Saturday, May 19, 2012

Sunday 19 & Monday 20,
February 2012 DIVANI APOLLON PALACE & SPA,
Greece

Ηχηρό παρών από τις μεγάλες δυνάμεις της παγκόσμιας ναυτιλίας στην Αθήνα

Μπαράζ επαφών και ανάδειξη ευκαιριών σε περιβάλλον κρίσης

Την πεποίθηση τους ότι η ελληνική ναυτιλία αλλά και άλλες, ανταγωνιστικές, εθνικές βιομηχανίες θαλάσσιων μεταφορών μπορούν να βγουν ακόμα και κερδισμένοι από την κρίση, η οποία όμως αναμένεται να διαρκέσει καθόλη τη διάρκεια του 2012, διατύπωσαν Έλληνες και ξένοι εφοπλιστές και παράγοντες του κλάδου στην πρώτη συνάντηση κορυφής που έγινε στα πλαίσια του World Shipping Congress, που διοργάνωσαν στην Αθήνα οι Financial Times με τη συνεργασία της Boussias Communications.

Σε μια μοναδική συγκυρία κατά την οποία παραβρέθηκαν στα ίδια πάνελ οι επιχειρηματίες, επικεφαλής των σημαντικότερων εφοπλιστικών ενώσεων του πλανήτη αλλά και διπλωμάτες και κορυφαίοι θεσμικοί παράγοντες, κατέστη σαφές ότι τα μεγαλύτερα προβλήματα που αντιμετωπίζει ο κλάδος είναι η υπερπροσφορά μεταφορικής δυναμικότητας από τον μεγάλο αριθμό πλοίων που εμπορεύονται αλλά και αυτών που έχουν παραγγελθεί, οι μεγάλες αυξήσεις των τιμών των καυσίμων, η πειρατεία και η έλλειψη επαρκών και προσιτών χρηματοδοτήσεων τόσο από τις κεφαλαιαγορές όσο και από τα χρηματιστήρια.

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Congress Chairman

Spyros M. Polemis, Chairman, International Chamber of Shipping, Chairman, ABS U.K. National Committee

Congress Coordinators

Michael Skapinker, Financial Times Assistant Editor, Columnist and Editor of FT Special Reports

Robert Wright, Financial Times Shipping and Logistics Correspondent

Confirmed speakers

Representatives of Institutions

  • Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary - General, UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
  • Michalis Chrisochoidis*, Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Greece
  • Deputy Minister for Shipping, Ministry for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Greece
  • Nikolaos Litinas, Secretary General of Shipping, Ministry for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Greece
  • Dr. Thanos Pallis, Secretary General of Ports and Port Policy, Ministry for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping, Greece
  • Yiorgos Anomeritis, Chairman and Managing Director, Piraeus Port Authority S.A.
  • Stavros Hatzakos, General Manager, Piraeus Port Authority S.A.
  • George Kastellanos, Operational Director, Hellenic Ports Association (ELIME)

Industry representatives and experts

  • Paolo D' Amico, President, Italian Shipowners' Association (Confitarma), President, Amico Società di Navigazione
  • Michael Bodouroglou, President and CEO, Paragon Shipping Inc.
  • George Cambanis, Global Leader, Shipping & Ports, Deloitte
  • Peter Cook, Founder and Director, Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI)
  • John N. Cotzias, Sale and Purchase Director, Intermodal Shipbrokers
  • Joseph J. Cox, President & CEO, Chamber of Shipping of America
  • John Dragnis, Chief Executive Officer, Goldenport Group
  • Thomas Franck, Chairman, Finnish Shipowners' Association, CEO, Bore Ltd
  • Thor Jørgen Guttormsen, President, Norwegian Shipowners' Association (Norges Rederiforbund), Director, Leigh Höegh & Co
  • Janos Koenig, Managing Director, Eurofin Group, UK
  • Jong - Chul Lee, Chairman, Korea Shipowners' Association (KSA), Vice - Chairman and CEO, STX PanOcean Corporation
  • John C. Lyras, Member of the Board of the Union of Greek Shipowners – ex President
  • Carsten Mortensen, Chairman, Danish Shipowners' Association, CEO, Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
  • Tineke Netelenbos, Chairman, Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners (De Koninklijke Vereniging van Nederlandse Reders) (KVNR)
  • Michael Parker, President, UK Chamber of Shipping, Chairman, CMA-CGM (UK) Holdings Ltd.
  • Ted Petropoulos, Head of Petrofin Research, PSMI, Greece
  • Evangelos Pistiolis, President and CEO, Top Ships Inc.
  • Harris Vafias, President and CEO, Stealthgas Inc.

* awaiting final confirmation

Shipping the future

FT Business, acknowledging the significance of maritime transportation, presents, in association with Boussias Communications, the World Shipping Congress, to be held in Athens on Sunday 19 and Monday 20 February 2012.

Featuring a combination of keynote addresses, presentations, interactive panel discussions, parallel "focus sessions", closed sessions, private meeting and networking opportunities, the World Shipping Congress will gather the elite of international shipping, world trade and financing to analyse, discuss and forecast the major strategic issues of the Shipping Industry at an era of high economic uncertainty and financial fragility.

