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MONDAY,
10 OCTOBER, 2011 |
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Registration open |
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TUESDAY,
11 OCTOBER, 2011 |
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7:30-8:30 am |
Registration |
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8:30-9:00 am |
Welcoming remarks |
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9:00-9:25 am |
Opening Keynote #1 |
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Nicholas Kwan, Chief Economist Asia, Head of Research East, Standard
Chartered Bank |
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9:30-9:55 am |
Opening Keynote #2 Sponsored
by: |
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Rodolphe Saadé, Executive officer, CMA CGM |
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10:00-10:30 am |
Morning coffee/tea break Sponsored
by: |
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10:30-10:55 am |
Opening Keynote #3 |
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Rob Kusiciel, VP Inbound Transportation, Wal-Mart |
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11:00-11:25 am |
Opening Keynote #4 |
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Rolf Habben-Jansen, CEO, Damco |
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11:30-12:30 |
Roundtable discussion with keynote
speakers |
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12:30-2:00 pm |
Networking Lunch Sponsored by: |
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2:00-3:15 pm |
The container market as of
October- did 2011 see a turnaround or was it a “lost year”? |
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The carriers did not plan for the
conditions they saw in the first half of 2011. Coming off their historic
rebound in 2010 from the Great Recession lows of the prior year, the industry
fell back into a traditional pattern of over-tonnaging, seeing the
re-appearance of losses in the 1st quarter and hoping that the
peak season would turn the industry around beginning in the summer. The
carriers also warned that a strong peak season could lead to container
shortages. To what extent this scenario played out will be obvious by TPM
Asia and by then it will be possible to get a decent picture of how the slack
season and 2012 is shaping up for supply, demand, and the freight rate
market. Moderator, Paul Page, Editorial
Director, The Journal of Commerce Rod Riseborough, Chief Executive Officer, CTS (Container
Trade Statistics) Ltd. Brian Conrad, Executive Administrator, Transpacific
Stabilization Agreement |
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3:15-3:45 pm |
Afternoon coffee/tea break
Sponsored by: |
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3:45-5:00 pm |
An altered China manufacturing
landscape |
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China is in a period of structural
change in which the model of coastal manufacturing based on a limitless
supply of cheap migrant labor is being rapidly supplanted by a more complex
environment where a favorable labor market is most likely to be found far
from the ports. Some companies are finding this trend supports their goal of
serving the growing China domestic market, but it still means new challenges
in managing a longer and more complex inland supply chain. In this context,
rail for container transport is taking on greater importance as this system
continues to advance. This session will probe the major trends and peer into
the future. Chris Bonner. VP-Distribution and Global Logistic,
Callaway Golf Mathijs Slangen, Maritime Advisor, Seabury |
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Parallel session: |
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3:45-5:00 pm |
Ultra Large Container Ships and
the Asia-Europe trade - How will the market be affected by the step up to the
next generation of container ship size? |
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BCOs are already demanding three
way meetings with carriers, terminals and BCO present to address the
important issue of service and unloading time at terminals with the
introduction of ULCS, especially on the Asia-Europe trade. With longer
unloading times for ULCS, smaller vessels will no longer be able to unload
simultaneously. How do terminals propose to deal with this in terms of
productivity, port and hinterland infrastructure? Will carriers adopt new
service strategies around express service vs slower service with smaller
vessels and more terminal drop offs. Will 3PLs need to improve intermodal
logistics productivity to ease the effect on overall delivery time? Moderator: Barry Horowitz,
president, CMS Consulting Marcel Egger, CFO, Eurogate Group Hua Joo Tan, Executive Consultant, Alphaliner |
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5:00-8:00 pm |
Welcome reception |
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WEDNESDAY,
12 OCTOBER, 2011 |
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7:30-8:30 am |
Registration |
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8:30-9:00 am |
Opening address |
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9:00-10:15 am |
Doing business with container
lines- BCOs discuss their issues & priorities |
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Managing carrier and transport
vendor relationships through the ups and downs of the past two years has been
a monumental challenge for BCOs, who on the ocean side are trying to balance
the need for competitive pricing with requirements for capacity especially if
tightness were to suddenly re-appear as it did so unexpectedly and
dramatically in early 2010. The presence of reliable 3rd party rate indices
are giving shippers and carriers greater comfort to enter into multi-year
agreements, while BCOs are also taking a much closer look at inland China
costs especially as manufacturing increasingly gravitates to inland regions. Moderator, Peter Tirschwell,
Senior Vice President, UBM Global Trade/The Journal of Commerce |
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10:15-10:45 am |
Morning coffee/tea break |
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10:45-12:00 am |
Carrier perspective on
contracting, rates, 2012 outlook |
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The container industry is rapidly
becoming the most analyzed transportation sector in the world, perhaps
over-analyzed, but ultimately what counts is what carriers think and what
