programme

EUROPEAN SHIPPERS' COUNCIL
in partnership with
MARE FORUM

organising the SHIPPER FORUM 2003 on
12 June 2003 in ANTWERP, BELGIUM

“Liner Shipping Conferences:
Time for change – a change for the better”
&
Modern business practices for shippers and carriers in liner shipping

08.00	Delegate Registration and coffee
09:00	Opening by the Conference Chairman Jorgen Olesen Managing Director, Mazda Motor Logistics Europe N.V.
09:05	Welcome Dick van den Broek Humphreij Chairman, European Shippers’ Council
09:15	Welcome Leo Baron Delwaide President, Antwerp Port Authority
09.25	Key note Speech Mario Monti Competition Commissioner An introduction on the Commission's review of the block exemption for liner shipping conference
09:55	Danny Scorpecci Principal Administrator, Transport Division, OECD An introduction on the OECD initiative on liner shipping competition policy and the conclusions of its report Competition Policy in Liner Shipping
10:10	Questions and Answers
10:25	Coffee break courtesy of Safmarine
	Session 1 Liner Shipping Conferences on the edge of extinction?
	THE CARRIERS’ VIEW ON THE FUTURE OF THE LINER CONFERENCE SYSTEM To what extent does anti-trust immunity for price-fixing deliver benefits to shippers by improving supply chain performance and enhancing business efficiency?
11:00	Chris Bourne Managing Director MOL (Europe) B.V.
11:15	Courtenay Allan Director Transatlantic Trade, OOCL
11:30	Leonidas Demetriades - Eugenides Chairman Niver Lines Shipping Co S.A.
	WHAT SHIPPERS DEMAND FROM CARRIERS
11:45	Mark Clough QC Partner, Solicitor Advocate,Ashurst Morris Crisp An overview of European legislative developments and the impact of the recent Commission decisions on liner shipping
12:00	Björn Salmson Contracting Manager Outbound Cars VOLVO LOGISTICS EUROPE - How does the conference system impact on industry? - Has the block exemption provided efficient liner services? - Why is there a need for reform?
12:15	Eyal Melamud Chairman Israel Shippers' Council A shippers' view on surcharges and an update on a recent case in Israel on THC's.
12:30	DEBATE between Speakers and Conference Participants on the statement:
	The liner shipping conference system is BAD FOR BUSINESS
13:00	Lunch hosted by: FREIGHT TRADERS
	Session 2 Modern Business practices in Liner shipping Customers/carrier Partnerships
14:15	Jean Louis Cambon Head of Michelin Ocean Management Commitee - Michelin global shipping activities, in brief - Carrier/Shipper relationships : an industry- to-industry perspective - Developing efficiencies for mutual benefit - Doing away with practices of the past - Expectations for the near future.
14:30	Garry Mansell Managing Director, Freight Traders Limited Global Tendering – is there a need for harmonisation?
14:45	Philippe Salles, INTTRA Manager, CMA CGM - A brief introduction of INTTRA - Tendering tools and what INTTRA can provide to industry
15:00	Break hosted by Geest North Sea Line B.V.
15:30	Gerard Freysz CEO, Elizabeth Arden What makes a shipper choose to outsource part of his global supply chain?
	Practices in Short Sea Shipping
15:45	Wout Pronk Manager Director Geest North Sea Lines, The Netherlands An example of good practice in carrier/customers partnership
16:00	Björn Salmson Contracting Manager Outbound Cars VOLVO LOGISTICS EUROPE
16:15	DEBATE between Speakers and Conference Participants on the statement:
	Customers expect carriers/operators to listen more closely to customers needs. How should carriers respond to this?
17:00	Chairman’s closing remark
19:00	Reception at the Antwerp townhall hosted by Antwerp Port Authority
20:00	Dinner hosted by DEPOTS Grand Terminal

information:

Nicolette van der Jagt
Secretary General
ESC, European Shippers' Council
tel. +32 (0)2 23021 13 - fax: +32 (0)2 230 4140
mailto: nicolettevdjagt@europeanshippers.be

JANNIS KOSTOULAS
Managing Director
MARE FORUM

info@mareforum.com

+31.10.281 06 55

+31.10.270 98 70