Seaports Conference - Piraeus 2008

Policy and Practice: The Development of China’s Port Industry
Presentation by Mr. Zuyuan XU, Vice Minister, Ministry of Transport, China

Speech by Ms. Anna WYPICH-NAMIOTKO, Vice Minister, Ministry of Infrastructure, Poland

Speech by Mr. Ernest NOKA, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunications, Albania

Speech by Mr. David COCKROFT, Secretary General, International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)

Role of seaports as a link between inland and maritime transport:EU policy context
Presentation by Ms. Lieselot MARINUS, Policy Advisor, European Sea Ports Organization (ESPO)

IMO: The facilitation and security of maritime transport
Presentation by Mr. Graham MAPPLEBECK, Head Facilitation Section, International Martitime Organization (IMO)

Introduction of the subject and main questions posed
Introduction by Mr. Georgios VLACHOS, General Secretary, Ministry of Mercantile Marine, The Aegean and Island Policy, Greece

Speech by Mr. Dexing SONG, Director, Ministry of Transport, China

Discours en Français
Speech by Mr. Gildas BRANELLEC, Deputy Head of the Intermodality Unit, Transport Services Directorate, Ministry for Ecology, Energy and Sustainable Development, France

Developing ports and their hinterland connections in the 21st Century: Innovations following the UK Eddington Report
Presentation by Mr. John FAULKNER, Head of International Networks, Department for Transport, United Kingdom

Speech by Mr. Elmar FARAJOV, Head of TRACEA & International Projects Unit, Internal Relations Department, Ministry of Transport, Azerbaijan

Introduction of the subject and main questions posed
Presentation by Ms. Eva MOLNAR, Director, Transport Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Ensuring hinterland access; the role of port authorities
Presentation by Dr. Peter W. DE LANGEN, Erasmus University Rotterdam & Port of Rotterdam Authority, The Netherlands

Efficiency and Organization of Port-Oriented International Supply Chains
Presentation by Dr. Tengfei WANG, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

The Hinterland Connections of the Baltic Seaports – Competition, Bottlenecks, Trends: The Example of the Polish Ports
Presentation by Prof. Wlodzimierz RYDZKOWSKI, University of Gdansk, Poland

The relation between port competition and hinterland connections: The case of the ‘Iron Rhine’ and the ‘Betuweline’
Presentation by Prof. Eddy VAN DE VOORDE, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Role of Seaports
Presentation by Prof. Dimitrios TSAMBOULAS, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Container Train Operations between Ports and their Hinterlands: a UK Case Study
Presentation by Dr. Allan WOODBURN, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

The Role of Ports as Potential Bottlenecks in Global Supply Chains
Presentation by Prof. Hercules HARALAMBIDES, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Development of European hinterland traffics from the perspective of a leading player in the combined traffic
Presentation by Mr. Uwe BAKOSCH, Executive Vice President, Network Management of Corridors, DB Schenker, Berlin, Germany

Sustainable port hinterland connections depend on multimodal concepts
Presentation by Mr. Ad J. TOET, Director, Koninklijk Nederlands Vervoer, The Hague, The Netherlands

Introduction of the subject and main questions posed
Introduction by Mr. Emre DINCER, Maritime Expert, Undersecretariat of Maritime Affairs, Prime Ministry, Turkey

The short term future of hinterland connections
Presentation by Mr. Ronnie DAELMAN, Freight Director, P&O Ferries, Dover, United Kingdom

ICT systems and services for port operation and management: The contribution of recent and on-going R&D
Presentation by Prof. Georgios GIANNOPOULOS, Director, Hellenic Institute of Transport, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

Port Paradoxes
Presentation by Mr. Arif DAVRAN, Deputy Chairman, International Freight Forwarders Association Turkey (UTIKAD), Istanbul, Turkey

Constantza Port: A future alternative to the Northern European seaports by using inland waterways transport
Presentation by Ms. Cristiana RACAUTANU, Maritime Port Administration, Constanta, Romania

Southern ports of Russia: Growth Development & Strengthening of Dangerous Goods and Environment Pollution Control
Presentation by Mr. Vladimir ERYGIN, Harbour Master, Maritime Port Administration, Novorossiysk, Russian Federation

The Role of Seaports as a link between Inland and Maritime Transport
Presentation by Mr. Björn NECKMAN, Head of Public Affairs, Ports of Stockholm and representative of the Baltic Sea Organization, Sweden

Antwerp: from‘mainport’ to ‘chainport’
Presentation by Ms. Goedele SANNEN, Consultant, Strategy and Development, Port of Antwerp, Belgium

Port authorities & hinterlands; The need for partnerships
Presentation by Dr. Peter W. DE LANGEN, Economist, Corporate Development, Port of Rotterdam and Assistant Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ningbo Port - A Bridge Serving the Economy of Its Hinterland
Presentation by Mr. Jinkun WU, President, Ningbo Port Limited Company, China

Container Ports of Turkey
Presentation by Mr. Hakan ERDOGAN, Expert, Turkish State Railways, Ankara, Turkey

Prospects for the development of ports in the Black Sea region
Presentation [submitted after the session] by Mr. Gennadiy P. SKVORTSOV, General Director of the Ilyichevsk Port, Ukraine, and President of the Association of Black and Azov Sea Ports

Introduction of the subject and main questions posed
Introduction and Presentation by Mr. Bert KRUK, Lead Port Specialist, The World Bank

Challenges to the development of seaports in a globalised world
Presentation by Mr. Stephen PERKINS, Director, Joint Transport Research Centre, International Transport Forum (ITF)

Challenges to the development of Seaports and Rail freight related Corridors and Nodes
Presentation by Mr. Gerard DALTON, Department Director, International Union of Railways (UIC)

Recent development in Maritime transport and challenges ahead for ports
Presentation by Mr. Vincent VALENTINE, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Challenges to the Development of Seaports in the Globalized World - The Role of the ILO
Presentation by Mr. Marios MELETIOU, Technical Specialist (Ports and Transport), International Labour Office (ILO)

Access to sea ports for landlocked developing countries: OSCE efforts
Presentation by Mr. Roel JANSSENS, Economic and Environmental Adviser, Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE)

UNESCWA Perspective on Global Challenges to the Future Development of Seaports as Interface with Inland Transport and Emerging Policy Recommendations
Presentation by Mr. Nabil SAFWAT, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA)

Main Challenges for Seaport Development in Asia and the Pacific
Presentation by Mr. Tengfei WANG, Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asian and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

UNECE and hinterland connection of seaports
Presentation by Mr. Michalis ADAMANTIADIS, Chief of Section, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Moderators summary of the conclusions and recommendations reached during their sessions
Moderated by Mr. Ioannis PROTOPAPAS, Director of Ports and Ports Policy, Ministry of Mercantile Marine, The Aegean and Island Policy, Greece,
with the participation of the session moderators: Mr. Giorgios VLACHOS, Ms. Eva MOLNAR, Mr. Emre DINCER and Mr. Bert KRUK.

Synopsis of European Rail Infrastructure Masterplan (ERIM); Executive Summary of European rail Infrastructure Masterplan; Executive Summary of Terminal Management (TEMA)
Background paper by Mr. Gerard DALTON, Department Director, International Union of Railways (UIC)

The relation between port competition and hinterland connections: The case of the ‘Iron Rhine’ and the ‘Betuweline’
Background paper by Hilde MEERSMAN, Tom PAUWELS, Eddy VEN DE VOORDE, Thierry VANELSLANDER, Department of Transport and Regional Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Container Train Operations between Ports and their Hinterlands: a UK Case Study
Background paper by Dr. Allan WOODBURN, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom