Successfully running for the 13th consecutive year, the 2010 Global Liner Shipping event hosted over 200+ attendees, making it the key calendar event for all stakeholders and decision makers in the liner shipping industry.
This years` conference looks at the
`new era in liner shipping`. It will provide answers to key questions on the main issues and lessons learnt by the industry from the recession. It will more than ever feature high quality strategic and analytical presentations from industry leaders across the sector and facilitate an open and honest discussion on:
- Impact of volatile freight rates on supply and demand
- What is the future of ocean freight derivatives?
- How far has the industry progressed in greening the supply chain?
- Overview of emerging markets of Africa, Latin America, Middle East and Asia - transport policy, infrastructure and bottlenecks
- The pros and cons of slow steaming- what has the industry learnt?
- Container security and new challenges - what more lies ahead?
- Port capacity and hinterland development
- Renewed debate for either an end or a review of the limited anti-trust immunity granted to ocean carriers operating on US trade lanes
- What progress has been made on environmental taxation over the past years?
