for 55" target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030.

17:35-17:55

Ongoing armed conflicts – Owners' position towards banks, insurers and charterers
Armed conflicts and sanctions continue to put pressure on Owners' relationship with their banks, insurers and charterers. Thommessen Partner Henrik Hagberg and Specialist Counsel Emilie Falch will look at specific challenges which arise in connection with trading and sanctions clauses in financing agreements, insurance contracts and charterparties and steps to take to align same.

18:00-18:20

Geopolitical tensions and conflicts – Impact on the market; trading patterns, freight rates etc.
Geopolitical tensions and conflicts play a crucial role in shaping global trade dynamics. Russia's invasion of Ukraine with the ensuing sanctions and export restrictions targeting the Russian economy, the tensions in the Middle East, including attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, and the growth of the dark fleet are some of the geopolitical factors impacting the maritime industry. Pareto Securities' Head of Research Eirik Haavaldsen and Analyst August Klemp will present their views on how some of these geopolitical factors impact the shipping market.

Expertise

Speakers

  • Image of Henrik Hagberg, Partner og Advokat See CV for Henrik Hagberg

    Henrik Hagberg, Partner Advokat

    Henrik has broad experience from working with both contentious and non-contentious matters within the entire shipping and offshore industry, inter alia in connection with shipbuilding and offshore construction, sale & purchase and financing of vessels and rigs, including project finance, emergency response and casualty investigation and marine and energy insurance related matters, including insurance cover disputes. Henrik has been involved in the majority of the maritime casualties in Norwegian waters the last 10 years. Henrik also has experience from the Norwegian oil and gas industry, in particular with respect to the Norwegian gas export industry.
  • Image of Mads Haavardsholm, Partner og Advokat See CV for Mads Haavardsholm

    Mads Haavardsholm, Partner Advokat

    Mads is a partner in our Shipping & Offshore department, advising clients with i.a. contract negotiations, transactions and corporate restructurings, primarily within the shipping and oil service sectors.
    He regularly advises companies with charterparty negotiations and disputes, sale and purchase of drilling rigs and vessels, shipbuilding and offshore construction projects, as well as all types of service and supplier contracts. He has also assisted with the establishment of several joint ventures and handled a large number of transactions and corporate restructurings.
  • Image of Emilie Falch, Specialist Counsel og Advokat, Solicitor (England & Wales) See CV for Emilie Falch

    Emilie Falch, Specialist Counsel Advokat, Solicitor (England & Wales)

    Emilie Falch is a Specialist Counsel in Thommessen. She is a dual qualified English and Norwegian lawyer and part of the shipping and offshore team.

    Emilie is an experienced shipping lawyer. She was several years with Wikborg Rein in their shipping offshore department in London and in Oslo. She has also been in-house legal counsel in DNV and worked with marine insurance (P&I and FDD) in Skuld. Emilie provides advice within all aspects maritime law. She has particular experience in assisting shipowners, charterers, yards and marine insurers with contractual advice and negotiations in addition to dispute resolution and court and arbitration proceedings in England and Norway. She also has experience with sale and purchase, financing and casualty work.

    Emilie is a board member of Incentra SA and vice president of WISTA Norway. She is part of the Center for Continuing Legal Education’s (Juristenes Utdanningssenter) academic committee for Shipping Offshore and she is an external examiner in English Law of Contract at the University of Oslo.
  • Image of Sofie Mæland Tykvenko, Senior Associate og Advokat See CV for Sofie Mæland Tykvenko

    Sofie Mæland Tykvenko, Senior Associate Advokat

    Sofie primarily advises Norwegian and international clients with a variety of contentious and non-contentious matters related to the shipping industry. She regularly provides advice on contractual negotiations as well as environmental and compliance regulations. Sofie regularly participates in proceedings before the courts of Norway and in arbitraton proceedings. She has an LLB from King's College London and an LLM in Maritime Law from the University of Oslo. She has been seconded to an International Group P&I Club, as well as an English law firm as a trainee solicitor. Sofie is a qualified solicitor of England & Wales.
  • Image of Eirik Haavaldsen // Head of Research, Pareto Securities

    Eirik Haavaldsen // Head of Research, Pareto Securities

  • Image of August Klemp // Equity Research, Pareto Securities

    August Klemp // Equity Research, Pareto Securities