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Gdansk 2008

International Maritime Statistics Forum, Gdansk, 28th - 30th April 2008

NEW! PRESS REPORT! 
Title/author: "Statistics Forum" by Mrs Urszula Kowalczyk, Maritime Institute in Gdansk
Source: "Namiary na morze i handel" magazine, no 10/723, May 2008.

Papers & Presentations

SESSION ONE: Round table discussion - data collection, use & requirements
Russ Byington U.S. Maritime Administration Uses/misuses of marine transportation data
Urszula Kowalczyk Maritime Institute of Gdansk Polish shipping cluster development
Peter Marlow IAME Presentation of IAME activities
Doug McDonald US Army Corps of Engineers Round table discussion participant
Jeremy Grove Department for Transport (DFT), UK Round table discussion participant - 
Freight Statistical System
John Dowden Chamber of Shipping, UK Round table discussion participant - UK statistics
Giuliano Amerini Eurostat Round table discussion participant
Hannu Kuikka Finnish Maritime Administration Round table discussion participant - 
FMA Presentation
Dominik Rozkrut  Szczecin branch of CSO Round table discussion participant
Andrzej Królikowski Maritime Administration Office Gdynia Round table discussion participant - 
Shipping Data and Collection
SESSION TWO: Trade and Supply Chain Data
Gary Morgan Lloyd's Register The economic outlook and impact on shipping
Xiao Lie COSCO Shipping cycles - Chinese imports and exports
Rob Wilmington Braemar Seascope Shipbuilding orderbook uncertainties
Sönke Maatsch ISL Estimating deepsea, shortsea and transhipment volumes in European North Range hub ports
Jacek Dubicki GTC Solutions for information flow in port terminals
Eva Perez Port of Valencia Assessing the convenience of using SSS lines between the Spanish Med and Italy for trucking companies
Frans Waals Dynamar Developments in Container Liner Shipping
SESSION THREE: Environmental Statistics
Erik Ranheim Intertanko Shipping and emissions
Christopher Pålsson Lloyd's Register-Fairplay Research 24 hours of shipping activity in the Port of Rotterdam
Haakon Lindstad Marintek Shipping and carbon footprint, methodology for developing a fair and descent system
Claire Wright Lloyd's Marine Intelligence Unit Methods of apportioning ship emissions to trading nations using shipping and trade data
Niklas Bengtsson Lloyd's Register-Fairplay Research Ship removals
Jakub Walenkiewicz DNV Ship repair yards' workload for the coming years
SESSION FOUR: Ship Safety and Risk
Béatrice Comby European Maritime Safety Agency Production of reliable and comparable statistical information in EMSA : from raw data to maritime knowledge
Astrid Seltmann CEFOR Recent Hull claims trends: Crew, congestion and harder trade, or purely a matter of inflation
Colin Cridland Cridland Universal Measurement of Ships
Dariusz Rudziński Polish Ship Register Ship's structure safety as a necessary condition of safe shipping
David Glen London Metropolitan University Incidence of tanker oil spills / Paper