BlueBridge Maritime Istanbul 2026 Presentation Series
About This Event
Two Days of Maritime Technology, Solutions & Practical Insights
Join us on 4–5 November 2026 for two days of focused technology presentations, taking place live on the main stage inside the Europort Istanbul exhibition.
The BlueBridge Maritime Istanbul Forum will bring together technology providers, solution companies, shipowners, shipyards and maritime professionals for a practical, solution-focused programme showcasing technologies and innovations designed to address real operational challenges across the maritime industry.
The focus is on practical answers to real industry questions: What does the technology do? How does it work? How can it be implemented? What challenges does it address? And what measurable benefits can it deliver to shipping companies and shipyards?
- Dates
- Nov 4,5, 2026
- Hours
- 10:30 – 17:00
- Venue
- Yenikapı Expo Center
- Format
- Onsite
- Capacity
- 250 seats available
- Organised by
- BlueBridge Maritime
Programme
Day 1 · Wednesday, 4 November 2026
- 11:30
Turkish Shipyards: Global Role, Technology & CompetitivenessStrategic positioning of Turkish yards in the global shipbuilding market — digital transformation priorities, green technology readiness, workforce and capacity outlook for 2027–2030.Speaker to be announced
- 12:00
Optimizing Engine Room Footprint and CAPEX: Next-Generation Integrated Marine Compressed Air SolutionsHow next-generation integrated compressed-air systems reduce engine-room footprint, CAPEX and operating cost while supporting efficient vessel design
Oscar de GroenManager International Marine Sales, KAESER KOMPRESSOREN SEOscar de Groen
Holding an M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering since 1990, Oscar de Groen brings extensive technical leadership across the industrial gas and maritime sectors. The former Managing Director and Owner of an Italian nitrogen and oxygen generator manufacturing firm, he has specialized in marine nitrogen systems and marine air compressors since 2005. Since 2019, he has driven the development and expansion of the marine business at KAESER KOMPRESSOREN SE in Germany.
KAESER KOMPRESSOREN SE
KAESER KOMPRESSOREN SE is a world-leading manufacturer and provider of compressed air systems, headquartered in Coburg, Germany. Founded in 1919, the family-owned company delivers premium, highly energy-efficient air compressors, air blowers, and air treatment solutions designed for maximum reliability and low lifecycle costs. For the international maritime and shipbuilding industries, KAESER provides compact, class-approved rotary screw compressor packages engineered specifically to optimise engine room footprint, lower CAPEX, and reduce onboard energy consumption. Backed by a global network of dedicated Marine Service Hubs, KAESER guarantees round-the-clock service, seamless parts logistics, and technical support in ports worldwide.
- 12:30
One Accountable Partner: Compliance That Starts with the SeafarerShips trading with Europe now report the same voyage data to several providers for EU ETS, FuelEU Maritime, IMO DCS and CII. The crew repeats the work, the numbers don't always match, and no one owns the full picture until the verifier or the invoice arrives. This session looks at where that fragmentation costs owners, operators and managers, and what changes when it is fixed at source: one accountable partner, backed by former master mariners, naval architects and marine engineers, connecting voyage, compliance and carbon decisions from ship to shore.
Capt. Mohit SabharwalBusiness Development Lead, OceanOptCapt. Mohit Sabharwal
Capt. Mohit Sabharwal is the Business Development Lead at OceanOpt and a Master Mariner with over 25 years of experience across the maritime, offshore, and energy sectors. His expertise spans decarbonization, emissions compliance, voyage optimisation, and maritime digital transformation, helping shipping companies improve both operational and environmental performance.
Having progressed from seagoing command to maritime technology leadership, he has helped scale global ventures, drive strategic growth, and deliver data-driven solutions that enhance fleet efficiency, compliance, and sustainability outcomes.
