Ukrainian Ports Forum 2021

About the forum

The 3rd Ukrainian Ports Forum will take place on May 27-28, 2021 in Odessa!

The third annual Ukrainian Ports Forum is a key event in the maritime industry of Ukraine. The forum traditionally brings together a wide audience of speakers and participants – top officials, including the representatives of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, members of Parliament, representatives of international maritime organizations and associations such as the European Organization of Seaports, the International Association of Ports and Harbors, the International Maritime Organization and international financial institutions, including the World Bank, IFC, EBRD, EIB, members of diplomatic missions and international organizations, representatives of the world's leading ports and the Ukrainian port community, private investors and business representatives – top managers of ArcelorMittal, Cosco Shipping, Bunge, HHLA, Cofco Agri, Nibulon, Kernel, Louis Dreyfus, Posco International – and many others.

The Ukrainian Port Forum 2021 will be an effective platform for presenting key trends, discussing achievements and seeing further development of the country's infrastructure, including the investment potential of Ukraine's port industry, plans for the implementation of public-private partnership projects, digitalization of processes in the port industry and more.

The following topics will be discussed during panel sessions and working discussions:

  • corporatization of the USPA and its role in the implementation of the Ukrainian Seaports Development Strategy until 2038;
  • legislative and regulatory changes aimed at attracting investment in the port industry of Ukraine;
  • investment priority areas and financing of projects in the port sector;
  • investment program of the USPA;
  • new privatization and public-private partnership projects in Ukrainian seaports;
  • bulk cargo exports and prospects for increasing grain cargoes in 2021-2022 marketing year;
  • integration of port facilities and in-land logistics in container transportation;
  • seaports’ digitalization and introduction of innovative technologies, security and cybersecurity.

In addition, a number of Partnership agreements and MoU’s are planned to be signed during the Ukrainian Ports Forum 2021.

Traditionally the organizers of the Forum are Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority (USPA) and the Center for Transport Strategies (CTS). This year the Ukrainian Ports Forum will be a continuation of the government's dialogue with investors, business representatives, international organizations and financial institutions, initiated at the First Investment Forum "RE: THINK. Invest in Ukraine" by the President of Ukraine and representatives of the Government and Parliament, which took place on October 29, 2019, in Mariupol. The leaders of the state “presented Ukraine” to investors, emphasizing its ambitious goals of economic growth, including through attracting effective and large-scale investments.

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Speakers

Volodymyr Kreydenko

Volodymyr Kreydenko

Deputy Head of the Parliament Committee for transport and infrastructure

Liubov Nepop

Liubov Nepop

Head of the Danube Commission, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Hungary

Hrynevetsky Serhiy

Hrynevetsky Serhiy

Head of Odessa Regional State Administration

Serhii Vovk

Serhii Vovk

Director of CFTS

Andriy Gaidutskiy

Andriy Gaidutskiy

Head of USPA Supervisory board

Jason Brett Pellmar

Jason Brett Pellmar

Regional Manager of IFC

Oleksandr Holodnytskyi

Oleksandr Holodnytskyi

Acting CEO of SE “USPA”

Jean-Erik de Zagon

Jean-Erik de Zagon

Head of EIB Representation for Ukraine

Iryna Koshel

Iryna Koshel

Director of Reform Support Team of Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine

Roy van Eijsden

Roy van Eijsden

Managing director Ballast Nedam International Projects

Darius Macijauskas

Darius Macijauskas

Executive Sales Manager ArcelorMittal

Olha Kopiika

Olha Kopiika

Chairman of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association

Vitalii Lipskyi

Vitalii Lipskyi

Deputy CEO of USPA on technical questions and infrastructure development

Michał Stupak

Michał Stupak

Manager, Port Gdańsk Authority

Nico Suys

Nico Suys

Port of Antwerp International, APEC

Philip Sweens

Philip Sweens

Managing Director of HHLA International GmbH, President SC “CTO”

Frank Lett

Frank Lett

Transportation solutions Director of Huawei

Daria Sichkar

Daria Sichkar

Logistics Committee manager of the EBA

Neville Bissett

Neville Bissett

Chief Executive Officer Qterminals W.L.L.

