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Copenhagen 2014

Opening Conference

IMSF programme 2014

 

Session One - SHIPPING MARKETS, TRADE AND COMMODITY DEMAND

 

Gordon Wilmsmeier - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) - The Structure and Geography of South America's Maritime Trade - Evolution of Shipping Markets and Emerging Challenges

Niklas Bengtsson - Maritime Insight - Container Market Outlook

Peter Malpas - Braemar Seascope Pty Ltd - Dry Bulk Market Overview

Selena Yan - Clarksons - Shale Oil and the Impact to the Tanker Market

Svetlana Kourmpeti - Gibson Shipbrokers - Recent Trends in the Tanker Market

 

Session Two - CHALLENGES AND RISKS - PROPULSION EMISSIONS, FUEL EFFICIENCY / ENERGY EFFICIENCY, COST IMPACT, NEW TRENDS (LNG PROPULSION)

 

Hans Otto Kristensen - Danish Shipowners' Association - Overview of Technical Measures to Decrease the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI)

Haakon Lindstad - Marintek - Cost and Emission Assessment of Future Maritime Fuels and Engine Technologies

Zhengyu Li - DVB Bank SE - Shale Gas Impact on LNG, LPG and Chemical Market

Frederikke Munk Soerensen - MAN Diesel & Turbo - Impacts of Emission Regulations on Shipbroking

Colin Cridland - Clarksons - Commercial Impacts of Vessel Emission Regulations

Per Marcusson - Rolls-Royce - Merchant Monthly Contracting Activity

 

Session Three - SHIPPING SUPPLY - MANAGING SUPPLY, SHIPBUILDING TRENDS, SLOW STEAMING, OPERATIONAL INEFFICIENCIES, SCRAPPING, COSTS, REDUNDANCY

 

Herbert Izomor Anyiam - Global Maritime Bureau - Need for Harmonisation of Statistics on Global Maritime Crimes

Niels B. Clausen - MAN Diesel & Turbo - Technology Advances & Shipbuilding Trends

Vesa-Pekka Virkki - Wartsila - Wartsila Vision on Sustainable Shipping

Urszula Kowalczyk - Maritime Institute of Gdansk - Paradoxes of Maritime Transport and Shipbuilding Statistics

Astrid Seltmann - Cefor - The Nordic Association of Marine Insurers - Expensive Vessels = Expensive Repairs? Post Costa Concordia Trends for Hull Claims and Vessel Values

Jakub Walenkiewicz - DNV GL - Drivers Behind Offshore Ordering

 

Session Four - MARKETS AND MEASURES - UNIVERSAL SHIP MEASUREMENT, COUNTRY OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT, INDICES, PRICES, STATISTICAL / ECONOMIC MEASURES

 

Mette Bendorff Andersen - Danmarks Skibskredit A/S - Market Outlook

Patrice C�t� - Transport Canada - Marine Transport in the Canadian Arctic

Wally Mandryk - Lloyd's List Intelligence - Analysis of European Port Traffic - Profile and Emerging Trends

Leonard Hockley - L J Hockley & Co Ltd - The Assessment of Freight Rates to Take Account of Changes in Route Patterns, Ship Sizes and Fuel Efficiency

Peter Sand - BIMCO - Shipbuilding Trends - What to Expect as We Are Moving Forward to 2025

Jenny Braat - Danish Maritime Authority - Shipbuilding Seen from a European Perspective