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Hamburg 2018

Opening Conference

IMSF programme 2018

 

Session One - TOP TOPICS IN SHIPPING

 

Niklas Bengtsson - Lloyd's List Intelligence - Shipping Market Round up

Russell Thompson - Tradeviews - The Future of Artificial Intelligence in Shipping

Dr Patrick Beullens - University of Southampton - The economic speed of a time-chartered ship

Andrew Lorimer - Datamar - East Coast South America: shipping statistics and market overview

 

 

Session Two - THE FUTURE OF SHIPPING: Regulation, Emissions, Digitisation

 

Simon Bennett - International Chamber of Shipping - IMO CO2 Strategy – A brief update

H. Elizabeth Lindstad - Marintek - Cleaner Fuels in shipping or are Climate and Cost better off with HFO & Scrubbers?

Dalibor Gogic - IHS Markit - Future regulation and possible scenarios for future fleet developments

Harilaos N. Psaraftis - Technical University of Denmark - The profit maximising liner shipping problem: logistical and environmental considerations

Ronald Brand - Chevron Seaborne trade and lubricants demand: the strange conundrum

Johannes Schmidt - HPC-Hamburg Port environmental sustainability: the most efficient and most feasible measures

 

 

Session Three - PORTS and SAFETY 

 

Dr. Gordon Wilmsmeier - Universidad de los Andes - Sustainable performance in Terminals

Dr. Jürgen Sorgenfrei - MWP China´s One Belt/One Road-Initiative - serious competition for the maritime industry

Vasileios Kosmas - KLU - The maritime search and rescue operational response to mixed migration flows

Tuula Madekivi - MacGregor - Container terminal automation & intelligent cargo handling

 

Session Four - SHIPPING MARKET UPDATE

 

Frederikke Munk Sørensen  - MAN - Shipbuilding Outlook

Katarina Gilblad - Argonomics - Walls work both ways: snapshots of potential impacts of protectionism on trade

Jakub Walenkiewicz - DNV GL The coolest cargo makes the hottest headlines – LNG update

Pat Tye - Gibsons - Crude and Products Tanker markets