The Fourth International Black Sea Container Summit 2010
September 30 – October 1, 2010

Preliminary Program

First day — September 30
(Londonskaya Hotel)

8.00—9.00 — Registration, Londonskaya Hotel

9.00—9.20 — Opening of the summit. Greetings of Ukrainian governmental and regional bodies, as well as the heads of the industry, organizers and sponsors.

9.20—11.10 First session

State Policy of Ukraine and Container Carriages
A representative of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine

Ways to Recovery of Global Container Carriages after World Economic Crisis
Ben Hackett, the Principal of Hackett Associates

Project of Container Terminal on Quarantine Mole in Odessa Merchant Sea Port
Klaus Schmoecker, General Manager of HPC-Hamburg, President of HPC-Ukraine

Enhancement of Transit Options at Ukrainian Terminals in View of Legislative Mergers in 2010
Yuriy Vaskov, the First Deputy Director General of Odessa Merchant Sea Port

Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea Container Market in Recapture Period
Stephen J. Wray, Senior Consultant by Ocean Shipping Consultants Ltd

Discussion

11.10 – 11.30 Coffee break

11.30—13.10 Second session

New Realities in Container Shipping Lines? Operations
A representative of a global container shipping company

Container Market of Russian Southern Basin: State and Prospects for Development
Andrey Naraevsky, Director on Marketing and Development of Clobal Container Service Company

Ukrainian Container Market and the Reforms Escalated for Maritime Transport
Andrey Kuzmenko, Director of the Container Terminal of TIS Company

Container Terminal SCCT and the Role of Port Said as a Container Hub in Eastern Mediterranean
A representative of SCCT Company (Egypt)

Prospects for Container Carriages in the Port of Giurgiulesti
Edgar Martin, Director of Giurgiulesti Port (Moldova)
Discussion

13.10—14.30 — Lunchtime

14.30—16.10 Third session

State and the Prospects for Container Carriages on the Lower Danube
Gerhard Gussmagg, Via Donau

Current Situation and the Development of Container Carriages via Ports of Georgia
A representative of Poti Port

Dry Ports and Logistics Centers for Container Operations
A representative of National Container Company (NCC)

Effects of the Crisis on Container Carriages in Romania
A representative of the Port of Constanta

New Technologies and Handling Equipment for Container Terminals
A representative of Ferrari Company

Discussion

16.10—16.30 Coffee break

16.30—17.50 Fourth session

New Cranes for Container Terminals
German Ignatov, Engineering Director of Liebherr Russland Company

Innovations in Customs Legislation and in the Practice of Ukrainian Customhouse’s Container Cargoes Clearance
A representative of Yuzhnaya Regional Customhouse

New IT-Technologies in Container Terminals Operations
Elena Grebenshchikova, Director General of SOLVO Company

Bulgarian Container Terminals: Situation After Crisis
A representative of Executive Agency “Port Administration of Bulgaria”

Development of Container Terminals in Turkey
A representative of Turkish Chamber of Shipping

19.00 — Gala Dinner

 

Second day — October 1

9.00 – 12.30 — Round table. Discussion on the topic “Transshipment in Ukraine: Plans and Realities”

13.00 – 16.00 — Motor-boating on board m/v Khadzhibey – excursion about the water area of Odessa Merchant Sea Port, acquaintance with the process of construction of the new container terminal on Quarantine Mole (600,000 TEUs per year)