4th Annual East Coast Maritime Conference

4th Annual East Coast Maritime Conference

June 3, 2008 6:00 PM - June 5, 2008 4:00 PM

Eastern Time Zone

Hyatt Regency Savannah

Two West Bay Street

Savannah, Georgia 31401

USA

1-912-721-4674

 

The latest developments impacting ocean container logistics on main trade routes between North America’s East Coast, Asia and the rest of the world will be examined at the 2008 East Coast Maritime Conference taking place June 3 - 5 at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah, Georgia. Formerly the China Trade and Logistics Conference, this event is produced by The Journal of Commerce Conferences and hosted by Georgia Ports Authority. The theme of this year’s program, “Shifting Trade Lanes,” reflects the changing paradigms of ocean transportation and how it is impacting sourcing and other aspects of trade.

Industry leaders will share their expertise with shippers, carriers, 3PLs and other key supply chain providers on such topics as:  

Two Canals: Which way to the East Coast?

Alternative Sourcing from Asia

Case Study: Integrated Logistics from China

Will TWIC cause a harbor trucking crisis?

Carrier-Shipper Roundtable

Intermodal Challenge

Inland Ports and Logistics Parks

U.S. Export Dilemma

June 3, 2008

 

1:00 PM  -  5:00 PM Golf Outing

The golf outing will take place at The Club at Savannah Harbor, home of the PGA Tour’s Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf Tournament with a 1:00 pm shotgun start. The $125 cost includes green fees, cart, unlimited practice balls, boxed lunch including a bottled water & gift.

      

6:00 PM  -  8:00 PM Welcome Reception at Hyatt Regency

June 4, 2008

 

7:30 AM  -  8:30 AM Continental Breakfast 

 

7:30 AM  -  4:30 PM Registration 

 

8:30 AM  -  8:45 AM Welcoming Remarks 

 

8:45 AM  -  9:30 AM Keynote Address

M.K. Wong, Vice President China Trade, OOCL

  

9:30 AM  -  10:30 AM Two Canals: Which way to the East Coast?

How will East Coast and Gulf of Mexico trade lanes change with the expansion of the Panama Canal. Will the Suez Canal capture more business in the interim before completion of the Panama Canal expansion, and what is the long-term outlook for this trade lane? Speakers will discuss these issues and whether they believe extra fuel costs and rising tolls of a Panama Canal transit could keep Asian business away from East Coast and Gulf ports?

Moderator: Peter Leach, Senior Editor, Journal of Commerce

Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud EL Manakhli, Vice Director of Planning, Research & Studies Department, Suez Canal Authority Rodolfo Sabonge, Vice President of the Office of Market Research and Analysis, Panama Canal Authority Craig Mygatt, Senior Director of Commercial Planning for US, Maersk Line

  

 10:30 AM  -  11:00 AM Morning Networking Coffee Break  

 

11:00 AM  -  12:00 PM Alternative Sourcing from Asia

What Far East nations are competing with China for U.S. trade? Speakers will discuss the challenges and rewards of importing from such sources as Vietnam, India and Korea.

Moderator: Kenneth Bloom, President  and CEO, INTTRA

Dr. Anil Vitarana, President, United Arab Agencies

Isabelle Vermeersch, President, Centipid LLC 

  

12:00 PM  -  1:15 PM Luncheon Address 

 

1:15 PM  -  2:00 PM Case Study: Integrated Logistics from China

Retail logistics provider National Retail Systems has built an integrated factory-to-store logistics network linking manufacturing in China with stores in the U.S. The case study will discuss how NRS partnered with Sinotrans,a major China logistics company, to create this network. Raymond Wisniewski, President and COO, National Retail Systems

  

2:00 PM  -  3:00 PM Will TWIC work?

The Transportation Workers Identification Credential will require an estimated 1.5 million port employees and suppliers who require unescorted access to secure areas of ports to undergo background checks for ID cards with biometric data. The deadline has been extended to April 15, 2009, but will it still cause port trucking shortages when drivers fail to qualify? Are the background checks currently being conducted by TWIC adequate to weed out potential problems?