OCEANOPT
OceanOpt enables maritime companies to navigate the increasingly complex regulatory landscape while also improving operational efficiency, compliance, and sustainability performance. Combining deep maritime expertise with practical, data-driven solutions, OceanOpt helps shipowners, managers, and charterers manage emissions obligations, optimize vessel operations, and make informed commercial decisions. The company's scope of services includes EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime compliance, carbon management and emissions reporting, maritime sustainability and decarbonization advisory, voyage and port call optimization, energy efficiency and performance management, and marine consultancy services. Guided by its philosophy of "One Accountable Partner," OceanOpt provides end-to-end support across the compliance and sustainability journey, helping clients reduce risk, control costs, and achieve their environmental and operational objectives with confidence.
- 13:30BREAK UNTIL 13.30
- 14:00
Ship Performance Data: Noon Reports to MRV/SEEMPProviding digital voyage optimisation and advanced environmental performance tools that feed directly into MRV/ETS compliance workflows.
Selin SarıProduct Manager- StormGeo, StormGeo (part of Alfa Laval)Selin Sarı
Selin Sari is a Product Manager at StormGeo, specializing in Fleet Performance and maritime digital solutions. Previously working as a Fleet Performance Manager, she brings hands-on industry experience to her role, combining maritime expertise with a strong focus on product development, customer needs, and data-driven performance improvement.
StormGeo (part of Alfa Laval)
StormGeo, part of Alfa Laval, is a global provider of advanced weather intelligence and decision-support solutions for shipping, energy, and weather-sensitive industries. StormGeo helps its clients navigate dynamic environmental conditions with powerful solutions that transform complex data into actionable insights, enabling smarter, safer, and more sustainable decisions, backed by 24/7 support, deep industry expertise, and real-time guidance.
- 14:30
What Class Will Actually Accept: Evidence Standards for Drone Based Inspection of Tanks and Hulls”Drone and sensor-based inspection is only useful if the evidence it produces meets classification-society requirements — this session breaks down what documentation, resolution and traceability standards actually satisfy class surveyors today. Covering tank and hull inspection specifically, with real examples of what's been accepted versus rejected. A practical session for technical superintendents and surveyors weighing whether to adopt drone inspection on their fleet.
Jared SeufertSenior Manager of Strategic Initiatives, Altomaxx OffshoreJared Seufert
Jared Seufert is the Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Altomaxx Offshore, where he focuses on international business development and market expansion. Since joining Altomaxx in 2020, he has led drone inspection operations across five continents, spanning confined space visual inspection of tanks, holds and voids, hull gauging, methane detection, and subsea survey. He brings both technical depth and field experience to every engagement.
Altomaxx Offshore
Altomaxx Offshore is an inspection company providing class-accepted remote inspection and ultrasonic thickness measurement services to the maritime and offshore industries across the globe. Holding service supplier approvals under ABS, DNV, and Lloyd's Register, Altomaxx conducts confined space visual inspection of tanks, holds, voids and offshore structures, as well as hull gauging, deploying drone technology to eliminate the need for confined space entry and traditional staging. The company operates the world's only accredited ISO 21384-3 certification body, recognised by the Standards Council of Canada, and has completed inspection operations across five continents for clients in ship repair, tanker operations, offshore oil and gas, and terminal management.
- 15:00
Augmenting Maritime Procurement with MCP Tools-From intermediary-driven provisioning to direct, self-service port supplyGlobal vessel provisioning and port supply are still fragmented across systems, spreadsheets and manual processes. Technical teams spend hours coordinating quotes, inventory and meal planning while paying intermediary margins for basic coordination. NERMO replaces this with a direct, API-first platform powered by Model Context Protocol (MCP), connecting vessels to vetted vendors, automating RFQs and giving operators full transparency and control over port spend — whether used by humans or AI agents.
Wynand WinterbachNERMOWynand Winterbach
Wynand Winterbach is the founder of NERMO. He brings seven years of hands-on operational leadership across maritime procurement, provisioning, vendor management, and systems development, alongside a foundational background in management consulting and international finance. Combining deep maritime domain knowledge with software engineering, Wynand focuses on replacing fragmented, manual workflows with deterministic systems and direct integrations. He holds a degree in International Relations and is dedicated to helping shipowners and technical managers eliminate intermediary margins, reduce administrative friction, and gain direct control over their port operations.