they do. They will decide where to deploy ships, how many of them, and what
size, and will adapt or not to different ideas regarding contracting and
evolving relationships with BCOs and 3PLs. Carriers’ views are thus sought
after and followed closely by customers and other stakeholders. In this
session, we will hear from carriers on several key topics of importance. |
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12:00-2:00 pm |
Networking Lunch |
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2:00-3:15 pm |
Intra-Asia trade |
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The intra-Asia market continues to
experience strong growth but remains spot-market driven. Still, the myriad
ways the intra-Asia market is developing offers insights into the growth of
Asia as an interdependent regional economy gradually being de-coupled from
established markets in Europe and North America. This session will analyze. |
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Parallel Session 2:00-4:00 pm |
Container freight
derivatives workshop sponsored by: |
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With the development of neutral
freight rate indices in 2009, container shipping took its first steps towards
being a far more transparent market. Today, as those indices have begun to
show freight rates showing tentative signs of strengthening after a long
period of decline, 3PLs and carriers can benefit from benchmarked contracts
and rate hedging to manage price movements and volatility. In this session,
the Container Freight Derivatives Association (CFDA) will present a workshop
offering delegates a substantive briefing on what freight derivatives are,
how future prices can be used in forecasting, and will describe scenarios for
managing freight rate volatility. There are still misconceptions about these
new tools and CFDA members will be on hand to facilitate a frank and open
discussion, illustrating how the basis for shipper/carrier relationships can
be materially improved. Cherry Wang, Container Freight Derivatives Broker, ACM/GFI
Group Benjamin Gibson, Freight Derivatives Brokers, Clarkson
Securities Limited Michael Rainsford, Container Freight Trader, Morgan Stanley Isabella Kurek-Smith, Director, Head of
Freight and Energy Markets Mark Fitzpatrick, Division Director, Macquarie Group Ltd |
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3:15-3:45 pm |
Coffee/tea break |
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3:45-5:00 pm |
The South China
shipping and logistics environment- where is it headed? |
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Numerous developments are changing
the South China logistics landscape. The Shenzhen government has been working
hard to establish the Shenzhen Free Trade Zone, which will eliminate customs
clearance constraints which inhibit free flow of transportation and will
encourage traders to make Shenzhen an international transport, allowing
import/ export without VAT and duties and with relatively relaxed customs
clearance procedures and more open and transparency customs rules and
regulations that it will help Shenzhen to be captured business opportunities
in transportation and act as an logistics hub in Mainland China. Also, the
long awaited Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge is due to be completed in
2015-2016, giving Hong Kong a number of competitive advantages in further
developing logistics industry, possibly strengthening its position as a
transportation hub in the region. |
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Cool
Cargoes China Conference
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TUESDAY,
11 OCTOBER, 2011 |
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07:30-5:00 |
Registration opens |
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5:00-8:00 pm |
TPM Asia welcome reception – All
Cool Cargoes China delegates welcome |
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WEDNESDAY,
12 OCTOBER, 2011 |
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8:00-9:00 am |
Registration |
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9:00-9:15 am |
Welcoming remarks |
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9:15-9:40 am |
Opening Keynote #1 |
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Jorge Sanchez, Director, Agricultrual Trade Office, Guangzhou Foreign
Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture |
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9:40-10:05 am |
Opening Keynote #2 |
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Thue Barfod, Asia and Middle East Business Development Manager,
Maersk Line |
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10:05-10:45 am |
Morning coffee/tea break –
sponsorship available |
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10:45-12:15 pm |
Panel 1 - Expanding the cold chain |
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China’s rapidly expanding demand
for a more diversified diet translates directly into expanded demand for
refrigerated warehouse space, not only in the coastal cities, but inland as
well. What are the most important components and considerations when
developing a cool warehouse system or seeking a warehouse vendor? What do
shippers need from public refrigerated warehouse companies? High-technology
features can help lower energy costs and improve food safety. |
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Moderator: Stephanie Nall, Editor, Cool Cargoes |
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12:15-2:00 pm |
Networking Lunch – sponsorship
available |
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2:00-2:50 pm |
Panel 2 – Best practice and food
safety in the cold chain |
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Using the right procedures in
handling food and pharmaceuticals throughout the entire cold chain not only
improves food and medicine safety, but can reduce waste and extend shelf life
of valuable goods. Food safety affects not only imports of high-value goods:
Chinese firms wanting to enter the market in the U.S. and Europe need to
ensure they meet international standards. |
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Moderator: Stephanie Nall, Editor, Cool Cargoes |
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2:50-3:15 pm |
Opening Afternoon Keynote #3 |
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Troy Shortel , Senior VP - Great China, Havi Logistics |
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3:15 pm |
Cool Cargoes conference closes |