Key issues to be addressed

  • The world economy and its effect on world trade and maritime transportation
  • Emerging markets – BRIC and beyond
  • Industry focus: Bulk, Tankers, LNGs, Containers and Offshore Drilling
  • Ship financing prospects, capital markets and banks
  • Ports, shipyards and scrapyards
  • And more: piracy, the effect of Basel III on Shipping, insurance and P & I Clubs

Read the highlights of the agenda

Speakers

Congress Chairman Spyros M. Polemis Spyros M. Polemis was born in Greece and educated in Athens, London and the United States of America, where he obtained a Degree in Mechanical Engineering, majoring in Naval Architecture. After college, he did his National Service with the Greek Coast Guard as an Officer/Ships' Inspector. Thereafter, he worked for the family business until 1970, and then he formed his own Company.
Congress Coordinator Michael Skapinker Michael Skapinker is an assistant editor of the Financial Times, a columnist and the editor of the FT's special reports. He was a consultant on the BBC series The Secrets of Leadership, which was broadcast in 2003, and has addressed audiences on business topics in the US, Japan and Europe. In 2003, he received the Work Foundation Members' Award for his contribution to the understanding of working life. He was named Columnist of the Year in the 2008 WorkWorld Media Awards.
Congress Coordinator Robert Wright Robert Wright has been shipping and logistics correspondent of the Financial Times, focusing on all forms of freight transport, since October 2011. He has focused heavily during that period on the slump in all three main shipping markets – as well as the revival of LNG. Before that, he was the FT's transport correspondent for eight years, considerably expanding the paper's coverage of shipping issues, focusing particularly heavily on container shipping and port issues, as well as other forms of transport.
Supachai Panitchpakdi Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, whose first four - year term as Secretary-General of UNCTAD began on 1 September 2005, was appointed to a second term by the General Assembly in July 2009. His second term will run from 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2013. He previously served as Director - General of the World Trade Organization and as Thailand's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Commerce.
Michalis Chrisochoidis Michalis Chrisochoidis is the current Minister for Development, Competitiveness and Shipping of Greece and member of the Hellenic Parliament for the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK). During his time at the Ministry of Public Order, two major Greek urban guerrilla or terrorist groups are believed to have been dismantled, Revolutionary Organization 17 November in 2002 and Revolutionary Struggle in 2010. He has also been a member of the secretariat of the European Socialist Party since 1995.
Nikolaos Litinas Dr Nicolaos Litinas received, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Doctor of Science degree (1980), and two Master of Science degrees. His doctoral dissertation titled "Simplified Methods for Transportation Policy Analysis: a Continuous Modeling Approach" was awarded a prize by the Operation Research Society of America and by the Regional Science Association (RSA). He is currently Secretary General for Shipping of the Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping.
Thanos Pallis Dr. Thanos Pallis is the Secretary General of Port and Port Policy, Ministry of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping in Greece, and holder of the Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport, of the University of the Aegean, Greece.
Yiorgos Anomeritis Yiorgos Anomeritis is the Chairman & Managing Director of Piraeus Port Authority S.A. He has an extensive activity as a member of the Hellenic Parliament elected since 1993 for 14 years with the PASOK party and he has a very good knowledge of the structures and activities of the European Union as he has served as President of the Council of Ministers (Transport and shipping) at 2003.
Stavros Hatzakos Stavros Hatzakos, is economist and he is working in Piraeus Port Authority SA since 1983. Now is General Manager of Piraeus Port Authority SA. From 2010 until 2011, Mr. Hatzakos was Director of the Administration Directorate of PPA SA, which includes the departments of: Strategic planning, Marketing, Environmental policy, Public and International relations, Investors relations and Corporate announcements dpt. and Board of Directors secretariat.
George Kastellanos His long standing experience in Maritime Affairs spreads across most sectors of the Maritime and Ports industry. He has held key positions in Shipping Companies dealing with Ships and Ports Operations, Dry Cargo Chartering and in Worldwide Bunkers and lubricants trading. He is member of the Economic Chamber of Greece, member of Hellenic Association of Maritime Economists and representative in ESPO.
Paolo D' Amico Since 1994 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of "d' Amico Società di Navigazione SpA" which he has been serving as President since 2002. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of "Italia di Navigazione SpA", a company acquired by d' Amico group in 1998, from FINMARE. He is actually covering several managerial positions in other companies.
Michael Bodouroglou Michael Bodouroglou, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Paragon Shipping, has been involved in the shipping industry in various capacities for more than 25 years. He has served as Paragon Shipping's chairman and chief executive officer since the Company was founded in June 2006. He is also the founder and chief executive officer of Βox-Ships and he has served as Box-Ships chairman and chief executive officer since the Company was founded in May 2010.
George Cambanis George is a founding partner of the Deloitte firm in Greece and is the deputy chairman of the firm's board of directors. He is a South African Chartered Account and Greek Certified Public Accountant with over 30 year’s public accounting experience. George leads Deloitte's Shipping & Ports industry group.