NERMO
NERMO (Networked Endpoint for Routing Maritime Orders) is an API-first maritime infrastructure platform that replaces legacy procurement and catering intermediaries with direct, self-service order routing across ports globally. Designed for seamless use by both human operators and AI agents via hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) endpoints, NERMO unifies technical procurement, on-board stock tracking, recipe-driven victualing, and structured RFQ generation into a single continuous workflow. By connecting ship operators directly to pre-vetted local vendors without hidden goods markups or broker spreads, NERMO automates transaction compliance (including real-time sanctions screening and MLC 2006 standards) while returning side-by-side, normalised quotes and building auditable fleet intelligence that operators own.
- 15:30
Reducing CO2 emission by using intelligent automationThis session will explore how intelligent electric valve automation and precise measurement solutions help ship operators reduce energy consumption, optimise ballast and cargo operations, and lower CO₂ emissions in daily vessel performance.
Thomas MahlKey Account Manager-AUMA Segment Marine, AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KGThomas Mahl
Thomas Mahl is Key Account Manager at AUMA Segment Marine, specializing in valves and electric actuators for more than 30 years. He works closely with valve manufacturers and shipyards around the world.
AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG
For more than 60 years, AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG has been designing and manufacturing electric actuators and valve gearboxes and counts among the internationally leading manufacturers in the actuator automation industry. Marine and naval sector , energy sector, water industry, petrochemical industry as well as users from the most diverse industrial applications rely on AUMA's sophisticated and well-proven products. 2,900 employees, 35 locations worldwide. Modular product scheme. A company in motion – AUMA.
- 16:00
Consultant's Corner — Maritime B2BWinning international clients; open-floor discussion.
Boran BekbulatVision Work B.V.Boran Bekbulat
Boran Bekbulat is a commercial strategy and scale-up expert who helps technology and engineering companies turn technical success into predictable revenue and sustainable growth.
With more than 15 years of international commercial leadership experience and over €500 million in high-value contracts generated throughout his career, he specialises in complex B2B environments where growth requires more than simply selling harder.
His philosophy is simple: predictable revenue is the outcome of predictable leadership decisions.
Boran works with LEADERS to determine where to play, what to prioritise, how to position their business and how to build the commercial systems required to scale.
He is the creator of the Revenue Focus Reset (RFR™), Strategic Commercial Leadership (SCL™), Revenue Operating & Governance System (ROGS™), and Commercial Scale-Up Strategy (CSS™) frameworks.
Before founding Vision Work B.V., Boran progressed from engineering and project management into senior international commercial leadership, giving him a distinctive ability to bridge technology and commercial reality, strategy and execution, and leadership decisions and revenue outcomes.
Vision Work B.V.
Vision Work works with founders and leadership teams of technology and engineering companies to turn technical success into commercial success. We help leadership make better decisions about where to play, which opportunities to prioritise, how to win, and how to build the commercial structure needed to make revenue growth more predictable.
Day 2 · Thursday, 5 November 2026
- 11:30
Critical Communications & Safe Navigation: GMDSS, Distress Systems & Satellite ConnectivityGMDSS-related electronics, bridge-to-shore critical links.
Dan RooneyDirector, Maritime Business Development, Iridium Communications IncDan Rooney
Dan is the Director of Maritime (EMEA region) for Iridium. Based in northern Spain, Dan brings over a quarter century of maritime communications experience from across the industry, working with Iridium since 2018. Dan’s role is pivotal, delivering Iridium GMDSS, Broadband Companion, Certus Citadel and alternative Position, Navigation & Timing solutions to the maritime market. In 2018, the International Maritime Organisation appointed Iridium as a GMDSS provider, with thousands of vessels depending upon Iridium to provide the most modern maritime safety, security and business-continuance solutions globally.
