New Orleans 2009
International Maritime Statistics Forum, New Orleans, 4th - 6th May 2009
SESSION ONE: Shipping Economics & Shipping Market Analysis
| Elizabeth Gomez Rouhani | IHS Global Insight | World Trade Services |
| Niklas Bengtsson | Lloyd's Register - Fairplay | Car industry crash & vehicle shipping market foundering |
| Jakub Walenkiewicz | DNV | Massive orderbook - massive problem? |
| Wally Mandryk | Lloyd's Maritime Intelligence Unit | Measuring seaborne trade |
| Pat Tye | Gibsons | Conversions |
| Gordon Wilmsmeier | Edinburgh Napier University | Recent empirical research in maritime transport in LAC |
| Kong Fan-hua | COSCO | The current maritime economy and China's role in it |
SESSION TWO: Logistics & Port Economics
| Eva Perez | Fundacion Valenciaport | Integration of foreign trade & maritime transport statistics in Spain |
| John Dowden | Chamber of Shipping | UK shipping & ports |
| Bruce Lambert | US Army Corps of Engineers | Port Statistics and performance measures |
SESSION THREE: Shipping & the Environment
| David V Grier | US Army Corps of Engineers | US Waterways: inland and deep draft initiatives |
| Russ Byington | US Maritime Administration | US IWW market model |
| Chris Palsson | Lloyd's Register - Fairplay | Ports: part of the solution - and of the problem |
SESSION FOUR: Maritime Human Resources
| Urszula Kowalczyk | Maritime Institute of Gdansk | Manpower - a question about safety |
| Doug McDonald | Army Corps of Engineers | New data capture initiatives & benefits from stimulus package |
SESSION FIVE: Status reports
| Peter Marlow | IAME | Maritime statistics - a new forum for practitioners |
| Eva Perez | Fundacion Valenciaport | Update: Europe: possible biases & errors |
| Giuliano Amerini | Eurostat | Update: Eurostat Task Force |
| Doug McDonald | Army Corps of Engineers | Update: US; Marview |