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The Programme:
[by 20 FEBRUARY 2004]
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Wednesday 25th
February
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14:00
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INTERTANKO SEMINAR:
The Tanker World
Today
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Leading
figures from the tanker industry give their thoughts on
the key issues facing the industry today.
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chairman:
 Basil
Papachristidis
Chairman,
Hellespont Steamship Corp.,
Greece
Speakers to include:
Frederick
Tsao
Chairman IMC Shipping
Martin Stopford
Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research
Peter
Swift
Managing Director,
Intertanko
Bob
Bishop
Chief Operating Officer, V. Ships shipmanagement UK
Richard
Leslie
Permanent Secretary, International Association of
Classification Societies Ltd.
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16:00 |
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REGISTRATION
SHIPPING CHINA 2004 CONFERENCE |
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18:00 |
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WELCOME RECEPTION hosted by
V.Ships |
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Thursday 26 February 2004
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08:00 |
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Registration
and coffee
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09:00 |
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The organisers:
Trond Lillestolen
Publisher,
TradeWinds A.S.
Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director, Mare Forum
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09:05 |
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The Conference Chairman:
John
Guy
Partner
Merlin Corporate Communications
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Session 1
Setting
the Scene; Identifying the Objectives
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09:10 |
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Hong
Shanxiang
Vice Minister, Ministry of
Communications
Lu
Haihu
President, Shanghai
International Port (Group) Co. Ltd
Zhang
Ye
President,
Shanghai Shipping Exchange
Captain
William Schubert
The U. S. A.
Maritime Administrator
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THE MARKET
China’s Long and Short Term Trade and Energy
Requirements
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10:00 |
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WHEN
will China fulfill its potential as the main engine of
the world economy? And how will the Chinese economy
develop to that point?
Arthur
Kroeber
Managing
Editor, The China Economic Quarterly,
China
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10:10 |
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World
Trade & Energy Outlook and Where China fits into the
global picture
Martin Stopford
Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research |
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10:20 |
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China’s
Domestic Shipping Developments: what will China provide
for itself, and what will it demand from the rest of the
world
Captain Wei
Jiafu
President & CEO,
COSCO GROUP
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10:30 |
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What are the Strategies of Chinese Shipping Companies
for Future Development?
Shi
Jia Mao
Assistant President, China Shipping
(Group) Company
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10:40 |
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Discussion
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11:10 |
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Break hosted by
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THE SHIPPING MARKETS &
MARKET FORCES |
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session 2
Comprehensive Shipping Market Forecasts
Defining the China effect on
specific shipping markets
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session chair:
Marianne
Lie
Director General,
Norwegian Shipowners Association,
Norway
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11:40 |
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Container
market Outlook
Nick Hubbard
Director,
Howe Robinson & Co. Ltd
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11:50 |
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Dry
Bulk market Outlook
Colin
Gridland
Head Research Department, Braemar Seascope Ltd UK
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12:00 |
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Oil
and Gas market Outlook
Martin Stopford
Managing Director, Clarkson’s Research
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12:10 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion Leaders -audience participants on
the following theme:
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Is
China a THREAT or an OPPORTUNITY for the global shipping
market?
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DISCUSSION LEADERS:
Wang
Chunlin
Assistant President, SINOTRANS
China
Basil
Papachristidis
Chairman,
Hellespont Steamship Corp.,
Greece
Wang
Shouren
Secretary General, China Shippers' Association
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12:45 |
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Lunch hosted by
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session 3
Shipfinance:
Where will
the money come from to finance China’s shipping
development?
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session chair:
Gust
Biesbroeck
Deputy Director
Global Shipping Group FORTIS Bank N.V.,
The Netherlands
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14:10 |
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China's developments for ship finance
business
Madam
Liang Xiang
General manager, Export Credit Dept.
The Export & Import Bank of China
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14:20 |
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International
Senior Lending – how can international banks facilitate
ship finance in China?
Rob
Heijliger
Global Head of Shipping ING Bank,
The Netherlands
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14:30 |
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Challenges
& bottlenecks – why is financing ships in China
different?
Paul
O'Neill
Director, Aviation and Transport Group,
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
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14:40 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion Leaders -audience participants on
the following themes:
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What
does China need to do to improve the ship finance
climate?
Will
finance come from international or domestic sources?
Where
do foreign banks go wrong when they operate in China?
Will
demand from China change the global face of ship finance?
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DISCUSSION LEADERS:
Frederick
Tsao
Chairman IMC Shipping
John
O. Hjelset
Chief Representative,
DnB NOR ASA Beijing
Representative Office
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15:20 |
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break
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session 4
Financing
Structures:
Are they
appropriate for China?
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session chair:
John
O. Hjelset
Chief Representative,
DnB NOR ASA Beijing
Representative Office
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15:50 |
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Norwegian
K/S structures
Christian
Ness
Managing Director,
Ness, Risan & Partners, Norway
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16:00 |
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German
K/G structures
Ulf
Holländer
CFO,
MPC Capital, Germany
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16:10 |
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Institutional
investors funding
Sander
Scheepens
Head of Investment Management Asia DVB Bank AG
and agent for the NFC Shipping Funds in Asia, Singapore
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16:20 |
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(Tax)
lease structures
Richard
Greiner
Research Director,
Moore Stephens,
Shipping Industry Group
UK
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16:30 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion leaders -audience participants on
the following themes:
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What
are the best financial structures to meet Chinese ship
finance needs?
Should
China be copying from the West?
Are
KS and KG companies comfortable with Chinese
newbuildings?