Iridium Communications Inc
Iridium Communications Inc. operates the world's only truly global mobile satellite network. It serves as a platform for innovation, enabling voice, data, and messaging, positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT), and aircraft surveillance services anywhere on Earth. Through its satellite constellation and integrated capabilities like Aireon, the world's only space-based air traffic surveillance system, Iridium delivers services that support safety-focused operations across aviation, maritime, government, industrial, and consumer markets. The company is a leader in satellite Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and is advancing direct-to-device (D2D) communications based on open standards to expand access to satellite services. Iridium innovates through an ecosystem of more than 500 technology and distribution partners, serving millions of customers worldwide.
- 12:00
Smart Ports, Mooring & Ship–Port InterfaceSmartPort technologies, automated mooring, fenders, docking aids and port-side data for safer, faster ship–port operations.
Burak UcarSales Manager, Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure Europe, TRELLEBORG GroupBurak Ucar
Burak Uçar is Sales Manager Europe at Trelleborg Marine & Infrastructure, specialising in marine fender solutions for ports, terminals, and marine infrastructure projects across Europe. He works closely with port authorities, engineering consultancies, contractors, and terminal operators to deliver safe, reliable, and efficient berthing solutions. Burak combines technical knowledge with commercial expertise to help customers optimize vessel berthing safety, asset performance, and long-term operational efficiency.
TRELLEBORG Group
With over a century of experience, Trelleborg Marine and Infrastructure has established itself as a global leader, renowned for its high-quality engineered polymer and technology solutions. In the maritime sector, the company offers a comprehensive suite of solutions that are pivotal to the industry's success. From advanced marine fenders and docking and mooring systems to cutting-edge safety systems for oil and gas transfer, navigation and piloting systems, and ship performance monitoring technology, Trelleborg's solutions are shaping the future of marine and infrastructure industries, ensuring safety, efficiency, and sustainability.
trelleborg.com/en/offerings/your-industry/ports-and-marine/solutions-for-ports-and-marine
- 12:30
Connected Vessels – Secure Multi-Orbit Connectivity & Data ContinuityConnectivity design during build, LEO/MEO/GEO strategies, secure ship-shore data.
Dimitrios PapaharalabosSenior Director Business Development, Tototheo GlobalDimitrios Papaharalabos
Accomplished senior executive with a global leadership and international exposure to multi-country, multi-client mix. Focused and effective communicator with strong record of achieving results at all levels of organization. Well-rounded leadership experience with more than 28 years in technology, international sales, business development, product marketing, project management, leading start-ups, business strategy and operational execution. Proven expertise in global sales and in supervising complex projects from initial negotiation to final delivery. More than 10 years academic experience in multidisciplinary fields. An alumnus of Harvard Business School and an active member of HBS Club of London, Chios Marine Club and Nieuwe of Litteraire Societeit De Witte.
Tototheo Global
Tototheo Global is a leading provider of connectivity and technology solutions, enabling maritime, enterprise, and government customers worldwide. Through the integration of satellite communications, digital technologies, and intelligent infrastructure, the company enables reliable, secure, and future-ready operations, helping organisations navigate an increasingly connected world.
- 13:30BREAK UNTIL 13.30
- 14:00
Fuelling the Transition: Alternative Fuels, Bunkering & Practical Pathways to DecarbonisationAs shipping moves toward LNG, methanol, ammonia and hydrogen, the practical challenge is not only fuel availability but safe, reliable bunkering and transfer operations. This session looks at the real-world pathways to alternative-fuel adoption, with a focus on the systems and connections that make bunkering safer, faster and spill-free — and what shipowners and terminals need to put in place for 2027–2030.
Bruno BelenaAfter Sales Coordinator, MannTek SolutionsBruno Belena
Bruno Belena is After Sales Coordinator at MannTek Solutions, specializing in service, maintenance, and technical support for marine transfer systems, including LNG applications. He works closely with customers and service teams to coordinate service operations and develop practical solutions that ensure equipment reliability, safety, and performance.
MannTek
MannTek develops customised couplings and solutions for safe and environmentally friendly handling of aggressive fluids and gases. We stand for innovation, safety, and constant development. Our goal is to always give our customers a smooth partner, quality products, and sustainable solutions. Furthermore, our transfer and emergency release systems are proven in marine and offshore operations worldwide. Built around safety, redundancy and compliance with international marine standards, they help operators reduce risk while keeping operations efficient.
