THE SPEAKERS

ADMIRAL THOMAS COLLINS
Commandant
US Coast Guard

CAPTAIN WILLIAM SCHUBERT
U. S. Maritime Administrator

FOTIS KARAMITSOS
Director
Maritime Transport, European Commission

OLUF ULSETH
State Secretary
Norwegian Ministry of Trade & Industry

STEVEN BLIGH
CEO, Maritime & Coastguard Agency, U.K.

REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS GILMOUR
Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental Protection, U. S. Coast Guard

Rear Admiral Richard Larrabee, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret)
Director Port Commerce Department
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Admiral Robert E. Kramek
President
ABS Americas

Richard T. du Moulin
Chairman, Intertanko North American Committee
President, Intrepid Shipping LLC

MATT SIMMONS
Chairman & President
Simmons & Company International

PETER GEORGIOPOULOS
Chairman
General Maritime

CRAIG H.  STEVENSON
Chairman and CEO
OMI Corporation


WILLIAM GRAY
President
Gray Maritime Co.

GRAHAM PORTER
Vice President
Seaspan Container Line Ltd

CARL ERIK HAAVALDSEN
Board Member
Trasnpetrol Group

Charles G. Raymond
Chairman, President and CEO
Horizon Lines, LLC

Peter I. Keller
Executive VP and COO
NYK Line (NA), Inc.

Bob Bishop
Chief Operating Officer
V. Ships shipmanagement
 
ARThUR BOWRING
Managing Director
Hong Kong Shipowners Association, China

ALFONS GUINIER
Secretary General
European Community Shipowners' Association (ECSA)

PIETER VAN AGTMAAL
Managing Director
Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners

JOSEPH J. COX
President
Chamber of Shipping of America

Thomas A. Allegretti
President & CEO
The American Waterways Operators, Arlington, Virginia

Tim Gaughan
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited 

PAUL LEAND
CEO
American Marine Advisors

AXEL SCROEDER
CEO
MPC CAPITAL, GERMANY

MICHAEL GREY
Maritime Editor / Commentator
Lloyd's List, U.K.

TACO VAN DER MAST
Member of the Managing Board and Managing Director
NIB CAPITAL BANK, The Nethrlands

Svein Engh
Managing Director
Fortis Capital USA

Ron Beck
Managing Director
Oaktree

DANIEL F. SHEEHAN
Advisor
Maritime Administration of the Marshall Islands

PAUL MARKIDES
Director
Oil Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)

UGO SALERNO
Chairman, IACS Council
CEO, RINA, Italy

HUGH BAKER
Director Global Shipping Group
ING Bank, U.K.

Anthony GURNEE
Managing Partner
Tridens LLC

CLAY MAITLAND
Managing Partner
International registries

John Mervyn Jones
Director
Bahamas Maritime Authority

Philip Roger
Director Research
Galbraiths, UK

ALAN GAVIN
Marine Business Director
Lloyd's Register, U.K.

BRUCE CARLTON
U.S. Maritime Administration

HANS PAYER
External Affairs Advisor, Germanischer Lloyd, Germany

JEFFREY GOETZ
Poten & Partners

Stephen Shaffer
Project Economist
Moffatt Nichol

ANTONY ARGYROPOULOS
Investment Banker

NICOLETTE VAN DER JAGT
Secretary General
European Shippers Council, Belgium

PETER SHAERF
Vice Chairman of Short Sea Shipping Co-operative, SCOOP
Senior Vice President, American Marine Advisors

JANNIS KOSTOULAS
President
MARE FORUM B.V. The Netherlands

ROBERT C. NORTH, Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.)
President
North Star Maritime, Inc.

Lloyd Thompson
Senior Transportation Planner
Moffatt Nichol

Robert DeMotta
Managing Director Marine
Aon Risk Services

 

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