EUROPEAN SHORTSEA CONFERENCE PARIS 14/03/2013
List of participants
Introduction to speakers
Agenda (click on speakers name to download the presentation):
Opening
Welcome by Antoine Person, Chairman, BP2S (Bureau de Promotion du Shortsea Shipping/Shortsea Promotion Centre France)
Opening remarks by Brian Richardson of the IMDO (Irish Maritime Development Office) and current Chairman of the ESN (European Shortsea Network)
Introduction and presentation of the day by Alfons Guinier, Secretary General, ECSA
Shortsea Markets: best practice
Introduction and moderator: Alfons Guinier
Maritime and port operators of different types of shortsea traffic and their views of the market:
Analysis of the « UK and Irish shortsea freight RoRo and LoLo markets » by Peter Baker, Managing Director, PRB Associates
View of two shortsea operators between the British Isles and the Iberian Peninsula:
Container service by Guy Adams, General Manager Northern Europe, MacAndrews (CMA CGM Group)
Ro-Ro freight service by Christophe Mathieu, Group Strategy & Commercial Director, Brittany Ferries
View of a port: Focus on shortsea services and reefer developments by Christine Cabau Woehrel, Chief Executive Officer, Dunkerque-Port
Views of two shipping agents :
Mediterranean Sea : Turkey-France (U.N. RoRo) and Tunisia-France (CTN) services by Tan Aktuna, Line Managing Director, Worms Services Maritimes
Black Sea : Shortsea shipping current and future developments in BS by Nikola Hristov, Chairman, Bulgarian Association of Ship Brokers and Agents
Q & A Session - Open-floor Discussion
Shortsea sector: environmental challenges and opportunities
Introduction and moderator: Hans Kristian Haram, Director, Shortsea Promotion Centre Norway
Round table: panellists introduced and elaborated the three main options (MDO/MGO, LNG and scrubbers):
Martial Claudepierre, Marine Environment Leader, Bureau Veritas
Dominique Bouchez, Quality Product Manager, UFIP
Jean-François Chapuy, Senior Sales Manager, MAN Diesel & Turbo
Thierry Chanteraud/Jean-Paul Sarrio, TOTAL Marine Fuels
Andrzej Buzckowski, Sales Director, WÄRTSILÄ
Debate and Q & A Session - Open-floor Discussion
Shortsea services: users' and potential users' views
Introduction and moderator: Philippe Bonnevie, Chairman, Maritime Transport Council ESC (European Shippers Council)
Preamble: Which tools for shippers? Haropa' grouping experience by Marc Laplace-Builhe, Liner Shipping Manager, Le Havre Port
Shippers and forwarders/logistics providers - from various industrial and trade sectors - experience and feedback:
William Songeur, Purchasing & Logistics Director, Calcia/Italcementi
Knut Sander, Managing Director, Robert Kukla
Carola Lentiez, Shortsea Project Manager, Kuehne+Nagel
Q & A Session - Open-floor discussion
Shortsea development: other views and perspectives
Introduction and moderator: Alfons Guinier
European Shortsea and Multimodal Business by Jens Holger Nielsen, CEO, Samskip
European Shortsea development by Patrick Norroy, Policy Officer for Maritime Transport and Logistics Unit, European Commission DG MOVE
Development and promotion of shortsea shipping on the St. Lawrence river by Martin Fournier, President, Quebec Shortsea Shipping Council & Executive Director, St. Lawrence Shipoperators
Questions and discussion
Conclusions by Alfons Guinier
Closing remarks and perspectives by Brian Richardson