Moderator: Richard K. Bank, President, Millennium International Consultants LLC

Maurine Fanguy, TWIC Prgram Director, Transportation Security Administration

Ken Kellaway, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Roadlink 

Bill L. DeWitt, CPP, Corporate Security Director, SSA Marine

Kevin R. Doyle, General Manager of Protective Services, Georgia Ports Authority

  

3:00 PM  -  3:30 PM Afternoon Networking Coffee Break 

 

3:30 PM  -  4:25 PM Carrier-Shipper Roundtable

Container freight traffic from Asia to the U.S. is slowing as a softening economy erodes demand for imports. Higher operating costs have prompted carriers to cut costs with more vessel-sharing agreements and slower steaming speeds. Speakers will discuss how the ocean-freight slowdown and other issues are impacting carrier-shipper relationships.

Moderator: Peter Tirschwell, Senior Advisor, The Journal of Commerce

Michael DiVirgilio, Senior Vice President, Development, Ceres Terminals Inc.

  

 4:25 PM  -  4:30 PM Closing Remarks

Janet Plume, Program Director, The Journal of Commerce Conferences

 

 

6:00 PM  -  9:30 PM Reception and Dinner at Old Fort Jackson

Transportation will depart from the Hyatt Regency at 6:00 pm

June 5, 2008

 

8:00 AM  -  9:00 AM Continental Breakfast 

 

8:00 AM  -  3:00 PM Registration 

 

9:00 AM  -  9:10 AM Opening Remarks 

 

9:10 AM  -  10:00 AM Keynote Address 

 

10:00 AM  -  11:00 AM Intermodal Challenge

Intermodal freight shifts to all-water movements served as a drag on intermodal volume in key long-haul lanes during the past year. Despite big capacity investments, growth this year is forecast to barely reach 1.6 percent. What is the future of the intermodal market in the U.S. and what lessons can be learned from intermodal markets in other countries?

Moderator: Lawrence J. Gross, President, Gross Transportation Consulting, Inc. 

Carl Warren, Director Business Development, CSX Intermodal

David Hensal, Vice President East Coast Operations, C & K Trucking LLC

Matthew Bates, Executive Vice President, Evans Delivery Co. Inc.

 

 

11:00 AM  -  11:30 AM Morning Networking Coffee Break 

 

11:30 AM  -  12:30 PM Inland Ports and Logistics Parks

Eighty percent of containers from Asia enter the U.S. through the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Many of those containers are railed to logistics parks in Dallas-Fort Worth, Kansas City and Chicago. As all-water routes from Asia shift to the East Coast, will new logistics parks be built or will the existing centers just change their freight flows?  

Moderator: Robert Hutson, Senior Vice President Global Supply Chain Practice, C.B. Richard Ellis

Chris Easter, Vice President, RoadLink Transportation Solutions Neil Doyle, Executive Vice President, CenterPoint Properties

  

 12:30 PM  -  1:45 PM Networking Luncheon 

 

1:45 PM  -  2:45 PM U.S. Export Dilemma

Until last year exporters shipping through East Coast ports rarely had any difficulty finding vessel capacity or containers. Thanks to the growth in exports, it’s now a major challenge. Is this likely to be a short-term or long-term phenomenon? What can exporters do to ensure they have enough capacity?

Moderator: William Armbruster, Editor, Shipping Digest

Klaus Schnede, Manager, Marine-Air-Facilities Procurement, Eastman Chemicals

Peter Schauer, President, Orion Marine

Martha Rojas, Director Project Development, UTC Overseas

Lori Smith, Senior Transportation Analyst, Global Transportation Organization, Johnson & Johnson Sales & Logistics Company, LLC

 

 

2:45 PM  -  3:00 PM Closing Remarks & Cruise Giveaway

Janet Plume, Program Director, The Journal of Commerce Conferences

Cruise Giveaway: You must be present to win.

Renee C. Jacobs

Conference Director

The Journal of Commerce

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