Peter Cook Peter Cook is Founder and Director of the Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI), which acts as the maritime security industry's independent regulatory body. SAMI has become the voice of the industry, at a crucial time for the sector.
John N. Cotzias John N. Cotzias was born in 1965. He graduated from Athens College High School in 1984, and graduated in 1988 with a BSc in Economics from Buckingham University (UK). He then acquired his MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance at the City University Cass Business School (UK), graduating in 1990. Upon completing his university studies he went to serve the Hellenic Navy Special Forces as an officer in the Command Center from 1990 - 1992.
Joseph J. Cox Mr. Cox has a Master's degree in Safety Management from the University of Southern California and was an adjunct professor at Northern Virginia Community College for ten years. Among his professional duties, he has attended over seventy meetings of the International Maritime Organization on the U. S. delegation. He is the U.S. shipowner representative to the International Labor Organization in Geneva and has been elected by his international colleagues as their spokesman at five diplomatic conferences.
John Dragnis During the last six years since the Company's IPO, John has spent considerable amount of his time developing the business and identifying opportunities for fleet expansion through the acquisition of new building and second-hand vessels. Major competences include the maintenance of existing relationships and the establishment of new ones with major global Charterers. He led the new-building program of Goldenport by expanding the ship-yards portfolio, especially in the Far East. His role was pivotal in the strengthening of the Goldenport brand.
Thomas Franck Thomas Franck acts as the CEO of Bore Ltd, a Family owned Shipping Company in Finland. Thomas Franck acts also as the Chairman of the Board of the Finnish Shipowners Association and is a Board member of the European Community Shipowner's Association (ECSA).
Thor Jørgen Guttormsen Thor Jørgen Guttormsen (62) is President of Norwegian Shipowners' Association, and has been a member of the Board since 2002. He has been President of Leigh Höegh & Co from 1992 to 2008. From 2004 to 2008 he also the additional position as CEO of Höegh Autoliners. Thor Jørgen is now a member of the Board of ESCA, the European Community Shipowners' Association.
Janos Koenig MA (Econ), University of Sussex. Has gained extensive experience, since 1975, in providing financing to various global sectors, including shipping, oil trading, corporate and project funding, international syndications, loan restructuring and vessel management. In 1987 he joined Eurofin as a partner, from BAII plc, a London - based merchant bank where he was Director responsible for International Finance.
Jong - Chul Lee Mr Jong - Chul Lee is the Chairman of FKMI (The Federation of Korea Maritime Industries), Chairman of Korea Shipowners’ Association, Director of Korean Register of Shipping, Chairman of Korean Rowing Association and Chairman of Asian Rowing Association.
John C. Lyras John C. Lyras is the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Member of the Board, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS), Member of the Board of Directors, European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA). Mr. John C. Lyras is a principal of Paralos Maritime Corporation S.A., and has been involved in shipping since 1975. He comes from a Greek seafaring family with a tradition in shipping that goes back four generations.
Carsten Mortensen Carsten Mortensen joined Dampskibsselskabet "NORDEN" A/S in 1997 as Vice President and responsible for the company's Bulker activities. Since 1999 Senior Vice President, and from 1 June 2004 Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Management. On 12 January 2005, Carsten Mortensen was appointed President and CEO. Carsten Mortensen is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Danish Shipowners' Association.
Tineke Netelenbos Tineke Netelenbos is the Chairman of the Royal Association of Netherlands Shipowners since June 2008. She is also currently President of the Ministry of Transport Industries Supervisory Board (RDW), President of the IT platform, President of ProSea, Member of the Confederation of Netherlands Industries and Employers (VNO/NCW), Member of the National Ports Council (NHR), Member of the Advisory board MARIN and President of the Labour Market Sea Shipping Taskforce.
Michael Parker Michael Parker is the current President of the UK Chamber of Shipping. CMA CGM is the third largest container operator globally and is headquartered in France. He is a member of the General Committee of Lloyd’s Register and the London Committee of Class NK.
Ted Petropoulos Mr. Theodore (Ted) Petropoulos is Petrofin's founder and head of Petrofin Research. Mr. Petropoulos, B.Sc. Economics Honours Degree from the London School of Economics, Master in Business Administration Degree from the Manchester Business School, is an ex International Banker and has been a financial advisor since 1986, with particular emphasis on shipping, project finance and banking advice.
Evangelos Pistiolis In 1999, he established Ocean Holdings Inc. Under his leadership Ocean Holdings acquired and operated a fleet of 7 Tankers consisting of 5 MR product tankers and 2 Suezmax tankers. In July 2004, he spearheaded the IPO of Ocean Holdings under the name "Top Tankers Inc." signalling the start of the shipping stocks IPO frenzy. In 2011, he founded "Central Shipping Monaco SAM", a family controlled shipping entity based in Monte Carlo, Monaco dealing mainly with the management and operation of vessels.
Harris Vafias Harry Vafias founded Stealth Maritime Corp in 1999. Stealth Maritime Corp has invested approx $1.2 billion between 2006 - 2009 for the renewal of the tanker fleet and today operates twenty two 50,000 – 120,000 dwt modern double hull tankers all under long term charters with oil companies and traders.
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