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17:20 |
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Conclusions First
day by the Conference Chairman
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17:30 |
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Cocktail Reception
hosted by:
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19:00 |
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Dinner |
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Friday 27 February 2004
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session 5
Shipbuilding
Industry:
Is China
Changing the World Shipbuilding Map?
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session chair:
Captain
Simon Pressly
General Manager & Director,
Dorchester Maritime Limited,
UK
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09:00 |
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New
Development of CSSC in the New Century
Tan
Zuojun
Vice-President,
China State Shipbuilding Corp.(CSSC)
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09:10 |
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How
major Chinese shipbuilding developments fit into the
global shipbuilding outlook
Dong
Qiang
Vice President,
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
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09:20 |
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Building
Safe Ships - does China meet expected Quality Standards?
Andy
Westwood
Regional Manager China,
Det Norske Veritas
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09:30 |
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How
we did it - our experience of China as a place to build
ships
Demos
Petropoulos
CEO,
Ocean Challenge.
Member of SFS Group, Cyprus
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09:40 |
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China
- a shipowner’s one-stop shop
Chris
Williams
Director, Graig China
Limited and Graig
Shipping Group
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09:50 |
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How
can safety come first when building robust and
environmentally friendly tankers in China?
Roberto
Cazzulo
Deputy Marine Director,
RINA,
Italy
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10:00 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion leaders -audience participants on
the following themes:
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Can
shipowners have confidence in Chinese shipyards?
Will
Chinese yard development unbalance the world
shipbuilding market?
Is
China a growing flexible resource or simply a pool of
low quality cheap labour?
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DISCUSSION LEADERS:
Umberto
d'Amato
CEO, Perseveranza SPA,
Italy
Alan
Buckland
Marine Business Director
Asia,
Lloyd's Register
Antony
Prince
President,
G.T.R. Campbell Marine Consultants Ltd
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11:00 |
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Break hosted by:
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session 6
Ship-recycling in China
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Session hosted by
Global Marketing Systems, Inc. U.S.A.
session chair:
Rear
Admiral Robert North U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
President,
North Star Maritime, Inc.,
USA
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11:30 |
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Chinese
Ship-recycling Industry Outlook: Market Analysis
Yan
Heming
President,
China National Shipscrapping Association
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11:40 |
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Towards
a sound Ship-recycling Industry in China
Thomson
Kam
General Manager of Airmington Holdings Ltd.
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11:50 |
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Why
and How we scrapped ships in China
Tom
Peter Blankestijn
Manager Maritime Policies and Regulatory Affairs
P&O Nedlloyd Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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12:00 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion Leaders -audience participants on
the following themes:
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Is
scrapping in China just another way of dumping the
West’s wastes on developing nations?
Can
ship breaking be a proud industry in its own right?
Should
China develop ship breaking, or should if leave that to
others as its economy grows?
Can
ship breaking ever be both clean and green and
cost-effective?
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DISCUSSION LEADERS:
Frank
Petersen
Campaigner Toxics, Greenpeace
Jinhui
Li
Administrative Director
Basel Convention Regional Center, China
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13:00 |
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Lunch hosted dy
DELOITTE
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session 7
Strategic Business Alliances
and Joint Ventures
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session chair:
Arthur
Bowring
Managing Director,
Hong Kong Shipowners Association,
China
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14:30 |
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Setting up in China : what strategy for the independent
shipmanager ?
Bob
Bishop
Chief Operating Officer, V. Ships shipmanagement UK
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14:40 |
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Building
Joint Ventures: is China different?
John
Wang
Managing Director of
CMA CGM China
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14:50 |
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The
good, the bad and the difficult of developing business
in China
Sam
Ignarski
Charles Taylor,
UK
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15:00 |
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International
developments of free competition and anti–corruption law
in shipping business
Øystein
Meland
Partner, Wikborg Rein & Co
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15:10 |
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discussion/debate between
speakers- discussion Leaders -audience participants on
the following themes:
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What
happens when Chinese culture and business practices meet
global shipping?
Can
Chinese and Western businessmen trust each other?
Do
we need new laws, or new business practices to guide
China’s development?
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15:45 |
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Break |
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session 8
Synthesis:
A Focused Agenda for Industry & Government Executives
Round Table
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16:15 |
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session chair:
John
Guy
Partner, Merlin Corporate Communications
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Round Table: discussion/debate
between Discussion leaders-audience participants on the
following themes:
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Does
the Chinese legal, financial and ethical framework meet
the needs of China’s maritime growth?
Who
should change, Western companies to adapt to China, or
vice versa?
What
concrete steps can we take to help develop China’s
shipbuilding, shipowning and ship breaking capacity so
that it meets both China’s and global market needs?
Should
we fear or celebrate the growth of Maritime China?
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DISCUSSION LEADERS:
Wei
Jiafu
President & CEO, COSCO
GROUP
Arthur
Bowring
Managing Director,
Hong Kong Shipowners Association,
China
Marianne
Lie
Director General,
Norwegian Shipowners Association,
Norway
Frederick
Tsao
Chairman IMC Shipping
Captain
Simon Pressly
General Manager & Director,
Dorchester Maritime Limited,
UK
Peter
Swift
Managing Director,
Intertanko
Ugo
Salerno
Chairman IACS
& CEO, RINA
Dong
Qiang
Vice President,
China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC)
John
O. Hjelset
Chief Representative,
DnB NOR
ASA Beijing Representative Office
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17:30 |
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Conclusions by the
conference chairman
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17:45 |
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Farewell Reception
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