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Previous Annual Meeting

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