- 14:30
Voyage Optimisation in Practice: Weather Intelligence & Routing Analytics to Reduce Fuel Costs and Improve CIIReal-time weather routing, sea-state forecasting and voyage-planning analytics that help reduce fuel consumption, improve CII performance and support more efficient operational decisions.
Yunus KayaSenior Sales Manager – Shipping, StormGeo, StormGeo (part of Alfa Laval)Yunus Kaya
Senior Sales Manager -Shipping, Stormgeo.
Yunus Kaya is a senior commercial professional in the maritime industry with over 14 years of combined onboard and shoreside experience. He works closely with shipowners, operators, and managers to deliver practical, high-impact solutions across commercial performance, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
At StormGeo, Yunus has spent the past 6 years driving value for clients in voyage optimisation, environmental compliance, and decarbonization. His work sits at the intersection of digitalisation and commercial decision-making, helping shipping companies navigate increasing regulatory pressure while maintaining competitiveness.
With a strong understanding of both operational realities and commercial priorities, Yunus focuses on translating complex challenges into actionable strategies that deliver measurable results.
StormGeo (part of Alfa Laval)
StormGeo, part of Alfa Laval, is a global provider of advanced weather intelligence and decision-support solutions for shipping, energy, and weather-sensitive industries. StormGeo helps its clients navigate dynamic environmental conditions with powerful solutions that transform complex data into actionable insights, enabling smarter, safer, and more sustainable decisions, backed by 24/7 support, deep industry expertise, and real-time guidance.
- 15:00
Real-Time Monitoring in Practice: Onboard Sensors, Engine Health and Operational DecisionsThis session explores the practical shift from traditional noon reports to real-time monitoring using onboard sensors for engine health, fuel consumption and emissions. It shows how accurate sensor data supports better operational decisions, predictive maintenance and improved CII performance.
Omur KARATASOrtech Marine A.S - 15:30
Cameroon’s Ports: Your Gateway to African Markets-Port Development, Regulatory Framework and Investment OpportunitiesAn overview of Cameroon’s port landscape, regulatory framework and development priorities, presented by the National Port Authority. Drawing on the ports of Douala and Kribi, the presentation will highlight investment opportunities, digitalisation and smart-port solutions, as well as prospects for partnerships with Turkish and international port and logistics stakeholders.
Ms Beti Assomo ReineTechnical Adviser, National Port Authority of Cameroon
National Port Authority of Cameroon
An overview of Cameroon’s port landscape, regulatory framework and development priorities, presented by the National Port Authority. Drawing on the ports of Douala and Kribi, the presentation will highlight investment opportunities, digitalisation and smart-port solutions, as well as prospects for partnerships with Turkish and international port and logistics stakeholders.
- 16:00
Connecting Maritime Businesses with African Markets: The Africa Pavilion and Blue Economy Trade MissionBlue Ocean International will explain how the Africa Pavilion and the Blue Economy Trade Mission connect maritime businesses with African institutions and potential commercial partners. Shipowners, operators and maritime suppliers will discover opportunities to discuss port and logistics needs, request targeted introductions and explore cooperation with participating delegations. The session will outline how these initial exchanges can lead to structured follow-up and practical next steps.
Joseph Junior SehCEO- Blue Ocean InternationalJoseph Junior Seh
Joseph Junior Seh is the founder of Blue Ocean International, a Netherlands-based advisory firm connecting African and international maritime and port stakeholders. With a background in international cooperation and partnership development, he coordinates a growing network of representatives, businesses and experts in African coastal and port cities to facilitate collaboration with international partners.
Blue Ocean International
- 16:30
Electrification & Hybridisation at Sea: From Technology to Practical Energy SolutionsHow electrification, drives, hybrid power and energy management reduce fuel consumption and support lower-emission operationsSpeaker to be announced
Speakers
15
Presenting companies
14
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