Maksym Artomenko

Maksym Artomenko

COO and CTO ART PORT LLC

Taras Boichuk

Taras Boichuk

Head of Office SPILNO

Radostin Popov

Radostin Popov

Chief Business Development Officer, P&O Maritime Logistics

Nadiia Kaznacheieva

Nadiia Kaznacheieva

Head of Investments, UMG Investments

Manfred Seitz

Manfred Seitz

Director-General of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission

Vitalii Petruk

Vitalii Petruk

Deputy CEO of SE “USPA” for economics

Dmytro Iakymenkov

Dmytro Iakymenkov

CCO “PPL 33-35” LLC

Alex Pougovkine

Alex Pougovkine

Nord Metallica Netherlands

Beka Gurgenidze

Beka Gurgenidze

CEO ERTI LLC

Nikolay Gorbachov

Nikolay Gorbachov

President of Ukrainian Grain Association

OPENING SPEECH

  • Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the President of Ukraine (TBC)
  • Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine

Serhii Vovk, director of CFTS (moderator)

PANELISTS:

  • Volodymyr Kreydenko, Deputy Head of the Parliament Committee for transport and infrastructure
  • Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of infrastructure of Ukraine
  • Remi Duflot, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union in Ukraine (Online)
  • Serhii Hrynevetskyi, the Governor of Odesa Region
  • Andriy Gaidutskiy, Head of USPA Supervisory board
  • Oleksandr Holodnytskyi, Acting CEO of SE “USPA”
  • Liubov Nepop, President of the Danube Commission, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in Hungary, Representative of Ukraine to the Danube Commission

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

  • Port infrastructure of Ukraine: current situation and development prospects
  • Corporatization of the USPA
  • The role of USPA in the implementation of the Ukrainian Seaports Development Strategy until 2038
  • Roadmap on legislative and regulatory changes
  • Main development trends in the Black Sea region: navigation safety and international cooperation

Taras Boichuk, head of Office SPILNO (moderator)

PANELISTS:

  • Matteo Patrone, Managing Director, Eastern Europe and the Caucasus EBRD (Online)
  • Jason Brett Pellmar, Regional Manager of IFC (Online)
  • Jean-Erik De Zagon, Head of the EIB office in Ukraine (Online)
  • Vitalii Petruk, Deputy CEO of SE “USPA” for economics
  • Radostin Popov, Chief Business Development Officer, P&O Maritime Logistics
  • Nadiia Kaznacheieva, Head of Investments, UMG Investments
  • Vitalii Lipskyi, Deputy CEO of USPA on technical questions and infrastructure development
  • Neville Bissett, Chief Executive Officer QTerminals W.L.L.
  • Iryna Koshel, Director of Reform Support Team of Ministry of infrastructure of Ukraine

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

  • Port industry investment priority areas
  • Attraction of the alternative sources of financing and real availability of loans in Ukraine
  • USPA investment program: barriers and real opportunities
  • Concession of port assets - next steps and prospect projects
  • M&A in ports: attracting international operators and market impact

Roy van Eijsden, Managing Director Ballast Nedam International Projects (moderator)

PANELISTS:

  • Philip Sweens, Managing Director of HHLA International GmbH, President SC “CTO”
  • Olha Kopiika, Chairman of the Logistics Committee of the European Business Association
  • Darius Macijauskas, executive sales manager ArcelorMittal
  • Michał Stupak, Manager, Port Gdańsk Authority
  • Nikolay Gorbachov, President of Ukrainian Grain Association
  • Aleksandr Lesnik, Director General Association of seaports of Ukraine “UKRPORT”
  • Adnan Rahman, Team Leader “Assistance to the Ukrainian authorities for establishment of national transport model and master plan“ (EU funded project)

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

  • Bulk cargo exports - how to increase competitiveness on the world market
  • Prospects for increasing grain cargo handling in 2021-2022 marketing year
  • Integration of port facilities and in-land logistics in container transportation
  • "Transit revival" - conditions and opportunities
  • New prospective types of cargo for transshipment in the ports of Ukraine
  • The latest technologies in the construction of strategic port infrastructure

Daria Sichkar, Logistics Committee manager of the EBA (moderator)

PANELISTS:

  • Manfred Seitz, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Danube Commission
  • Maksym Artomenko, COO and CTO ART PORT LLC
  • Dmytro Iakymenkov, CCO “PPL 33-35” LLC
  • Frank Lett, transportation solutions Director of Huawei
  • Alex Pougovkine, CEO Nord Metallica Netherlands
  • Beka Gurgenidze, CEO ERTI LLC

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION

  • Innovative solutions to improve the quality and facilitate transshipment: analysis of successful cases
  • Port digitalization: how to get financial benefits from the introduction of new technologies
  • Optimization of design and technical solutions in the construction process in seaports
  • Ensuring security and cybersecurity in ports operation
  • International standards of digital transport documents in the process of multimodal transportation

Partners

ArcelorMittal
Odrex
Qterminals
UMG Investments
HHLA
Port Gdansk
P&O Maritime
JSB Ukrgasbank
Portinvest
NL WaterwayTechHolland
Huawei
Ferry Plus
Novolog
Brooklyn-Kiev LLC
NTT
Expo Point
International Trade and Logistics Expo 2021

Media partners

ports.ua
TPP
ACC
Journal CREWING
EBA
Inter Transport
USPA